Criminal and civil practice in both Federal and State courts in North Central West Virginia. Practice includes state and municipal courts in Morgantown(Monongalia), Fairmont(Marion), Kingwood(Preston), Clarksburg(Harrison), Grafton(Taylor), and Phillipi (Barbour).Practice also includes Federal Courts in the Northern District of West Virginia at Wheeling, Clarksburg, Elkins, and Martinsburg.Also serving the West Virginia University(WVU) faculty and student community.
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Offices located at 505 Ashebrooke Square, Morgantown, West Virginia 26508
James Zimarowski is well known from the media accounts of his jury trials as the preeminent criminal defense attorney in North Central West Virginia.
James Zimarowski has been doing trial work, both criminal and civil, for over thirty years.
James Zimarowski's criminal jury trials are noteworthy not only for their results but the high level of advocacy and technical command demonstrated - raising the bar as it were - to ensure a fair trial and adherence to the rule of law. James Zimarowski's civil and administrative work reflects a body of work reflecting the best of trial advocacy and good lawyering.
Martindale-Hubbell's peer rating for James Zimarowski is an "AV"- the highest available at the "preeminent" level for legal ability and ethics. Very few attorneys in Monongalia County have such a high peer rating.
James Zimarowski is a product of West Virginia educational institutions. He has six degrees: five from West Virginia institutions. He holds two undergraduate degrees from West Virginia Institute of Technology and two Masters degrees from Marshall University. James Zimarowski's first law degree is from West Virginia University where he served on Law Review and graduated near the top of his class, earning the prestigious Order of the Coif. He went on to earn a post doctoral degree in law from the University of Illinois. James Zimarowski has published numerous scholarly and law review articles which are cited and used by many scholars in the fields of labor, economics, and employment law.
The ability to communicate is essential in a trial attorney. James Zimarowski has experience as both a criminal defense attorney and prosecutor. James Zimarowski has worked as an engineer, educator, and researcher. He has published scholarly articles and taught legal topics in labor/employment law and trial advocacy at universities including West Virginia University and University of Notre Dame. James Zimarowski routinely appears as a presenter at Continuing Legal Education seminars and serves on various judicial/legal rules committees.
James Zimarowski also has farmer and cattle breeder to his credentials. As the owner of Crooked Stump Farm, he raises purebred Scottish Highland Cattle and Jerusalem Donkeys and actively works the farm in the mountains of Preston County, West Virginia.
James Zimarowski brings years of experience, the ability to communicate effectively, and credibility to the courtroom and legal process.
Learn MoreZimarowski Law Offices’ primary emphasis is criminal litigation and procedure in North Central West Virginia.
In addition, Zimarowski Law Offices maintains a general civil litigation practice involving personal injury, breach of contract, administrative law, and labor side labor/ employment law.We represent labor unions and union members in all aspects of labor related actions.
West Virginia does not permit an attorney to claim specialization in any area of law.
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A sampling of significant trial work.
Zimarowski, James B., Michael J. Radzicki, and William A Wines, "An Institutionalist Perspective on Law and Economics (Chicago Style) in the Context of United States Labor Law." Arizona Law Review, Volume 35, Number 2, pages 397-443 (1993).
Zimarowski, James B., "A Primer on Power Balancing Under the National Labor Relations Act." University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Volume 22, Number 1, pages 47-104 (1989).
Zimarowski, James B., "Interpreting Collective Bargaining Agreements: Ambiguity, Silence, and NLRA Section 8(d)." Industrial Relations Law Journal, Volume 10, Number 4, pages 465-508 (1988).
Zimarowski, James B., "Public Purpose, Law, and Economics: J. R. Commons and the Institutional Paradigm Revisited." West Virginia Law Review, Volume 90, Number 2, pages 387-416 ( Winter 1987-88).
Zimarowski, James B., "Book Review: The Hawk's Nest Incident: America's Worst Industrial Disaster." American Business Law Journal, Volume 25, Number3, pages 567-70 (1987).
Zimarowski, James B., "The Viability of the Collective Bargaining Process: Corporate Transformations as Unchanneled Bargaining Power." Hofstra Labor Law Journal, Volume 3, Number 2, pages 137-203 (1986).
Zimarowski, James B., "Employer Evasion of the Collective Bargaining Agreement: Policy Directions and the Reagan NLRB." Labor Law Journal, Volume 37, Number 1 pages 50-60 (1986)
Zimarowski, James B., "The Limits Upon a Labor Union's 'Duty' to Control Wildcat Strikers." West Virginia Law Review, Volume 84, Number 3, pages 703-87 (1982).
Perrine, A. W., James B. Zimarowski, et al., "Survey of Developments in the Fourth Circuit, 1981." West Virginia Law Review, Volume 84, Number 3, pages 703-87 (1982).
Zimarowski, James B., "Abusive Discharge and Employment at Will." West Virginia Public Interest Law Report, Volume 5, Number 1, pages 7-10 (1982).
Zimarowski, James B., "Into the Mire of Uncertainty: Union Disciplinary Fines and NLRA Section 8(b) (1)(A)." West Virginia Law Review, Volume 84, Number 2, pages 411-34 (1982).