Ben Green Bio

JAMES MICHAEL ABERNETHY

BIOGRAPHY

James Michael Abernethy is one of the founding members of Abernethy & Green, P.L.C., a boutique civil and criminal law firm, which opened for business in September, 2004. A New York native, Mr. Abernethy was admitted to the State University of New York at Albany in the fall of 1982, at the age of sixteen. He graduated cum laude in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

Mr. Abernethy received his Juris Doctor from Arizona State University Law School in 1989 and has practiced within the state of Arizona since that time. Mr. Abernethy has an eclectic mix of practice areas including serious personal injury matters, insurance/bad faith litigation, medical malpractice litigation, securities litigation, commercial litigation and civil trial work and appeals. In addition, he has been involved in a number of reported legal opinions including Estate of Jared M. Reinen v. Northern Arizona Orthopedics, Ltd., 198 Ariz. 283, 9 P. 3d 314 (2000); and Williams v. Miles, 128 P. 3d 778 (App. 2006).

In the spring of 2008, Mr. Abernethy was asked to provide assistance to the plaintiffs’ class action trial team in the cases of Nguyen, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Meoli v. AT&T Wireless, Inc. et al.; and Mendoza v. Cingular Wireless LLC et al. in a series of consolidated lawsuits against various cell phone companies such as T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint regarding their business practices of Early Termination Fees (ETFs) and Hand Set Locking of cell phones.

More recently, Mr. Abernethy has been involved in a series of plaintiffs’ cases regarding various high net worth individuals brought against Citigroup for the marketing and sale of Citigroup’s ASTA and MAT Funds which sought to use a leveraged municipal arbitrage bond strategy to enhance investor returns. These funds subsequently went on to lose much, if not all, of their value in the subsequent credit crisis.

In addition to Mr. Abernethy’s vast civil experience, he also works with his partner, Ben Green, on high level criminal matters and the two have conducted numerous CLE at lunch seminars for in state law firms and attorneys regarding Arizona DUI laws. Licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Arizona, Mr. Abernethy is also a Sustaining Member of the Arizona Trial Lawyer’s Association.

Mr. Abernethy is of counsel to the law firm of Friedman│Rubin® Trial Lawyers where he works closely with Rick Friedman, acclaimed author, speaker, and trial lawyer on cases from around the country.


		JAMES MICHAEL ABERNETHY BIOGRAPHY James Michael Abernethy is one of the founding members of Abernethy & Green, P.L.C., a boutique civil and criminal law firm, which opened for business in September, 2004. A New York native, Mr. Abernethy was admitted to the State University of New York at Albany in the fall of 1982, at the age of sixteen. He graduated cum laude in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Mr. Abernethy received his Juris Doctor from Arizona State University Law School in 1989 and has practiced within the state of Arizona since that time. Mr. Abernethy has an eclectic mix of practice areas including serious personal injury matters, insurance/bad faith litigation, medical malpractice litigation, securities litigation, commercial litigation and civil trial work and appeals. In addition, he has been involved in a number of reported legal opinions including Estate of Jared M. Reinen v. Northern Arizona Orthopedics, Ltd., 198 Ariz. 283, 9 P. 3d 314 (2000); and Williams v. Miles, 128 P. 3d 778 (App. 2006). In the spring of 2008, Mr. Abernethy was asked to provide assistance to the plaintiffs’ class action trial team in the cases of Nguyen, et al. v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.; Meoli v. AT&T Wireless, Inc. et al.; and Mendoza v. Cingular Wireless LLC et al. in a series of consolidated lawsuits against various cell phone companies such as T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint regarding their business practices of Early Termination Fees (ETFs) and Hand Set Locking of cell phones. More recently, Mr. Abernethy has been involved in a series of plaintiffs’ cases regarding various high net worth individuals brought against Citigroup for the marketing and sale of Citigroup’s ASTA and MAT Funds which sought to use a leveraged municipal arbitrage bond strategy to enhance investor returns. These funds subsequently went on to lose much, if not all, of their value in the subsequent credit crisis. In addition to Mr. Abernethy’s vast civil experience, he also works with his partner, Ben Green, on high level criminal matters and the two have conducted numerous CLE at lunch seminars for in state law firms and attorneys regarding Arizona DUI laws. Licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Arizona, Mr. Abernethy is also a Sustaining Member of the Arizona Trial Lawyer’s Association. Mr. Abernethy is of counsel to the law firm of Friedman│Rubin® Trial Lawyers where he works closely with Rick Friedman, acclaimed author, speaker, and trial lawyer on cases from around the country.