Jim's practice is focused on corporate and business law. He regularly represents both public and private companies in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, joint ventures, private equity investments, financings and general corporate work.
Jim was listed in the 2011 edition of Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers where he is listed in Band I, Who's Who in America and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers (Corporate Governance). He was named a Connecticut Super Lawyer for 2012 as well as a New England Super Lawyer for 2012. He has been recognized in Best Lawyers as the 2012 Hartford Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year and the 2010 Hartford Mergers & Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year.
Notable Experience
· Jim represented Gerber Scientific, Inc (NYSE) as its Connecticut counsel on the sale of Gerber to a subsidiary of Vector Capital Corporation for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $281.8 million.
· Jim represented Aetna Inc. (NYSE) in its acquisition of Horizon Behavioral Services, LLC, a provider of Employee Assistance Programs.
· Jim represented Overhaul Support Services, LLC, a privately held company engaged in the overhaul of rotary-winged aircraft, in the sale of substantially all of its assets to TIGHITCO Inc., a privately owned company.
· Jim represented Gerber Scientific, Inc. (NYSE) in the acquisition of Data Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of automated cutting hardware for the packaging and graphics industries.
· Jim represented the shareholders of Sterling Machine Co., Inc., a privately held company that manufactures precision metallic parts for the aerospace industry, in the sale of Sterling Machine Co., Inc. and related properties to Senior plc, a UK based company (NASDAQ).
· Jim negotiated the terms of the management equity participation and the terms of the CEO's employment in the $1.2 billion purchase of Dresser-Rand Company, a business unit of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited (NYSE), by an affiliate of First Reserve Corporation.
· Jim represented CUNO Incorporated (NASDAQ) in the acquisition of WTC Industries, Inc. a publicly held company. Jim also represented CUNO in connection with the credit facility obtained from a syndicate of banks to fund the acquisition.
· Jim represented Travelers Property Casualty Corporation (NYSE), as its Connecticut counsel, in connection with its merger with The St. Paul Companies.
· Jim represented General Electric Company (NYSE) in the purchase of all of the outstanding shares of International Fiber Systems, Inc.
· Jim represented the shareholder of Panel Prints, Inc., a privately held company that designs, manufactures and prints large format specialty packaging and point of purchase displays for the consumer products, cosmetics, beverage and personal care markets, in the sale of Panel Prints, Inc. and related businesses to Keystone Printed Specialties Co. LLC.
· Jim represented Truebro, Inc., a privately held company that designs, manufactures and markets under sink protection devices, in the sale of certain of its assets to Watertite Products, Inc., a privately held company.
· Jim represented Connecticut Tool & Mfg. Co., Inc., a privately held company that custom designs and manufactures high quality component parts for the aerospace industry, in its sale of substantially all of its assets to Whitcraft LLC, a privately held manufacturing company.
· Jim represented Travelers Property Casualty Corporation (NYSE), as its Connecticut counsel, in connection with its initial public offering and its spinoff from Citigroup.
· Jim represented Aetna Inc. (NYSE), as its Connecticut counsel, in connection with the spinoff of its healthcare business to its shareholders and the sale of its financial services business to ING.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications
Jim is a frequent speaker at seminars on various corporate law subjects. He is the author of a number of articles on Connecticut Corporate law. He is also the co-author of the Connecticut Business Corporate Act Sourcebook.
News & Publications
October 6, 2011, EAPD Attorneys Selected For Inclusion in Super Lawyers 2011
June 21, 2011, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Recognized by Chambers USA in 17 Categories
October 7, 2010, EAPD Attorneys Selected For Inclusion in Super Lawyers 2010
August 10, 2010, Sixty EAPD Attorneys Recognized by the Best Lawyers in America
June 23, 2010, Chambers and Partners Recognizes EAPD in Nineteen Areas
November 16, 2009, EAPD Partners Duncan Johnson and James Lotstein Recognized as 2010 Lawyers of the Year
November 6, 2009, EAPD Attorneys Selected For Inclusion in Super Lawyers 2009
September 1, 2009, 62 EAPD Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2010
July 31, 2009, EAPD Success on Behalf of Aetna
June 12, 2009, Chambers and Partners Recognizes Firm in Nineteen Areas
February 4, 2009, 57 EAPD Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2009
October 30, 2008, EAPD Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2008
June 13, 2008, Chambers and Partners Recognizes Firm in Twenty Areas
October 30, 2007, EAPD Attorneys Named Super Lawyers 2007
October 10, 2007, 57 EAPD Attorneys Recognized as Best Lawyers in America 2008
June 18, 2007, Chambers and Partners Recognizes Firm in Twenty Areas
October 1, 2006, Director Conflicts of Interest and Other 2006 Amendments to the Connecticut Business Corporation Act
Connecticut Lawyer
September 5, 2006, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Attorneys Recognized as "Best Lawyers in America"
June 7, 2006, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Recognized By Chambers USA
May 25, 2005, Edwards & Angell Lawyers Identified as Leading Lawyers in their Practice Areas
March 2005, Commonly Negotiated Provisions in Business Acquisitions
Connecticut Lawyer
June 1, 2004, Edwards & Angell, LLP Recognized As A Top Law Firm By Leading Legal Publisher Chambers & Partners
Chambers & Partners
August 2003, 2003 Amendments to the Connecticut Business Corporation Act
Connecticut Lawyer
June 23, 2003, Edwards & Angell Names Corporate Attorney James I. Lotstein Partner in the Hartford Office
Edwards & Angell, LLP
Besides Edwards Wildman
Jim teaches a course at the University of Connecticut School of Law on business acquisitions.
Jim recently served on the Charter Revision Commission of the Town of Canton, Connecticut.
He is the former Chairman of the Business Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association. Jim currently serves on the Executive Committee of that Section. He also served as the Co-Chairman of the Connecticut Bar Association task force which drafted the Connecticut Business Corporation Act.
Jim is a member of the American Bar Association Committee on Mergers & Acquisitions. Jim served for many years on the American Bar Association Committee on Corporate Laws.
He serves on the advisory committee of the Connecticut chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Events
November 30, 2006, Hartford, CT, The Role of the Board in M & A Transactions
Industries
· Technology
· Healthcare
· Manufacturing
Memberships
· American Bar Association, Committee on Corporate Laws
· Connecticut Bar Association, Business Law Section Executive Committee