James C. Sturdevant

Bio as of February 2008:

James Sturdevant, principal of The Sturdevant Law Firm, San Francisco, specializes in class actions involving consumer protection, financial and insurance fraud, employment discrimination and a wide variety of unlawful, unfair and fraudulent business practice cases. Practicing for more than 30 years, he was named 2004 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Consumer Attorneys of California and 2002 Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.

Articles written by this author:

The Consumer Legal Remedies Act

Restoring the traditional pleading and proof requirements for claims of deception under Civil Code section 1750

James C. Sturdevant
Alexius Markwalder

2007 August

Revisiting binding mandatory pre-dispute arbitration clauses

Legislators look to preclude such clauses in consumer and employment matters

James C. Sturdevant

2007 September

Federal preemption cases: Reflections on the U.S. Supreme Court’s busy docket

In today’s partisan lineup, a “conservative” is most likely to support a claim of federal preemption that would eliminate state laws and favor corporate interests

James C. Sturdevant
F. Paul Bland, Jr.

2008 February

Provisions that should be prohibited in settlement agreements

Plaintiffs’ attorneys have an ethical obligation to protect the civil justice system by opposing confidentiality, non-disparagement and non-participation clauses in settlement agreements

James C. Sturdevant

2018 October