Roane, James M.

Mr. Gosma is an associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department. He joined the firm in 2010.

Practice

Mr. Gosma’s practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, primarily in the traditional and wireless telecommunications industries. Currently, Mr. Gosma represents a major mobile phone manufacturer before the United States International Trade Commission, as well as a major call-center provider in the United States District Court for Nevada.

Mr. Gosma has also successfully represented two Holocaust survivors in connection with their claims for a ghetto work pension before the Deutsche Rentenversicherung.

Past Experience

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Gosma served as a pro se judicial extern for the Honorable Claudia Wilken and the Honorable Saundra B. Armstrong of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. While there, he conducted independent legal research on constitutional issues raised in pro se prisoner habeas corpus and civil rights matters and reviewed state court decisions to ensure adherence to the US Constitution and federal law.

While in law school, Mr. Gosma worked as a client advocate at the California Asylum Representation Clinic, where he provided representation to Nepali asylum-seeker through a student-run clinic based at the East Bay Sanctuary Covenant. He was also a teaching assistant for the Written and Oral Advocacy Program at the UC Berkeley School of Law.