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James Wagstaffe

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Trial Lawyer and Partner
Adamski Moroski Madden Cumberland & Green LLP

San Francisco , CA

James Wagstaffe has been an adjunct professor at UC Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law) for over 30 years, teaching civil procedure and constitutional law. He also teaches media law at San Francisco State University and public speaking at Stanford University. He is a San Francisco trial lawyer and partner at Adamski Moroski Madden Cumberland & Green LLP, as well as the author of "The Wagstaffe Group Practice Guide: Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial," (3-volumes, Lexis Nexis 2025).

UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA



Columns
Title Category Published
The High Court is upending decades of settled law U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law Mar. 25, 2026

Verdicts & Settlements
Case Name Topic Role Published
League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale v. City of Cupertino, et al. Constitutional Law Defendant Nov. 10, 2023
Eric Whitehead v. Raymond F. Bourhis Inc. Contracts Defendant Jun. 12, 2020
Delta Forensic Engineering Inc. v. Delta V Biomechanics Inc. Intellectual Property Defendant Nov. 15, 2019
Charles Tenborg v. CalCoastNews/ UncoveredSLO.com LLC, a California corporation dba CalCoastNews, Karen Velie, an individual, Daniel Blackburn, an individual Business Law Plaintiff Apr. 29, 2017
In The Matter of The Robin Williams Trust Probate and Trusts Petitioner Nov. 14, 2015
In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation Consumer Law Plaintiff Feb. 1, 2014
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization v. Buffalo Technology (USA) Inc. et al. Intellectual Property Plaintiff Dec. 29, 2012
Michael Danko v. Terry O'Reilly Attorneys Plaintiff Aug. 4, 2012
Alexander Graham-Sult and David Graham v. Nicholas P. Clainos, Richard L. Greene, Linda McCall, Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP, Bill Graham Archives LLC, d/b/a Wolfgang's Vault, Norton LLC and William E. Sagan Torts Defendant Apr. 28, 2012
Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. Intellectual Property Defendant May 14, 2011
Chevron Corporation v. Cristobal Bonifaz, The Law Offices of Cristobal Bonifaz Torts Defendant Oct. 30, 2010
ZL Technologies Inc. v. Gartner Group Inc., Carolyn DiCenzo Torts Plaintiff Aug. 7, 2010
Apple Inc. v. Podfitness Inc. Intellectual Property Defendant Oct. 18, 2008
Mali Kuo, On Behalf of Several Other Investors v. Digital Video Systems Inc., Edmund Sun Business Law Defendant Jun. 16, 2007
Confidential Contracts Oct. 19, 2000
Title Category Published
The High Court is upending decades of settled law U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Law Mar. 25, 2026
Case Name Topic Role Published
League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale v. City of Cupertino, et al. Constitutional Law Defendant Nov. 10, 2023
Eric Whitehead v. Raymond F. Bourhis Inc. Contracts Defendant Jun. 12, 2020
Delta Forensic Engineering Inc. v. Delta V Biomechanics Inc. Intellectual Property Defendant Nov. 15, 2019
Charles Tenborg v. CalCoastNews/ UncoveredSLO.com LLC, a California corporation dba CalCoastNews, Karen Velie, an individual, Daniel Blackburn, an individual Business Law Plaintiff Apr. 29, 2017
In The Matter of The Robin Williams Trust Probate and Trusts Petitioner Nov. 14, 2015
In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation Consumer Law Plaintiff Feb. 1, 2014
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization v. Buffalo Technology (USA) Inc. et al. Intellectual Property Plaintiff Dec. 29, 2012
Michael Danko v. Terry O'Reilly Attorneys Plaintiff Aug. 4, 2012
Alexander Graham-Sult and David Graham v. Nicholas P. Clainos, Richard L. Greene, Linda McCall, Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP, Bill Graham Archives LLC, d/b/a Wolfgang's Vault, Norton LLC and William E. Sagan Torts Defendant Apr. 28, 2012
Qualcomm Inc. v. Broadcom Corp. Intellectual Property Defendant May 14, 2011
Chevron Corporation v. Cristobal Bonifaz, The Law Offices of Cristobal Bonifaz Torts Defendant Oct. 30, 2010
ZL Technologies Inc. v. Gartner Group Inc., Carolyn DiCenzo Torts Plaintiff Aug. 7, 2010
Apple Inc. v. Podfitness Inc. Intellectual Property Defendant Oct. 18, 2008
Mali Kuo, On Behalf of Several Other Investors v. Digital Video Systems Inc., Edmund Sun Business Law Defendant Jun. 16, 2007
Confidential Contracts Oct. 19, 2000
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