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James Lamb

James Lamb

James Lamb serves in the Consumer Defense, Commercial Litigation, Bankruptcy Law, and Appellate Practice Groups.  Before law school, Mr. Lamb worked in nonprofit communications for a Connecticut think tank and assisted faculty diversity and retention efforts at Yale University.

During law school, Mr. Lamb lectured on criminal procedure and race at an art installation designed to grapple with police-involved homicides in minority communities, and organized book discussions and film screenings to educate students and faculty on critical race scholarship.  Mr. Lamb worked as a judicial extern for The Honorable André Birotte Jr. of the United States District Court, Central District of California, and later addressed municipal public expression practices with the American Civil Liberties Union as a First Amendment Advocacy Extern.

Concluding law school, Mr. Lamb successfully argued an immigration case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He recently clerked for the Honorable Michael P. Linfield of the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. 

Mr. Lamb joined the Firm in 2022 to focus his practice on representing financial institutions in various consumer and commercial litigation disputes.

Notable Cases/Work

  • Perez Zamora v. Barr, No. 18-70021 (9th Cir. Dec. 8, 2020)

Publications and Lectures

  • Provisional licensing is a better option than diploma privilege, THE DAILY JOURNAL, April 22, 2020
  • Figures of Empire: On the Impossibility of Superhero Diversity, THE HOODED UTILITARIAN, May 12, 2015
  • Lecturer, American Monument Art Installation, March 7, 2020

Honors and Distinctions

  • Dean's Merit Scholarship, UCI Law
  • Finalist, UCI Law Mock Trial Competition
  • Semifinalist, UCI Law Moot Court Competition

Contact Information

Metairie Office
3850 North Causeway Boulevard
Suite 200
Metairie, Louisiana 70002

Direct: (504) 846-7933
Office: (504) 828-3700
Fax: (504) 828-3737

Email: jlamb@sessions.legal


Education

  • B.A., Cornell University, 2006
  • J.D., University of California, Irvine School of Law, 2020

Admissions

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