James M. Becker Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com

James M. Becker

Partner

Saul Ewing LLP
Centre Square West, 1500 Market Street, 38th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-2186
(Philadelphia Co.)

Telephone: 215-972-7777
Cable Address: "Bidsal"
TWX: 83-4798 Telecopier: XEROX 7020 215-972-7725
http://www.saul.com

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#79 out of 10,818 lawyers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#4,814 out of 892,553 total lawyers Overall

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Experience & Credentials

Practice Areas	Criminal Defense; Government Enforcement Litigation; Civil Litigation

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Education	George Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1978, Swarthmore College, B.A., with honors, 1974

Admitted	1978, District of Columbia; 1987, Pennsylvania; 1988, New Jersey

Memberships	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey State, Federal (Member, Criminal Law Committee) and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar.

Born	St. Paul, Minnesota, November 1, 1952

Biography	Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1979-1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1981-1987 (Chief, Major Crimes Section, 1987). President, Federal Bar Association, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Chapter (2003—). Vice-Chair, White Collar Crime Committee of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section, 1996-1998. Practitioner's Advisory Group to U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1994—. Chair, Federal Bar Association's Criminal Law Committee, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Chapter (1994-1996). Board Member, Defender Association of Philadelphia (2003—). Hearing Committee Member, Disciplinary Board of The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 1997-2002.

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Articles by this firm on Martindale.com Advisory Committee Calls for Changes in "Deemed Export" Rules; Recommendations Could Have Widespread Impact on Nation's Universities and Research Centers James M. Becker, James A. Keller, Jeffrey S. Levin, April 10, 2008 The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) publicly endorsed a report submitted by the Deemed Export Advisory Committee (DEAC) to that agency in the closing days of 2007. Composed primarily of representatives from many of the nation's leading universities and chaired by...