Attorney and Paralegal profiles

James C. Graham

New Haven, Connecticut

Principal
phone	203-821-2000
fax	203-821-2009
email	Email Me

 

James C. Graham's practice focuses on bankruptcy and creditors' rights, business and real estate litigation, and professional ethics. He appears regularly before state and federal trial and appellate level courts in a broad range of matters, including bankruptcy reorganizations and litigation (including preference, fraudulent transfer, claims, discharge and stay issues), contract and other business-related disputes, commercial real estate litigation (including foreclosures, landlord/tenant disputes, and valuation litigation), and asset recovery and collections. He also assists clients with acquisitions and dispositions of assets and businesses, and with debt restructurings and workouts. In his 30+ years of practice, he has represented the full spectrum of participants in the commercial arena, including financial institutions and other lenders, debtors and debtors-in-possession, official bankruptcy committees, bankruptcy trustees and plan administrators, general and priority creditors, landlords, tenants, insurers and insureds, attorneys and other professionals, public and private corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and individuals. Jim authored the bankruptcy section of the Connecticut Bar Association's Lawyers Deskbook, and was listed as one of Connecticut's Super Lawyers 2011. He serves on the CBA's Committee on Professional Ethics, and on the Executive Committee of the CBA's Committee on Commercial Law and Bankruptcy.

Areas of Practice:

Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights

Business and Real Estate Litigation

Professional Ethics

Litigation Percentage:

80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Virginia, 1981

Connecticut, 1984

District of Columbia, 1980

U.S. District Court District of Connecticut, 1985

U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1998

Education:

University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1980
J.D.

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1977
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  History

Birth Information:

1955, Far Rockaway, New York, United States of America