James "Jim" McManis
Recognized since 1997
San Jose, California
Practice Areas
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Civil Rights Law
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Litigation - First Amendment
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Litigation - Municipal
A member of the trial bar for over 50 years, Jim has unparalleled experience and skill in preparing and presenting cases for adjudication – whether by jury, judge, arbitrator, mediator or the parties themselves. He represents Silicon Valley companies with commercial, trade secret and intellectual property issues. Jim also represents individuals in a wide variety of matters, including civil rights actions, employment disputes, family law and criminal defense.
Contact & Links
- Direct Phone Number: 408-279-8700
- Phone Number: 408-279-8700
- Lawyer Page: https://www.mcmanislaw.com/people/lawyers/james-mcmanis
Location
- 50 West San Fernando Street, 10th Floor
San Jose, CA 95113
Languages
- German
Education
- University of California Berkeley, J.D., graduated 1967
- Stanford University, BA, graduated 1964
Bar Admissions
- California, State Bar of California
Affiliations
- Advocacy Skills Workshop at Stanford University Law School - Faculty
- California Center for Judicial Education and Research - Teacher
- California State Bar's Task Force on Admissions Regulation Reform - Member
- Executive Committee of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) - Secretary of International Relations
- Intensive Advocacy Program of the University of San Francisco Law School - Faculty
- Santa Clara County Superior Court - Judge Pro Tem
- Santa Clara County Superior Court - Special Master
- State Bar of California - Special Examiner
- University of California Berkeley Foundation - Board of Trustees
- University of California, Berkeley Law - Lecturer
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, and D.C. Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Southern, and Eastern Districts of California
McManis Faulkner
Headquarters:
San Jose, California
4 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
2 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar, San Jose (2020)
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, San Jose (2014)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Litigation - First Amendment
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Municipal
- Civil Rights Law
Awards:
- Trailblazers West, The American Lawyer, 2021
- Berkeley Law 2019 Citation Award
- The Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year, Criminal Defense, White Collar, 2020
- California Trailblazer Award, The Recorder, 2020
- Equality Trailblazer Award, The National Law Journal, 2019
- Elite Boutique Trailblazer, The National Law Journal, 2018 and 2020
- Litigation Trailblazer Award, The National Law Journal, 2018
- James Madison Freedom of Information Award, Northern California Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ NorCal), 2018
- California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award (Civil Rights), 2017
- The Daily Journal Top 100 Lawyers in California, 2016, 2017, 2018
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2015
- The Best Lawyers in America® for 28 consecutive years in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation - First Amendment; Litigation - Intellectual Property; and Litigation - Municipal.
- Member of the award winning team "The Best in Family Law", The Recorder (2010-2019)
- Asian Pacific Bar Association of Silicon Valley's Beacon Award for Diversity, 2015
- Northern California Super Lawyers (2004-2023)
- Named one of Top 100 in Northern California Super Lawyers (2009-2018)
- Honored with the Pro Bono Project Silicon Valley's Philanthropist of the Year Award, 2016
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Pro Bono Award, 2015
- Received with his spouse, Sara, the Trustees Citation from the University of California, Berkeley Foundation for "outstanding achievement in a major fundraising program"
- Honored with the Philip J. Berelson Award for Generous Philanthropy
- Named to the President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Diversity, Santa Clara County Bar Association, and accepted, on behalf of McManis Faulkner, the Bar's Unsung Heroes Award
- Honors- Honorary Bencher of the Honorable Society of King's Inns, the oldest institution of legal education in Ireland
- Honors- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (membership limited to top 500 trial lawyers in U.S.)
- Honors- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
- Honors- Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
- Honors - Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Honors- Fellow, Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals
- Honors- Academy of American Poets
- Honors- Lifetime Charter Member of Best Attorneys of America
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