James E. McElroy

Positions
Principal, Law Office of James E. McElroy
Chair, Southern Poverty Law Center
Past President, San Diego Inn of Court
Master, Louis M. Welch Inn of Court
Board Member, Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana

Formal Education
University of Illinois, B.A. 1974
University of San Diego School of Law, Juris Doctor 1977

Awards
Outstanding Attorney of the Year (2004) - San Diego County Bar Association
Service to the Legal Profession Award - San Diego County Bar Association
San Diego Daily Transcript Top Attorneys (2005)
Distinguished Service Award - Southern Poverty Law Center - Berhanu v. Tom Metzger, White Aryan Resistance, et al (Pro Bono) (1991)
National Civil Rights Achievement Award - Anti-Defamation League (1994)
Margaret Sanger Award - Planned Parenthood - Distinguished Service in Protecting Women's Rights (1995)
Womancare Health Center - Outstanding Work in Protecting the Rights of Women (1995)
Certificates of Appreciation: State Bar of California, Attorney General of California, San Diego Superior Court, San Diego County Bar Association, Anti-Defamation League

Admitted to Practice
All California Courts, Federal District Court and Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations
San Diego County Bar Association; State Bar of California; American Bar Association; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Consumer Attorneys of California; American Trial Lawyers Association; San Diego Inn of Court (Past President); Louis M. Welch Inn of Court (Master)

Committee Activities
San Diego County Bar Fee Dispute Arbitration Committee; San Diego County Bar Client Relations Committee; State Bar Conference of Delegates - 1990 to present; Chairperson, Bench/Bar Arbitration Subcommittee - 1988 to 2003; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Round Table Seminar Committee and Education Committee; San Diego County Bar - Litigation Section; State Bar Probation Department Monitor 1991 to present; State Bar Committee on Human Rights Panelist - State Bar Convention; State of California commission on the Prevention of Hate Violence; Consumer Attorneys of San Diego Board of Directors 1995 to 1998; San Diego Inn of Court Board of Directors 1998 to present; Anti-Defamation League Civil Rights Committee

Teaching
Adjunct Professor California Western School of Law - 1979 through 1984, Civil Law (clinic and classroom)
California Western Clinical Internship Supervisor, 1984 to present

Seminar Speaker and Presentations (Partial List)
State Bar Convention Seminars: Representing Victims of Hate Crimes; Civil Litigation of Hate Motivated Violence
Consumer Attorneys of California Seminar: New Trends in Torts
Consumer Attorneys of San Diego Seminars: Civil Remedies for Hate Crimes; Practical Aspects of Judicial Arbitration; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Structured Settlements; Medical Diagnostic Testing; Discovery Seminar; Professional Negligence Seminar (Legal and Medical Malpractice); Handling Civil Litigation
Grand Rounds: How to Avoid Medical Malpractice Suits (Seminar for Physicians)
California Planned Parenthood Seminar: Use of Civil Litigation in Combating Harassment of Physicians by Operation Rescue and Other Right-to-Life Organizations - Temporary Restraining Orders vs. First Amendment Rights in Targeted Residential Picketing
San Diego Superior Court: Orientation for Arbitrators Imperial
County Superior Court: Arbitration Orientation
San Diego Superior Court: Arbitrators' Training Panel
San Diego Inn of Court: Workshop Leader
California Department of Justice, Hate Crimes Conference
Lincoln Lectures - 1997 - present

Miscellaneous Activities
Testimony before Legislative Committee, Re: Hate Crimes Bill
Testimony before San Diego City Council,  Re: Targeted Residential Picketing
Testimony before City of San Diego, Human Relations Commission, Re: Hate Crimes
Social Advocates for Youth
Save The Children
Storefront Shelter for Teens, Judge Pro Tem for San Diego Superior Court Settlement Panel
Author of "Collecting Judgments for Hate Crimes Victims" in the Civil Rights Acts Manual for Attorneys published by the State of California Fair Employment and Housing Commission

Jayson M. Lorenzo

Positions
Of Counsel, Law Office of James E. McElroy

Formal Education
University of California, San Diego, B.A. 1997
University of San Diego School of Law, Juris Doctor 2001
University of San Diego School of Law, Master of Laws in Intellectual Property 2001

Admitted to Practice
All California Courts, Federal District Court

Nature and Type of Practice
Copyrights
Trademarks
Music Law

Professional Associations
San Diego County Bar Association; San Diego County Bar Association Sports and Entertainment Law Section; Pan Asian Lawyers of San Diego; Asian Business Association; Louis M. Welch Inn of Court

Seminar Speaker and Presentations
Guest Speaker – Thomas Jefferson School of Law : Music Law April, 2006
Panelist – Music and Law in the Digital Age, hosted by Thomas Jefferson School of Law