James
K. Green is
a lawyer based in West Palm Beach focusing on complex federal and
civil litigation, land use, constitutional law, civil & human rights, and
class actions. Green has been practicing law for more than 35 years, and is admitted
to practice before the United States Supreme Court, and all state and federal
courts in Florida and the District of Columbia. He has argued several major
civil rights cases throughout his career, and has been a leader in the American
Civil Liberties Union of Florida, serving as its Legal Director from 1987-1992
and its President from 1993-1996. He is a graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania and the Antioch College School of Law.
CIVIC
ACTIVITIESPresident,
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. (1993-1996)
Legal
Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, Inc. (1987‑1992)
Nelson Poynter Civil Liberties Award, presented by the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida (1997)
Member,
Bicentennial Constitutional Commemorative Committee (1986) President, Palm Beach Rowing Association, Inc. (1980‑1982) Honors
Recipient, President's Pro Bono Service Award, The Florida Bar (1990) William
Reece Smith, Jr. Public Service Award, presented by Stetson University College
of Law (1991) ACLU
Legal Award, presented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida,
Central Florida Chapter (1992) Board of Directors, Haitian‑American Community Center, Inc. (1984‑1987) Chairperson,
Charter Review Commission, City of West Palm Beach (1992)
| PUBLICATIONS Jury Challenges in Florida: Improving the Composition of Juries, Florida Bar Journal (May 1980) Truth Maybe, But At What Consequence?, Palm Beach Post (April 1985) James K. Green & Barbara Kritchevsky, Litigating Attorney’s Fees: Running the Gauntlet, 37 Urb. Law. 691 (2005) LECTURES AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW SCHOOLS, San Francisco (Speaker on attorney’s fees litigation in civil rights cases) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, University of Wisconsin (Speaker on monitoring compliance in jail and prison conditions cases) AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF FLORIDA, West Palm Beach, Florida (Moderator of panel discussion of police misconduct/prisoner litigation) FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (Speaker on Section 1983 litigation)
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER, Miami, Florida (Speaker on Section 1983 remedies for state/local official misconduct involving aliens) TULANE LAW SCHOOL CLE, New Orleans, Louisiana (speaker on ethics and Section 1988 attorney's fees) |
