James R. Condo

Bar Admissions

• Arizona
• Colorado (inactive)
• District of Columbia (retired)

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Arizona
• Supreme Court of Colorado
• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
• United States District Court, District of Arizona
• United States Supreme Court

Education

• Boston College Law School, Newton, MA (J.D., cum laude)
  • Managing Editor, Boston College Law Review
• Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA (B.S., Business and Economics, with honors)

Awards & Recognition

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America™
• The Best Lawyers in America^®, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Construction Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants (2003-2021); Commercial Litigation (2024-2025); Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants (2024); Product Liability Litigation – Defendants (2025)
• Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business^®, Litigation: General Commercial (2003-2024)
• Southwest Super Lawyers^®, Professional Liability: Defense (2022, 2024, 2025), Business Litigation (2007-2023)
  • Top 50 in Arizona (2017)
• Business Today, Top 10 Most Influential Commercial Litigation Lawyers in Arizona for 2023
• Benchmark Litigation, Local Litigation Star – Arizona, Product Liability, General Commercial (2013-2018, 2022)
• Top 100 Lawyers in Arizona, AZ Business Magazine (2018)
• Product Liability Defense Lawyer of the Year in Arizona, Corporate Intl Magazine (2013)
• Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Attorneys, Commercial Litigation (2010-2011)

Professional Memberships and Activities

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
  • Member, Arizona State Committee (2018-2023)

Community Involvement

• Habitat for Humanity 2020 Equitable Development Forum, Panel Moderator, “Preservation and Production of Equitable Housing (2020)
• Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Arizona Chapter, Town Hall with Family Court Presiding Judge Bruce Cohen, Discussion Leader (2019)
• Arizona Presenters Alliance, 21st Annual Conference, Discussion Leader (2017)
• The Nature Conservancy, Salt and Verde Rivers Water Fund Summit, Discussion Leader (2016)
• “Visioning Scottsdale” Town Hall, City of Scottsdale, Panel Chair (2013)
• Arizona Town Hall (1984-Present)
  • Board of Directors (1996-2000; 2005-2009)
  • Chairman of the Board (2007-2009)
• National Leadership Council, Lehigh University (2005-2011)

Representative Presentations and Publications

• “Damages: It’s All About the Money,” American College of Trial Lawyers (May 10, 2019)
• “Innovative Trial Preparation and Presentation,” American College of Trial Lawyers (April 22, 2016)
• “Escape from the Briar Patch Between Discovery and Trial,” American College of Trial Lawyers (May 15, 2015)