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JAMES C. GOCKER

  • Practice Areas:

    • Civil Litigation, including Products Liability

    • Commercial Litigation

    • Insurance Defense

  • Admitted to Bar:

    • New York--1974

    • United States District Court, Western District of  New York--1974

    • United States District Court, Northern District of New York--1981

    • United States District Court, Southern District of New York--1986

    • United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit--1982 

  • Education:

    • American University (B.A., 1970)

    • Washington College of Law (J.D., 1973)

      • American University Law Review, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Deans Fellow    (1972-1973)

  •  Other Employment:

    • Assistant District Attorney, Monroe County 

    • Adjunct Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Criminal Justice 1996 and 1997

  • Member:

    • Monroe County Bar Association (Past Trustee, 1992-1994; Chairperson, Report:  Justice in Jeopardy)

    • New York State Bar Association

    • American Bar Association

    • Fair Housing Enforcement Advisory Committee

    • Genesee Valley New York Civil Liberties Union (Past Board Member)

    • Pre-Trial Release Corporation (Past Board Member)

    • Metropolitan Forum (Trustee)

  • Authored: 

    • Recovery of Economic Loss Based Upon Strict Products Liability, New York State Bar Journal, Volume 54, No. 8

       

  • Panelist/Lecturer:

    • New York State Bar Association and Monroe County Bar Association CLE programs

  • Awards:

    • 2001 Equality as Justice Award - Genesee Valley New York Civil Liberties Union

    • The Adolph J. Rodenbeck Award - 1998