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Area of Emphasis
Jim Corbelli is a shareholder in the Litigation, Intellectual Property, Toxic Tort and Natural Resources Groups of Babst Calland. Mr. Corbelli is the Chair of the firm’s Litigation Group, which has more than 30 members.
He has acted as lead trial counsel in a wide variety of complex commercial, intellectual property, toxic tort, environmental and natural resource and energy litigation. Mr. Corbelli has considerable experience in disputes related to trade secrets, covenants not to compete and other restrictive covenants. He has frequently been involved in requests to federal and state courts for injunctive relief. Mr. Corbelli has also actively assisted clients to avoid litigation and positioned clients to prepare for litigation.
Background
Mr. Corbelli graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in 1986, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a member of the Honors Program in the History Department. Mr. Corbelli received his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Pittsburgh in 1989 and was elected for membership in the Order of the Coif. He served as Notes Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, where he was also published.
Memberships and Affiliations
Mr. Corbelli is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania Courts, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Fifth Circuits. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in numerous state and federal courts. Mr. Corbelli is a member of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. He has been consistently recognized as one of Pennsylvania’s top lawyers, according to an annual survey published in Philadelphia magazine and has achieved the highest rating from Martindale-Hubbell for his legal ability and general ethical standards.
Publications/Presentations
Mr. Corbelli has frequently lectured and written on issues such as trial strategy, expert witnesses, trade secrets and restrictive covenants, discovery, energy litigation and environmental litigation.
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