JAMES K. THOME
Phone: (248) 312-2910
Email: jthome@VGpcLAW.com
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JAMES K. THOME has vast trial experience in a
variety of liability, insurance and property matters. Jim has tried more than
one hundred cases, to conclusion, before juries. He has specific expertise in
complex litigation involving construction, employment law and insurance
coverage. In addition, he handles legal matters involving advertising injury
claims and intellectual property. Although based in the metropolitan Detroit
area, he has handled matters for clients throughout the state of Michigan.
Jim graduated from the University
of Michigan in 1970 with a
Bachelor's Degree in Economics. He served in the U.S. Army until 1972. That
service included a tour of duty in the Republic
of Vietnam with the 18th Military
Police Brigade. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Wayne
State University
in Detroit, Michigan
in 1975. He is admitted to practice law before all Michigan
courts and administrative tribunals, all federal courts in the state of Michigan,
the U.S.
6th
Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also an
accredited attorney for the preparation, presentation, and prosecution
of claims for veterans benefits before the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs.
Jim is a Shareholder with Vandeveer Garzia and a member of
the firm’s Management Committee.
Jim is a member of the Negligence Section and Intellectual Property
Law Section of the Michigan State Bar, the Oakland County Bar Association and
the Grand Rapids Bar Association. He is
also a member of the Litigation Section and the Torts and Insurance Practice
Section of the American Bar Association. In addition, he belongs to the Defense
Research Institute and the Michigan Defense Trial Counsel, Inc.
He serves as a case evaluator for the Wayne
County and Oakland County Circuit
Courts. He has arbitrated and mediated disputes privately at the request of
other attorneys.
Mr. Thome has received the "AV Preeminent" rating, the
highest rating recognized by the Martindale Hubbell Peer Review rating system. He has been designated a Super Lawyer
in the state of Michigan in the area of Construction Litigation every
year since the inception of that program, a process that involves
surveys to identify top attorneys. In
addition, he has been designated a top attorney in corporate litigation
by that same program. He has been selected by a vote of his peers
to be included as a Top Lawyer in DBusiness, Southeast Michigan's Journal for Business.
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