Jim Archibald brings both in-house and outside counsel perspectives to his litigation practice. In his in-house capacity, he is Chief Litigation Counsel for the manufacturing company, Wm. T. Burnett, and its sporting goods and apparel subsidiary, STX LLC. In his outside counsel capacity, he is of counsel in the Washington, DC and Baltimore offices of Venable LLP, where he has maintained a varied litigation practice for many years. Mr. Archibald is a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive first chair experience in the defense and prosecution of large, complex, civil litigation, with a particular focus on intellectual property, products liability, toxic torts, commercial disputes and class actions. Practicing out of Venable's offices in Baltimore and in Washington DC, he is one of a handful of lawyers licensed in Maryland and DC who are both a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Law Institute. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Archibald brings sound, mature judgment to his cases, unvarnished advice to his clients, formidable skills to the courtroom and the experience of having tried over 60 substantial cases to (mostly successful) verdicts. Representative Clients Mr. Archibald's clients have included many large national and international corporations in a variety of manufacturing, industrial, consumer products, banking and financial services fields, as well as smaller entities and individuals with particular litigation needs. Significant Matters Mr. Archibald regularly handles large commercial litigation (including intellectual property, business, banking and insurance-related disputes), class actions, and products liability and toxic tort cases for corporations. For example, he successfully defended Goodyear against a counterclaim seeking very large damages in a case before the United States District Court in Cleveland. He also secured a verdict on behalf of Goodyear in a case brought by 30 persons claiming damages for cancer deaths or disablements, allegedly from chemical exposure. He was for many years national coordinating counsel for a multi-national manufacturer in certain products liability litigation and has acted as lead counsel for various clients in a wide variety of evidentiary hearings on class certification issues and served as lead trial counsel in numerous high stakes trials around the country. In addition to handling many matters in Maryland and the District of Columbia, both on his own and as local counsel, Mr. Archibald has litigated significant cases in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Guam, Illinois, Maine Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Activities Mr. Archibald is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Law Institute, in which he has served on the Members Consultative Groups for the Restatement Third of Torts: Liability for Physical Harm; The Principles of Aggregate Litigation; and The Restatement Third of Torts: Liability for Economic Loss. He is also a sustaining member of the Product Liability Advisory Council ("PLAC") and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel ("IADC"). Active in various bar associations, Mr. Archibald has served as President of the Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel, as a member of the Governing Council of the ABA Section of Litigation, and as Maryland State Chair of the Defense Research Institute ("DRI"). Active in the community when not running in marathons, Mr. Archibald has served on the boards of many charitable and educational organizations and institutions, including the boards of The Johns Hopkins University, the Maryland State Universities and Colleges (which he chaired for two years) and the Roland Park Country School. He is a past-president of The Johns Hopkins University National Alumni Council, a former member of the Board of the University of Maryland Law School Alumni Association and a current member of the National Advisory Council of the Sheridan Libraries of The Johns Hopkins University. Memberships American Bar Association
Section of Litigation Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers Maryland State Bar Association District of Columbia Bar American Law Institute Bar Association of Baltimore City Defense Research Institute, Inc. (DRI) Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Product Liability Advisory Council News December 15, 2011, Maryland edition of Super Lawyers 2012 honors 38 Venable attorneys September 14, 2011, 75 Venable attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 May 2, 2011, Washington, DC edition of Super Lawyers 2011 honors 17 Venable attorneys December 30, 2010, Maryland edition of Super Lawyers 2011 honors 37 Venable attorneys August 23, 2010, 65 Venable attorneys receive 2011 Best Lawyers honors April 5, 2010, Michael Schatzow Elected Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers March 29, 2010, Michael Schatzow elected to American College of Trial Lawyers January 6, 2010, Maryland edition of Super Lawyers 2010 honors 38 Venable attorneys November 5, 2009, Best Lawyers recognizes 24 Washington-area Venable attorneys in Washington Post supplement November 2, 2009, Brian Schwalb Elected Fellow of American College of Trial Lawyers February 10, 2009, Maryland edition of Super Lawyers 2009 list honors 40 Venable attorneys August 25, 2008, Fifty-nine Venable Attorneys Earn Best Lawyers in America Honors September 12, 2007, Fifty-five Venable Attorneys Earn Best Lawyers in America Honors October 2, 2006, Forty-Seven Venable Lawyers Cited Among The Best Lawyers in America April 27, 2006, Seventeen Venable Lawyers Cited Among "Best Lawyers in America" in the Washington Area November 16, 2005, Two Venable LLP Partners Win 2005 Leadership in Law Awards October 5, 2005, Forty Venable Lawyers Cited Among "Best Lawyers in America" June 10, 2005, Venable Makes Impressive Gains on Latest Chambers USA Rankings March 29, 2005, James Archibald Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers April 26, 2004, Venable Lawyers and Practice Groups Score On Latest Chambers USA Rankings Honors Mr. Archibald has received Distinguished Service Awards from the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Education of Lawyers and from the Litigation Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, an Exceptional Performance Citation from the Defense Research Institute, a Heritage Award from the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association and a Leadership in Law Award from the Daily Record. Listed in Who's Who Legal, Product Liability Defense, 2011 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation (Woodward/White, Inc). Selected for inclusion in District of Columbia Super Lawyers 2008 - 2011 Selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers 2008 - 2012 Named as a foremost legal practitioner in Who's Who Legal, 2007 Recognized in the 2006 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 3), Litigation, Maryland Recognized in the 2005 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 3), Litigation, Maryland Recognized in the 2004 edition of Chambers USA, (Band 3), Litigation, Maryland AV® Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Publications In addition to numerous articles and two books on examinations of witnesses, Mr. Archibald is the co-author (with Paul Mark Sandler) of a highly regarded treatise on Maryland pleading (Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland), now in its fourth edition. He has also lectured widely on a variety of law-related topics, and taught trial advocacy at the IADC Trial Academy. Events/Speaking Engagements Mr. Archibald's speaking engagements in recent years have included the following: Past Events June 9, 2011, "Are You Smarter Than A Law Student? Civil Procedure Problems and Solutions" at The Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting
James K. Archibald June 10, 2010, "Are You Smarter Than A Law Student? Redux and New!", Civil Procedure Problems and Solutions" at The Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting
James K. Archibald June 10, 2009, "Are You Smarter Than A Law Student? Civil Procedure Problems and Solutions, Part 2" at The Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting
James K. Archibald June 12, 2008, "Are You Smarter Than A Law Student? Civil Procedure Problems and Solutions" at the Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting
James K. Archibald June 14, 2007, "Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland and Beyond: The Latest Updates, Judicial Perspectives and Practitioner Insights" at the Maryland State Bar Association Annual Meeting
James K. Archibald November 8, 2006, "Dealing with the Facts - Clarence Darrow Revisited" for the Litigation Section of Maryland State Bar Association
James K. Archibald June 15, 2006, "Using Computer Technology for Effective Courtroom Presentations" at the Maryland State Bar Association
James K. Archibald August 24, 2005, "Pleading & Defending Causes of Action in Maryland" at a MICPEL Program
James K. Archibald June 16, 2005, "High Impact Decisions of 2004 and 2005 from the Maryland Appellate Courts- Featuring the 2005 Supplement to Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland" for the Maryland State Bar Association
James K. Archibald September 22, 2004, "Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland: The Latest Updates, Practitioner Insights, Judicial Perspectives" at a MICPEL Program
James K. Archibald June 17, 2004, "Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland: The Latest Updates, Practitioner Insights, Judicial Perspectives" for the Maryland State Bar Association
James K. Archibald (Also at Washington, D.C. Office) |