Defective Pharmaceutical Drugs and Medical Device Lawyer
James T. Capretz
Seeking Justice For Injury Victims For Over 30 Years
Accident & Injury, Lawsuit & Dispute, Health Care, Consumer Rights, Litigation, Elder Law, Defective Pharmaceutical Drugs and Medical Devices
- Law Office: Capretz & Associates
- Newport Beach Law Firms
- Law School: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, LL.B. 1963
- Status: In Good Standing
- Licensed: 54 years
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QUESTIONNAIRE
We learned of a questionable cell phone tax in 2011 in the City of Chula Vista, CA and successfully filed and concluded a California state court class action in 2013 reducing the tax and refunding certain cell phone tax moneys paid by the citizens of the city.
What should clients look for in a lawyer?A lawyer competent in the fields in which he practices who is passionate about seeing justice done.
How important is local knowledge to the success of your cases?The ability to meet and work with the client personally and perhaps know any local court personnel involved and local defense counsel.
What information can you provide in a free phone consultation?In a free telephone consultation an attorney will likely learn the legal issue involved and determine what the client is seeking and what legal remedies there may be. Accordingly, the attorney may make and convey to the client his/her initial impressions and determine if the claimant may have a legally viable claim and reasonable expectancy.
What differentiates you from other lawyers in your community?Experience, reputation, achievements and dedicated client advocacy.
What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?Client success.
Experience
Position | Organization | Location | Duration |
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Attorney | Capretz & Associates | Present |
Education
School | Degree | Major | Graduation |
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Loyola University New Orleans College of Law | LL.B. | Law School | 1963 |
Loyola University | BBA | Business Administration | 1961 |
Admission
State / Court | Date |
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California | 1969 |
Associations
- Mr. Capretz currently serves as co-lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation known as In Re: St. Jude Medical, Inc., Silzone Heart Valves Products Liability Litigation MDL #1396 and acts as Plaintiffs' State Liaison Counsel in the Federal Court MDL-1355 In Re Propulsid Products Liability Litigation matter as well as Special Counsel to the class in the matter known as Arthur Ray Bowling, et al. v. Pfizer, Inc., et al., Case No. C-1-91-256. He has been a speaker or lecturer for private educational firms and the American Trial Lawyers Association on class related topics. He is a public mediator for the National Association of Security Dealers. He holds a certificate of completion from the Harvard Law School Mediation Workshop for Lawyers. He was the founder of ProMediate, an alternative dispute resolution service, started in 1992 to resolve complex civil litigation matters.
Honors & Awards
- Mr. Capretz was the only attorney in private practice named in the initial publication of the top 50 most influential business people in Orange County by the Orange County Business Journal.
Cases
Mr. Capretz has thirty (30) years experience in consumer, business, securities and complex mass tort litigation including class actions. He has been involved in the Shiley/Pfizer heart valve litigation since 1985 and has resolved hundreds of individual claims along with being involved in the final negotiations and completion of the model global settlement in 1992. A partial list of the class actions or complex litigation cases in which the law firm is involved include the following: http://www.capretz.com/sub/index.jsp?contentid=WaZfQgwsosS4GVk00wpf17E1
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