James C. Gocker

James C. Gocker

Practice Areas:

  • Civil Litigation, including Products Liability
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Defense

    • Education:

  • American University (B.A., 1970)
  • Washington College of Law (J.D., 1973)
  • American University Law Review, Associate Editor-in-Chief, Deans Fellow (1972-1973)

    • Member:

  • Monroe County Bar Association (Past Trustee, 1992-1994; Chairperson, Report: Justice in Jeopardy)
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Fair Housing Enforcement Advisory Committee (1998-2003)
  • Genesee Valley New York Civil Liberties Union (Past Board Member)
  • Pre-Trial Release Corporation (Past Board Member)
  • Metropolitan Forum (Past Trustee)
  • Housing Opportunities Inc., Board Member

    • Panelist/Lecturer:

  • New York State Bar Association and Monroe County Bar Association CLE programs

    • Admitted to Bar:

  • New York–1974
  • United States District Court, Western District of New York–1974
  • United States District Court, Northern District of New York–1981
  • United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit–1982
  • United States District Court, Southern District of New York–1986
  • United States Supreme Court–2005

    • Other Employment:

  • Assistant District Attorney, Monroe County (1976-1977)
  • Adjunct Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology, Department of Criminal Justice (1996)
  • Past appointments as Special District Attorney

    • Authored:

  • Recovery of Economic Loss Based Upon Strict Products Liability, New York State Bar Journal, Volume 54, No. 8

    • Awards:

  • 2001 Equality as Justice Award - Genesee Valley New York Civil Liberties Union
  • The Monroe County Bar Association, The Adolph J. Rodenbeck Award - 1998
  • The Monroe County Bar Association, Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award - 2004