James E. Lobsenz
Firm Name
Practice Type
- Civil
- Criminal
Primary Circuit
9th Circuit
Full Address
701 5th Avenue, Suite 3600
Seattle, WA 98104
Firm Size
40
Appellate Section Size
5
U.S. Supreme Court
Yes
Circuit Admitted To Practice
9th Circuit
State Admitted To Practice
WA
Website
Phone
(206) 622-8020
Jim Lobsenz appears regularly in the Ninth Circuit and the appellate courts of Washington State. Past cases include: Witt v. Department of the Air Force, 527 F.3d 806 (9th Cir. 2008); Seattle v. Menotti, 409 F.3d 1113 (9th Cir. 2005); and Mak v. FBI, 252 F.3d 1089 (9th Cir. 2001). He has argued over 25 cases in the Washington Supreme Court, including Washington State Physicians v. Fisons, 122 Wn.2d 299 (1993). He is a graduate of Stanford University and the UC Berkeley School of Law. He clerked for Justice Mathew O. Tobriner of the California Supreme Court and Chief Justice Vincent McKusick of the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.
A former deputy prosecuting attorney and a former appellate public defender, he has been a shareholder in the Seattle law firm of Carney Badley Spellman, P.S. since 1991.
Jim is the recipient of the William O. Douglas Award, given by the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys for lifetime achievement and dedication to the defense of accused persons. He is also the recipient of the ACLU’s Civil Libertarian Award.
Degrees
- 1978 J.D., Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.
- 1975 M.A., Political Science, Stanford University.
- 1974 B.A., Political Science, Stanford University.
Practice Focus
Appellate advocacy, freedom of speech, police misconduct, criminal law.