Johnnie A. James

Education

• J.D., New York University School of Law, 1989
• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1986

Admission to Practice

• California
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Central District of California

• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Minority Corporate Counsel Association
• Board of Directors, Constitutional Rights Foundation (2009–2010)
• Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Los Angeles Urban League (2002-2005)
• Board of Directors, Public Counsel (1994-1997)
• Board of Advisors, NYU Root-Tilden-Snow Scholarship Program (1992-1996)

• Navigating California Employment Law – “The Overflowing Alphabet Soup of California Leave Laws” – Napa – February 29, 2024
• Navigating California Employment Law – “Update on California Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Litigation and Trends” – Napa – March 2, 2023
• Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Hiring and Firing Employees in a Post-COVID World” – Austin – June 23, 2021
• Navigating California Employment Law – “Post-Traumatic (Stress) Growth: Emerging Stronger From Challenging Times” – March 5, 2021
• California Employment Law & Cabernet – “Taming the Tiger: Managing a California Workforce” – Napa – March 6, 2020
• Ogletree Deakins Workplace Strategies Seminar – “Making the Tough Call: Real World Ethical Dilemmas for In-House Counsel” – San Diego – May 5, 2017
• Ogletree Deakins Navigating California Employment Law Seminar – “California, Here I Come!” – Napa – March 1, 2017
• Los Angeles County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Law Section – “Nuts and Bolts of Employment Law Part II” – Los Angeles – January 29, 2011
• Century City Bar Association – “Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession – Harassment and Discrimination Awareness” – Los Angeles – January 25, 2011
• Practicing Law Institute, California Employment Law Update 2010 – “The Convergence of Workers’ Compensation, the ADA, and the California Fair Employment & Housing Act: Potential Traps for the Unwary” – San Francisco – November 16, 2010
• California Minority Counsel Program’s 21st Annual Business Conference – “The Diversity Edge: Making Law Firm Diversity a Reality” – San Francisco – September 30, 2010

• November 4, 2016 – Law360 – “Adequately Addressing ADA Accommodation Requests”
• June 1, 2016 – Law360 – “Key Steps in Forming Attendance Time off and Leave Policies Authored”
• 2010 – California Employment Law Update, Practicing Law Institute, 2010 – “The Convergence of Workers’ Compensation, the ADA, and the California Fair Employment & Housing Act: Potential Traps for the Unwary”

• The Most Influential Minority Attorneys in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Business Journal (2018)
• The Nation’s Most Powerful Employment Attorneys, Up-and-Comers, Human Resource Executive Magazine (2011)
• California Super Lawyers (2004-2007)
• NYU Root-Tilden Scholar