James Bordas Jr

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Bordas and Bordas Attorneys, PLLC

Experience: 52 years

Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability and 2 others

Experience 52y

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Jim Bordas has been a trial lawyer for almost 40 years. Jim, along with his wife, Linda, founded the firm of Bordas & Bordas upon Linda's graduation from law school in 1985. Jim Bordas has obtained verdicts and settlements in cases involving medical malpractice, product liability, chemical exposure, lender liability, bad faith insurance, soft tissue/head injury and TMJ, employment law, nursing home and trucking. He has successfully prosecuted numerous criminal cases and has also successfully defended multiple diverse criminal cases. In a number of different areas of the law Jim's verdicts have set records in the jurisdictions where the trials took place, including a $50,000,000.00 verdict in Meredith v. Heartland of Clarksburg in 2002 - not only was that one of the largest verdicts in the country of any kind that year, it is believed to be among the largest ever recorded anywhere against a nursing home corporation. Jim has been identified as a West Virginia Super Lawyer and one of the best medical malpractice lawyers in the country. He was recently honored by the West Virginia Association for Justice as the Member of the Year. Jim started the firm's DVD Mediation Program, Focus Group Trial Preparation Concept, and Mock Trial Programs. He continues to focus his efforts on the firm's major and most complex cases while still taking the time to assist the area's poor in helping to solve some of their problems free of charge.

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

West Virginia

Since 1972

Professional Experience

1978 - Current

Bordas and Bordas Attorneys, PLLC

In 1978, Jim started his own practice in the Elm Grove area of Wheeling. His practice continued to focus on representing persons who had been injured as a result of the negligence of others. Ask Jim or one of the firm's other lawyers about the many verdicts and settlements recovered by the firm on behalf of its clients. He remained in the Elm Grove area until 1985 when he and Linda opened their office on National Road in the Dimmeydale area of Wheeling.

1972 - 1978

Riley, Yahn, Bordas & Cooey

He was employed by the Wheeling law firm of Riley & Yahn. Within two years, he became a named partner and the firm name was changed to Riley, Yahn, Bordas & Cooey. While employed there, he was also a part-time assistant prosecuting attorney for Ohio County, West Virginia. During this time, he was the lead attorney in most of the office's major felony cases.

Education

West Virginia State University

Contacts

Wheeling Office 1358 National Rd Wheeling WV 26003 Toll-Free: (866) 674-8762 Telephone: (304) 242-8410 Fax: (304) 242-3936

Moundsville Office 526 7th Street Moundsville WV 26041 Toll-Free: (866) 674-8762 Telephone: (304) 845-5600

St. Clairsville Office 106 East Main Street St. Clairsville OH 43950 Toll-Free: (866) 674-8762 Telephone: (740) 695-8141

One Gateway Center Office 420 Fort Duquesne Blvd. Pittsburgh PA 15222 Toll-Free: (866) 674-8762 Telephone: (412) 502-5000

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James Bordas Jr Bordas and Bordas Attorneys, PLLC

Experience: 52 years

Website: Open

Phone: (866) 674-8762

Location: USA

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Practice Areas

Personal Injury

Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

Medical Malpractice

Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors

Products Liability

Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts

Nursing Home Abuse

Insurance Claims

Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance

Languages

English: Spoken, Written

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Personal Injury Lawyers In Pittsburgh, Ohio, and WV: BordasLaw.com

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