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R. James Slaughter
Partner

Email: rslaughter@kvn.com
Tel: 415.391.5400

Education:
Yale Law School, 1997
Yale College, 1991

Jamie Slaughter joined Keker & Van Nest in 2001 and became a partner in 2005. Jamie has extensive experience in complex civil and white collar criminal matters. He has successfully represented companies (large and small) and individuals in breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, trade secret, copyright, trademark, and right of publicity cases. He has also represented individuals in matters with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice, and numerous national law firms in professional negligence cases.

Jamie has tried, arbitrated, and mediated cases in state and federal courts in California, New York, Delaware, and around the country. He has spent substantial time protecting the interests of the leading designer and publisher of video games against copyright, trademark, and right of publicity challenges, including defeating multiple preliminary injunction motions that sought to prevent his client from releasing popular and highly anticipated games.

Jamie graduated from Yale College in 1991 and received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1997. Between college and law school Jamie was a political consultant, working on campaigns in the Bay Area and throughout California. Following law school, Jamie served as a law clerk for the Honorable Kim McLane Wardlaw of the United States District Court, Central District of California (now on the Ninth Circuit) and the Honorable Martin J. Jenkins of the United States District Court, Northern District of California (now on the California First District Court of Appeal).

Jamie lives in San Francisco with his wife and two sons. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Legal Services for Children and the San Francisco Municipal Railway Improvement Corporation.