James Richard Thornburg

James focuses his practice on representing clients in civil litigation, including personal injury, commercial litigation, class actions, and appellate litigation. His practice includes motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful death, natural gas litigation, commercial real estate litigation, and other complex matters. He also represented the 2011 Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission. In his practice of appellate litigation, James has represented clients in appeals before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Superior Court, and Commonwealth Court. He also has experience in criminal defense and DUI defense.

James attended law school at Duquesne University School of Law, where he graduated summa cum laude in 2010. He was a published contributor and editorial board member of the Duquesne Law Review, serving as Executive Criminal Procedure Editor and Associate Comment Editor. He was also a published contributor and senior staff member of the Duquesne Business Law Journal. James received the Honorable Carol Los Mansmann Excellence in Writing Award, the CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of Estates & Trusts, and the CALI Award for Excellence in the Study of International Law. He was also the president of the Duquesne Student Chapter of the Federalist Society. While in law school, James worked as an intern for Judge Thomas Hardiman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and was a research assistant at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC.

James graduated magna cum laude from Allegheny College in 2007 with a B.A. in English. He wrote his thesis on Shakespeare’s Hamlet and was a member of the Sigma Tau Delta English honor society and Phi Alpha Theta history honor society.