James R. "Jim" Lance

James Lance is an experienced trial attorney who has represented both plaintiffs and defendants for over 37 years. He regularly represents defendants in bet-the-company litigation, and has obtained several 7 and 8 figure verdicts, judgments and settlements for personal injury and commercial plaintiffs. Lance obtained an award of more than $12 million in early 2024 for an individual plaintiff asserting an employment claim. In addition to the commercial matters, Lance routinely represents individuals asserting serious personal injury and wrongful death claims.

Lance has been selected by his peers as a “Top 50” attorney in San Diego since 2019 and has been a member of the American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA) since 2013. He served on the ABOTA membership committee for several years and, in 2024, became the president of San Diego ABOTA. Lance serves on the board of directors for CAL-ABOTA, which serves eight California ABOTA chapters and the Hawaii chapter. He also is a board member of the William B. Enright Chapter of the American Inns of Court.

Lance is very active in the community. He coached youth football and baseball for more than 15 years, and presently spearheads a program at an underserved high school in Southeast San Diego, which holds monthly meetings on campus to provide students with information/mentoring for career opportunities in the legal field, potential internships and oral argument competitions.