James M. Shaw

James is an AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and was awarded the Thurgood Marshall Unsung Hero Award by the Hillsborough County Chapter of the NAACP and the First Amendment Award by the Greater Tampa Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. He is a member of the international honors fraternity Phi Delta Phi and a frequent lecturer throughout the Tampa Bay area concerning insurance law, drone law, voting rights law, and civil-rights law. James graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he served as an Articles and Comments Editor for the University of Miami Law Review and was elected to the prestigious Order of the Coif. During law school, James served as a Department of Justice intern with the Appellate Division of the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Florida, preparing appellate briefs for the United States government. James graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelors Degree in Music Composition from the Honors College of Oakland University, where he was awarded the Distinguished Undergraduate Achievement Award. In 2013, James became a graduate of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy held at Stanford University. James has also served as an adjunct professor at St. Petersburg College, where he taught Legal Research & Writing. He is also a member of the American Bar Association, the Aviation Insurance Association, the DRI, the Florida Defense Lawyers Association, and the Hillsborough County Bar Association.