Insurance, Real Estate, Contracts, Landlord-Tenant, Personal Injury
Resume:
James J. Woods, Jr.
*** ********* *****, *********, ** 92024
************@*****.***
Professional Summary
Experienced attorney from top-ten law school who has tried 12 to 15 cases to jury verdict and handled hundreds of bench trials, arbitrations, or mediations. Able to think quickly and handle oral arguments fluidly and persuasively. A concise and insightful writer whose work product has been praised by judges, clients, and opposing counsel. An outstanding listener, communicator, legal researcher, and team player who has the judgment and experience to protect the client’s best interests while maintaining professional judgment and demeanor.
Outside counsel to many corporations, including UPS, Lancer Insurance Co., Peninsula Insurance Co., Werner Enterprises, Yellow Transportation (YRC), Xerox Corporation, Baldini Builders, and Woodin & Associates. Examples of work product:
Obtained $1.5 million settlement for bicyclist struck by auto and combined $1.825 settlement for passenger of car broadsided by transit bus
Saved a client hundreds of thousands of dollars in subrogation payments to Aetna by insisting on copy of master policy, which revealed language crucially different from that in summary distributed to client’s father and his co-employees
Defended major corporation against almost $1 million automobile injury claim. Obtained favorable summary judgment, client settled appeal for less than anticipated future defense costs
Successfully sued major insurers for bad-faith denial of their own insureds’ benefits due under the applicable policies, establishing new law in some cases
Successfully briefed and argued appeals to Delaware Supreme Court
Took or defended hundreds of depositions in various states
Represented developers in major financing negotiations and implementation
Personally closed thousands of residential or commercial real estate deals
Successfully represented landlords or tenants in dozens of lawsuits or negotiations
Successfully represented several victims of mortgage fraud
Served on Delaware Supreme Court Rules Committee for several years
A wealth of experience that enables rapid analysis and timely action. Open and frank with clients about the merits of their positions, which leads to realistic expectations, understanding of the legal process, and effective representation.
Easy to work with, quick to praise and encourage, and gentle with criticism. Able to think and act independently and with minimal supervision. Fully capable of providing leadership and direction to staff and less experienced attorneys.
Work Experience
James J. Woods, Jr., P.A., Greenville, DE 2005-date
Whittington & Aulgur, Middletown, DE (foreclosure counsel) 2013-2015
Adjunct professor, Goldey-Beacom College, Wilmington, DE 2012-2014
President of Board of Directors, Legal Services Corporation of Delaware 2000-date
Instructor in DE real estate pre-licensing and broker’s courses 1994-2014
Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, DE 1981-2004
Education
B.S. Mathematics, with honors, University of Delaware, 1978 (computer science minor)
J. D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1981
Publications
Author, Guest Statutes: Goodbye and Good Riddance, 16 Cumberland Law Review 263 (1986)
Author, Fighting Denials of Automobile Insurance Coverage Due to Non-Payment, Insurance Settlement & Litigation (Apr. 1997)
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