Position	Areas of Practice	Education
Published Works	Affiliations	Representative Clients

JAMES J. FERRUZZO, the managing partner of Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo, was born on August 4, 1943. He attended Loyola University for undergraduate work, received his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Western State in 1973, and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1973.

Since 1984, Mr. Ferruzzo has served as a Probation Monitor on Disciplinary Matters for the State Bar Court. He is a member of the State Bar of California, American Bar of Trial Advocates, and in 1996/1997, was President of Peter M. Elliott, American Inn of Court. In June, 1999, he was appointed as a Neutral Arbitrator on the Commercial Panel for the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Ferruzzo has been lead trial attorney in over 150 court and jury trials. He has tried disputes to successful conclusions in complex state and federal civil litigation involving corporate and partnership dissolution, shareholder disputes and business practices, employer wrongful termination defense, sexual harassment defense, real property and landlord disputes, construction defect defense, environmental cleanup and contamination defense, and banking litigation defense. He has also represented many business clients at administrative hearings regarding Alcohol and Beverage Control Liquor Board licensing, Pharmaceutical Board licensing, Automobile Dealership Department of Motor Vehicle licensing, DMV hearings, Air Quality Management District compliance, Regional Water Quality Control compliance, California Labor Board hearings, Cal OSHA compliance, and Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DEFH) and Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) investigations.

Jim Ferruzzo resides in Orange County with his wife, Elena. They have two sons, Gregory, who is a senior trial attorney at Ferruzzo & Ferruzzo; and Jeffrey, who is a graduate of the New York University Film School and works as a film editor for a major advertising agency in New York. Jim and Elena enjoy traveling and are avid golfers.

Current Employment Position(s):
      Managing Partner

Areas of Practice:
      Business & Commercial Law
      Construction
      Contracts
      Employment Law -- Employer
      Environmental Law
      Gaming Law
      Insurance Law
      Labor Law - Employer
      Landlord/Tenant
      Litigation & Appeals
      Real Estate Law
      Personal Injury - Defense
      Products Liability Law
      Transportation Law

Bar Admissions:
      California, 1973
      U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1973

Education:
     Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California, 1973
     Juris Doctor
     Honors: Cum Laude
     Law Review: Associate Editor, Western State Law Review, 1971 - 1972

     Western State University, Fullerton, California
     B.S. in Law
     Honors: Cum Laude

     Loyola University, Los Angeles, California
     Major: Math

Published Works:
     Employment and Labor Law, Co-author with Steven Moran, Esq.,
     Lorman Education Services, Inc., 1995

     Treatise on Cross-Examination, Trials - Techniques Compendium, NCDA,
     National College of District Attorneys, 1978

     Search Warrant Manual on Obscenity Cases, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office,

     National College of District Attorneys

     Treatise on Jury Instructions, Colorado and Kansas District Attorney's Advisory Councils and the National College of District Attorneys

     Videotaped Reenactment of a Cross-examination,
     National College of District Attorneys, 1980

     Videotaped Presentation on Trial Techniques for Public Television

Representative Clients:
     All Counties Courier
     B.C. Wire Rope & Rigging
     Bulk Transportation
     Colonial Insurance
     Crevier Classic Car
     Crystal View Technology
     Kerber Bros. Pool & Spas
     Gregg Drilling & Testing
     Maruchan, Inc.
     Cherokee International Corporation
     Precision Preparation, Inc. (NASCAR Racing Team)
     Susan's Healthy Gourmet
     Orange County Automobile Dealership Association
     Tustin Auto Merchant's Association
     Foothill Ranch Auto Centre Association
     Orange County Auto Show
     Santa Ana Auto Mall
     Foothill Ranch Chevrolet
     Allen Cadillac GMC
     Heritage Lincoln Mercury
     Buena Park Nissan
     Santa Margarita Ford
     McMahon's RV
     Sunrise Ford
     Moothart Chrysler Jeep
     Lamar Hyundai
     Simpson Buick, Pontiac, GMC
     Hardin Honda
     Tom's Truck Center
     Chevrolet of Irvine
     Car Pros Automotive Group, Inc.
     Pomona Automotive Group, Inc.
     Carson Car Pros Kia
     Car Pros Kia (Pomona)
     Car Pros Kia (H.B.)
     Tom's Truck Center
     WM. L. Morris Chevrolet

Professional Associations and Memberships:
     American Arbitration Association
     American Board of Trial Advocacy
     Board Member of UC Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business