{"id":618,"date":"2018-03-15T22:26:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T04:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618"},"modified":"2023-07-18T21:45:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T03:45:10","slug":"mark-james-esq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618","title":{"rendered":"Mark F. James, Esq."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MarkMark James has practiced law in Salt Lake City since 1988 and is the senior shareholder in the firm James Dodge Russell & Stephens. He has extensive trial experience representing clients in federal and state courts. His law practice focused on complex commercial and tort litigation, both on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has represented clients in a wide variety of disputes, including those involving a wide variety of business disputes, claims of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and numerous other claims, intellectual property, securities, trade secret, product liability, eminent domain, contracts, estate and trust disputes, insurance coverage, real property, ownership and control of businesses, derivative actions, construction law, personal injuries, wrongful death, and class actions. Mr. James also has extensive experience with disputes involving multilevel marketing companies and their distributors, disputes involving false advertising, misappropriation of trade secrets, cross-recruiting, interference with contract, and covenants not to compete.<\/p>\n

Mr. James’ clients have enjoyed significant successes both at trial and in negotiated settlements. His trial successes include, among others, a jury award of over $24 million against DHL (Express) USA, Inc. for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and tortious interference. Settlements include a $15 million recovery in fraud class action along with numerous other significant recoveries. In addition, he has successfully defended many companies and individuals against a variety of different claims. He also acted as a court-appointed receiver and as a court-appointed special master.<\/p>\n

Mr. James’ practice is now a full-time mediation practice. He has mediated numerous disputes involving a wide variety of issues, including contract disputes; personal injury and wrongful death cases; estate and trust disputes; business disputes; <\/span>partnership disputes; real estate disputes; insurance coverage disputes; legal malpractice disputes; medical malpractice disputes; disputes involving multi-level marketing companies and\/or distributors; construction defect disputes; claims involving fraud and breach of fiduciary duty; and many others.\u00a0 He has a blunt, \u201cget it done\u201d approach to mediation and is unhesitant to employ an out-of-the-box approach to resolve disputes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2004, Mr. James has been recognized annually in <\/span>Utah Business Magazine<\/i> by his peers as one of Utah’s “Legal Elite.” \u00a0He also has been recognized annually by <\/span>Mountain States Super Lawyers<\/i> since 2007, including on multiple occasions as one of the top 75 or top 100 lawyers in the Intermountain region (a five-state region consisting of Utah, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming).\u00a0 In 2022 and again in 2023, Mr. James was recognized as one of the top 10 lawyers in that region.\u00a0 He has been recognized multiple times by <\/span>The Best Lawyers in America\u00ae and by Chambers and Partners<\/em>, as well as by multiple other organizations<\/em>.\u00a0 Mr. James <\/em>has served as President, Vice-President, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Aldon J. Anderson American Inns of Court.\u00a0 He is rated AV Preeminent\u00ae by Martindale-Hubbell (the highest possible rating).\u00a0 He also is a Certified Public Accountant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n

Mr. James received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting (1984) and M.B.A. (1985) from Utah State University and his Juris Doctorate degree (1988) from J. Reuben Clark Law School (Brigham Young University).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark James has practiced law in Salt Lake City since 1988 and is the senior shareholder in the firm James Dodge Russell & Stephens. He has extensive trial experience representing clients in federal and state courts. His law practice focused on complex commercial and tort litigation, both on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nMark F. James, Esq. - Utah ADR Services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mark F. James, Esq. - Utah ADR Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mark James has practiced law in Salt Lake City since 1988 and is the senior shareholder in the firm James Dodge Russell & Stephens. He has extensive trial experience representing clients in federal and state courts. His law practice focused on complex commercial and tort litigation, both on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has Read More\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Utah ADR Services\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-19T03:45:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618\",\"name\":\"Mark F. James, Esq. - Utah ADR Services\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-16T04:26:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-19T03:45:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg\",\"width\":239,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Mark James\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mark F. James, Esq.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/\",\"name\":\"Utah ADR Services\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mark F. James, Esq. - Utah ADR Services","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mark F. James, Esq. - Utah ADR Services","og_description":"Mark James has practiced law in Salt Lake City since 1988 and is the senior shareholder in the firm James Dodge Russell & Stephens. He has extensive trial experience representing clients in federal and state courts. His law practice focused on complex commercial and tort litigation, both on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has Read More","og_url":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618","og_site_name":"Utah ADR Services","article_modified_time":"2023-07-19T03:45:10+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618","url":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618","name":"Mark F. James, Esq. - Utah ADR Services","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-16T04:26:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-19T03:45:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/IMG_4585.jpg","width":239,"height":300,"caption":"Mark James"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?page_id=618#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mark F. James, Esq."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/#website","url":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/","name":"Utah ADR Services","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/618\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utahadrservices.com\/neutrals\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}