James A. Samborn

Member and Chief Executive Officer

Detroit Office

jsamborn(at)dickinsonwright.com

Phone: 313.223.3707

Fax: 313.223.3598

Areas of Practice Emphasis

Representative Clients

  • Turner Construction Company
  • Walter Toebe Construction Company
  • Jacobs Engineering
  • L. D'Agostini & Sons
  • Oakland County Drain Commissioner
  • Sigma Associates

Prominent Assignments

  • Regularly counsel clients concerning day-to-day construction questions
  • Drafting and negotiating all types of construction contracts
  • Litigation and arbitration of numerous construction claims and disputes involving all kinds of typical construction problems, including delays, interference, differing site conditions, acceleration, construction defects and failures, wrongful termination, defective plans, misrepresentation and competitive bid protests
  • Extensive experience in various alternative dispute resolution procedures both as an advocate and as a neutral
  • Litigation of wide variety of business and commercial matters, including the Uniform Commercial Code, computers and contract disputes

Education

  • J.D. (magna cum laude), University of Michigan Law School, 1974
    - Associate Editor, Michigan Law Review, 1971-74
    - Order of the Coif
  • B.S.E. (summa cum laude), University of Michigan, 1970

Admitted to Practice

  • Michigan, 1974
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1974
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1998

Professional and Community Involvement

  • Member, American Arbitration Association's Large, Complex Case Panel of Arbitrators
  • Member, State Bar of Michigan (Corporation, Finance and Business Law Section and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section)
  • Member, Detroit Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association (Forum on the Construction Industry, Section of Litigation)
  • Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association's Panel of Construction Arbitrators and Panel of Commercial Arbitrators
  • ADR Counsel, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
  • Firm Management
    - Chief Executive Officer
    - Governing Board
    - Management Group