Jim Esdaile is a litigator with both local and national recognition. His practice concentrates on complex tort litigation, including medical malpractice and products liability, as well as extensive experience in business and financial disputes. Mr. Esdaile's professional skill has been recognized by his admission as a Fellow to the elite ranks of the American College of Trial Lawyers (DATE); he is also a member of the Boston, Massachusetts, and American Bar Associations, as well as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. While in law school, Mr. Esdaile served as Managing Editor of the prestigious Boston University Law Review (DATES). Following his graduation, cum laude, from Boston University School of Law in 1970, Mr. Esdaile clerked for Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. After serving in the U.S. Navy's Judge Advocate General Corps, Mr. Esdaile joined the firm, also returning to the Law School as an instructor in legal methods. Mr. Esdaile has written and lectured on topics related to civil litigation practice, authoring "The Collateral Source Rule," 68 Massachusetts Law Review 1983. He has also served on the Governor's Task Force on Alternative Dispute Resolution (1985-1987), as Commissioner of the Governor's Special Commission on Medical Malpractice (1984-1991), on the Massachusetts Superior Court Committee on Time Standards (1987-1988), and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Flashner Institute (1987 to present).