James Gordon is a trial lawyer in Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP’s Silicon Valley office. His practice focuses on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation.

Prior to joining the firm, James served as a federal law clerk to the Honorable William H. Alsup in the Northern District of California, where he assisted with the adjudication of federal trials and worked on matters ranging from patent infringement to constitutional law.

James is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as Notes Editor of the Columbia Law Review. His published note on structured settlement factoring transactions, Enforcing and Reforming Structured Settlement Protection Acts, 120 Colum. L. Rev. 1549 (2020), has been cited by multiple courts, including the New York Court of Appeals. Also, his published comment on bail reform, Corporate Manipulation of Commercial Bail Regulation, 121 Colum. L. Rev. F. 115 (2021), was recently the subject of an episode of the award-winning criminal justice podcast 70 Million.

During law school, James served as an extern for the Honorable Nicholas G. Garaufis in the Eastern District of New York and worked on a wide range of federal and state appeals as an intern at the Solicitor General’s Office of the New York Attorney General. James also received Dean’s Honors for receiving the highest grade in his course on Criminal Adjudication.

Prior to law school, James was a legal assistant for Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles and an economic policy researcher for Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

In his free time, James loves to cook and explore Bay Area restaurants. He has published food and restaurant criticism in the LA Weekly and LA Times.