Jenkins, James H. "Jim"

Tom Jamison represents parties in a wide range of business disputes, including securities and shareholder litigation, business valuations, and business break-ups. His clients include national and regional securities broker-dealers, institutional and individual investors, business owners and other corporate and individual clients involved in commercial litigation. His practice includes cases litigated in Minnesota state and federal courts, the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court as well as numerous NASD securities arbitrations.

Tom's recent litigation experience includes his representation of two broker-dealers in high-profile complex securities litigation cases in federal court in Minnesota, and a business valuation case in the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Delaware Supreme Court. In the latter case, Tom represented shareholders who dissented from a corporate merger, claiming that the merger consideration was below the fair value of the company. After trial, the Court of Chancery awarded Tom's clients a fifty-percent increase over the merger price received by other shareholders. Gholl v. eMachines, Inc., 2004 WL 2847865 (Del. Ch. 2004), aff'd 875 A.2d 632 (Del. 2005). The defendant appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court, which upheld the award in favor of Tom's clients.

In addition to his business litigation experience, Tom spent three years as an investment banker, helping companies raise capital in both the private and public equity markets. Tom advises business clients on a wide range of legal issues and has been a guest lecturer on business valuation and corporate finance topics at the University of St. Thomas School of Business. Tom has received the highest rating (AV) from the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and has been selected repeatedly as a "Super Lawyer" in Business Litigation by Minnesota Law & Politics magazine. Tom is a 1991 magna cum laude graduate of William Mitchell College of Law.