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BUSINESS BIO:
James R. Felton is Managing Partner of Greenberg & Bass
LLP. Mr. Felton practices in the areas of business,
commercial and real estate litigation, alternative dispute
resolution, and insolvency-related matters. He routinely
handles business dissolution matters, shareholder, partner
and guarantor disputes, breach of contract matters, asset
recovery issues, and collections related to structured
settlement payments. Mr. Felton is also experienced in
appellate matters.
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Insolvency
- Appeals
Representative Matters
- Action to recover for fraud regarding the sale of
counterfeit artwork.
- Action on behalf of a minority shareholder to enforce
rights against a majority shareholder's takeover
attempts.
- Action to recover monies due on a software licensing
contract.
- Successful appeal of a trial court's use of wage
garnishment statutes to limit the collection enforcement
of purchased annuity payments.
Professional and Community Activities
- 2009 and 2010 Super Lawyer, Los Angeles Magazine
- 2007 Top 25 Lawyers in the Valley, San Fernando
Business Journal
- 40 Under 40 Award, San Fernando Valley Business
Journal
- Past President, San Fernando Valley Bar
Association
- Chair, Jewish Community Relations Committee of the
Jewish Federation, Valley Alliance
- Board of Directors, Jewish Federation Council of
Greater Los Angeles
- Board of Directors, Young Leadership Division, Jewish
Federation Council
- Member, National Young Leadership Cabinet, Jewish
Federation
- Recipient, Jules Ratner Leadership Award, Jewish
Federation
- Volunteer, The Alliance for Children's Rights;
provides pro bono adoption counsel
- Member, Los Angeles Unified School District's Task
Force on Special Education
Admissions
- State of California
- State of Arizona
- United States District Court
- Central and Southern Districts of California
- Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Education and Honors
- B.A., magna cum laude with high honors, Brandeis
University, 1985
- J.D., University of California at Los Angeles,
1988
- Law Clerk, Honorable Joan Dempsey Klein, Presiding
Justice, Second Appellate District, Third Division
- Extern, Honorable Stephen V. Wilson, United States
District Court Judge
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