Comprehensive Elder Law Services Addressing
a Full Range of Legal Issues

James R. Baker

Location:

Pittsburgh, PA

Phone:

Fax:

(412) 261-1455

Email:

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- J.D. with Tax Law Concentration - 2016
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: William H. Eckert Prize; Distinguished Public Interest Scholar Nominee; University of Pittsburgh Law School Alumni Association Scholarship; Dean's Scholarship
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
- B.S., Mathematics and B.A., History - 2013
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics); Phi Alpha Theta (History); Distinguished Alden Scholar; Ethyl Moore Miller Memorial Scholarship; Morten J. Luvaas Scholarship

Published Works

Thought Crimes in the Era of Domestic Extremism, Point of Law, Young Lawyers Division to the Allegheny County Bar Association, Spring, 2021
One Layman's Folly is Another Layman's Fallacy, Point of Law, Young Lawyers Division to the Allegheny County Bar Association, Spring, 2019
Old Dogs Should Learn New Tricks, Point of Law, Young Lawyers Division to the Allegheny County Bar Association, Winter, 2018
Corporate Personhood: Journey into the Unknown, 77 Pitt L. Rev. 259, Law Review, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Junior Articles Editor, Research Editor, 2015
Wrote and orally defended “A Cantorian Set History,” a semester-long independent research paper on the development of abstract mathematics in Germany during the 19th century, Senior Thesis, Allegheny College, 2013

Classes/Seminars

Fitting Fido into Public Places (CLE)
Dispositive Motions in Federal Court: Do I File? Why and How?
Criminal Law for the Non-Criminal Attorney (CLE)
Civil Rights Law for the Non-Civil Rights Attorney
Planned Labor and Employment Law for the Non-Labor and Employment Attorney (CLE)
Tough Talks Town Hall
Estates and Trusts for the Non-Estates and Trusts Lawyer (CLE)

Professional Associations and Memberships

Allegheny County Bar Association
Young Lawyer's Division Treasurer (2021-2022)
YLD Council (2020-2021)
YLD Bar Leadership Initiative
YLD Esquire Open Planning Committee
YLD Anti-Racism Committee Chair
YLD Education Committee Co-Chair

Past Employment Positions

Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender, Assistant Public Defender, 2017 to 2021
Healey & Hornack, P.C., Attorney, 2016 to 2017
Dan Bricmont, Attorney at Law, Contract Attorney, 2017
Law Office Of Lazar Palnick, Voter Protection Associate, 2016
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Chambers of Judge David Cercone, Clerk Intern, 2015

Pro-Bono Activities

Community for Pittsburgh Ultimate Board
Voter Protection Steering Committee
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Inn of Court (Hay-Sell Chapter)
World Refugee Day Planning Committee