HOME> ATTORNEY BIOGRAPHIES> JAMES P. STEELE
Practice Areas:
Insurance Coverage
Complex Litigation
Professional Liability
General Liability
Non-Profit and Charitable Organizations Practice
Religious Institutions Practice
Appellate Practice
Bar and Court Admissions:
Maryland 1992
District of Columbia 1995
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia 1995
U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland 1997
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit 2007
Education:
University of Delaware
Degree: Bachelor of Arts (History)
Date: 1987
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
Degree: Juris Doctor
Date: 1992
Professional and Civic Organizations:
D.C. Defense Lawyers Association (Former annual convention chair and speaker)
The Barristers
D.C. Bar, Former member, Steering Committee of the Torts Section
D.C. Bar, Member, Torts Section
D.C. Bar, Member, Litigation Section
Defense Research Institute, Member, Insurance Coverage Law Committee.
Carmody Open Golf Tournament, Executive Committee
Blessed Sacrament Parish, Coach, 5th and 6th Grade Boys Team
D.C. Bar, Member, Insurance Coverage Law Committee
Personal Statement:
Jim Steele is a Member of the firm. His practice areas include insurance coverage, complex litigation, professional liability, general liability litigation, non-profit and charitable organizations practice and religious institutions practice. Jim has handled matters on behalf of many insurance carriers, private corporations, entertainment venues, non-profit and charitable organizations and religious institutions. Jim has advised insurance carriers on coverage disputes, and has litigated coverage cases. He has also litigated cases involving attorney, accountant and insurance broker malpractice, wrongful death and serious personal injuries, serious property damage, subrogation claims and more. Jim is a member of the Insurance Coverage Law Committees of the Defense Research Institute and the DC Bar. He has received an AV (highest) rating from Martindale Hubbell Law Directory.
Jim has successfully litigated cases in local and federal courts in the District of Columbia and Maryland. Jim's experience in Maryland courts includes handling matters in the Circuit Courts for Baltimore City and Allegany, Baltimore, Harford, Montgomery, Prince George’s, St. Mary’s, Washington, Wicomico and Worcester counties. Jim has also argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Jim has written several articles on issues relating to insurance coverage and general liability topics, motor vehicle accidents and uninsured and underinsured motorist policies. Jim’s article, “Two Recent Decisions Highlight Different Approaches to Whether Disgorged Profits are Covered as Damages,” appeared in DRI’s electronic newsletter, The Voice. Jim authored “Maryland’s First Party Bad Faith Statute,” “Fair Debt Collections Practices Act: Debts, Debt Collectors, and the Mini-Miranda Provision,” and “Grumpy Neighbor Cases in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia” for Carr Maloney’s E-Newsletter. Jim has lectured on these topics and has presented these topics to clients and at the D.C. Defense Lawyers’ Association Annual Convention.
