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James L. Oakley

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James practices in Thompson Coburn's Litigation Department. He litigates disputes involving contracts for goods or services and promissory notes, as well as business torts, including fraud and tortious interference with contractual relationships. He also represents developers, contractors and material suppliers in mechanics’ lien and bond claim matters and construction contract disputes.

Chicago Bar Association
American Bar Association
Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois
Successfully appealed a temporary restraining order that had frozen nearly $20 million of client’s assets.
Successfully defended suit for injunction that claimed breaches of covenants not to compete.
Obtained million dollar award in an arbitration involving an international corporation’s claims that the former stockholders of a company it acquired were required to indemnify it for taxes that were accrued but unpaid at the time of closing.
Obtained half-million dollar award in arbitration involving an insurance agent's failure to turn over contingent commissions to which it was not entitled.
"Illinois Super Lawyers Rising Star"
Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers® Rising Stars 2009 - 2012 editions.
Co-author, Chapter 11: Motions, Affidavits, and Orders Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education’s Civil Practice (Illinois): Opening the Case (2009 Edition)
Speaker: "Avoiding the Pitfalls of the Electronic Era," Client Seminar (April 2006)
Speaker: “Legal Topics Affecting Credit Managers,” National Association of Credit Managers (March 2006)
Speaker: "Electronic Data in Credit and Collections" National Association of Credit Managers - Midwest Conference (October 2009)
Speaker: "Third Party Rights Overview" and "Settlement Strategies and Alternatives" National Cement Credit Association Conference (October 2009)
Speaker: "Corporate and Personal Guarantees" National Association of Credit Managers - Midwest Conference (October 2010)
Speaker: "Recent Changes in Illinois Law and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" Illinois Paralegal Association (May 2011)
James L. Oakley
University of Wisconsin-Madison
J.D. (2003)
University of Pennsylvania
B.A. (2000)
Thompson Coburn LLP
Partner (2012-present)
Associate (2003-2011)
Summer Associate (2002)
Illinois (2003)
Wisconsin (2003)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (2003)
U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin (2003)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin (2004)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana (2008)