James Andrew Hinds Jr

A native of Berkeley, California, Jim Hinds received his undergraduate education at the University of California at Berkeley and Dartmouth College.  Mr. Hinds served as Book Review Editor for the Harvard Journal on Legislation from 1975 to 1976 and as a Staff Member of the Harvard Civil Rights Civil Liberties Law Review from 1975 to 1976.  Jim Hinds was admitted to the California bar in 1976 and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth and Ninth Circuits and each of the District Courts in the State of California.

Jim is a frequent author and lecturer, he is co-author of “Buying Hotel Properties in Bankruptcy: Goldmine or Trap for the Unwary,” 3 Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, 627, 1944; author of “To Right Mass Wrongs: A Federal Consumer Class Action Act,” 13 Harvard Journal on Legislation 776, 1976.  His speaking engagements include: the 4th Annual Real Property Retreat, Real Property Law Section of The California State Bar, 1995; The Orange County Bankruptcy Forum, 1990; The Group Health Association of America, Group Health Institute, 1989; California Society for Healthcare Attorneys, Annual Meeting, 1987; Century City Bar Association, 1983; National Business Institute various topics in 2004 and 2005.

Jim is a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, served as a member of the board of the Association of Business Trial Lawyers from 1986 to 1988, and as President (1989-1995) and Treasurer (1986-1988) of the Harvard Law School Association of Southern California.