Education

Yale Law School, J.D.

Fordham University, A.B.

Bar Admissions

New York
Massachusetts

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James Pollock

Of Counsel
Boston
t: 617-573-5856

James Pollock is a senior business partner with more than 40 years of experience practicing law in New York and Boston. Mr. Pollock has counseled private and public companies in the United States and United Kingdom in such areas as securities law, mergers and acquisitions, software licensing and distributorship arrangements. As a partner of Sherburne Powers & Needham, P.C. before it joined the law firm of Holland & Knight, Mr. Pollock served on its Managing Committee, was the founder of its business development committee and billing practices committee, and was head of its Business Law Department.

He was an associate fellow from 1965-66 at the Center for the Study of Law and Society at the University of California at Berkeley.

Professional Honors & Awards

  • The Best Lawyers in America guide, Corporate Law, 2006-2012
  • Boston's Best Lawyers, 2009

Memberships

  • Securities Law Subcommittee
  • Boston Bar Association
  • British American Business Council of New England, Board Member, 1996-present; Past President
  • Boston Adult Literacy Fund, Director, 1988-present; Past President
  • Brookline Music School, Director, 1983-present; President, 1994-95

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court for Massachusetts
  • U.S. Appeals Court, First Circuit

Speaking Engagements

  • Business Acquisition Agreements, MCLE program on "Drafting Commercial Documents", 2000-2001
  • Distributorship and Sales Agreements, MCLE program on "Drafting Commercial Documents", 1998-1999
  • Intellectual Property: Protecting the Crown Jewels, Funding Strategies for High Tech Companies Conference at Menlo Park, Calif., 1997
  • The Impact of U.S. Securities Laws in International Transactions, The Annual Meeting of the Global Law Attorneys Network in Paris, France, 1995