James C. Chaney

Education
 
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 1979
 
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Juris Doctor, 1982

Served as Assistant Dean of Students, UCLA Housing Office, 1980-82
 
Admissions

Oregon, 1991; California, 1983 (inactive); United States District Courts for the Eastern, Northern, and Central Districts of California (1983-84), Southern District of California (1986), District of Oregon (1991), and District of Arizona (1999); United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (1991).
 
Professional

The Chaney Firm LLC, Eugene, Oregon: 2003 - , organizer and owner. Civil litigation, emphasizing the areas of insurance defense, product liability defense, and business litigation.

Jaqua & Wheatley, P.C., Eugene, Oregon: Associate, 1991-93, and shareholder, 1994-2002. Insurance defense, product liability defense, and business litigation, including over twenty trials to judgment.

Private practice, San Diego and Costa Mesa, California: 1983-1991. Civil litigation, emphasizing the areas of construction defect defense, and mental health care provider defense.
 
Professional service and affiliations
 
Bar service: Member, 1995-99, and Chair, 1998-99, Oregon Joint Bench/Bar Commission on Professionalism; member, 1992-95, Oregon State Bar Task Force on Professionalism; member, 1992-94, OSB Task Force on Insurer/Insurance Defense Counsel Conflicts; Panel Member, OSB Continuing Legal Education (Dilemmas in Professionalism, 1996; Ethics With Professor Gillers, 1998); Member, OSB House of Delegates (2002 -).
 
Arbitrator: 1995 - present, Lane County Circuit Court. Serve on panels for personal injury, contract disputes, construction disputes, and general civil litigation.
 
Educational: Instructor, Trial Practice, University of Oregon School of Law (1998, 2001-02); Panel member, Willamette University School of Law Professionalism Orientation (1996-98); Guest Lecturer in Ethics, University of Humanistic Studies, San Diego, California (1991).
 
Memberships:  Oregon State Bar; Lane County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Oregon Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute.
 
Community service: Member, San Diego Multidisciplinary Task Force on Psychotherapist/Patient Abuse (1990-91); parent volunteer: Evergreen Elementary School (1993-2000); Roosevelt Middle School (2000 - present), South Eugene and International High School (2000 - present); created and taught two-week mock trial course at elementary school level (1997 and 1999).
 
Personal
 
Born Denver, Colorado, 1958; married for 21 years with two teenage sons.