James G. Perry
Attorney
James G. Perry is a trial and litigation attorney with ACTS Law with a practice focused on class actions, environmental, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, and products liability cases. With significant trial experience, including almost a decade in District Attorney offices and well over fifty trials, Mr. Perry is skilled at handling matters from inception all the way to verdict.
Mr. Perry’s complex caseload involves wrongful death and catastrophic injury actions against government agencies, products liability matters on behalf of unsuspecting victims against major corporations, and personal injury lawsuits against environmental polluters who caused harm to members of their communities. Mr. Perry takes great pride in and has a passion for representing and standing up for those who have been harmed.
Mr. Perry has also handled an array of complex environmental matters, in state and federal court, and has represented clients in class action and mass action matters involving, for example, the Carson Hydrogen Sulfide crisis, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Water Contamination crisis, and the Orange County Oil Spill.
Prior to joining private practice, he spent nearly a decade in two different District Attorney offices. From 2013 to 2021, he handled a heavy prosecutorial caseload with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, litigating numerous cases from inception through resolution. He completed more than 35 jury trials, and 15 bench trials. Before departing the LADA’s Office, the vast majority of Mr. Perry’s cases were homicide related and many involved complex conspiracies and factual scenarios. During his time as a Deputy District Attorney, Mr. Perry directed and advised investigative teams, provided legal and tactical analysis, and conducted training seminars for the law enforcement community.
Mr. Perry also deeply enjoys passing down his trial advocacy experience to younger lawyers and students. He has spent the past eight years teaching, coaching, and guest judging for various organizations, including Berkeley Law School, UCLA Law School, Loyola Law School, Southwestern Law School, Cal Poly Pomona, American Association for Justice, and county-wide high school associations.
PRACTICE AREAS
- Wrongful Death
- Catastrophic Injury
- Products Liability
- Environmental
- Class Actions
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA)
- Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC)
- Director, COAC Inland Empire (CAOIE)
- American Association for Justice (AAJ)
- Orange County Trial Lawyers Association (OCTLA)
- Riverside County Bar Association
- San Bernardino County Bar Association
EDUCATION
- University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D. May 2011
- Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Publishing Editor
- Berkeley Law Board of Advocate, Trial Attorney
- Jurisprudence Award (highest grade in class): Civ. Pro. I & II; LRW I; Wine Law
- Bales Trial Competition: Outstanding Advocate Award, Semi-Finalist
- ABA L&E Trial Competition: San Francisco Reg. Champion, Nat. Semi-Finalist
- California State Polytechnic University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Sept. 2008
- American Mock Trial Association: All-Region Attorney (2007 & 2008)
- All-Nation Attorney (2008) (top 20 in country)
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of California
- United States District Court, Central District of California
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