Jim Bacon has represented foreign banks and exchange houses, corporations, municipalities and individuals in complex commercial and business matters, helping them navigate disputes and protecting them from pitfalls for over 30 years. Mr. Bacon provides his clients aggressive and innovative business strategies designed to fully capitalize on the particular strengths of each client. Always willing to advocate a unique or difficult case, he is licensed in the state and federal courts of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. He received his law degree from the American University School of Law, has a varied trial and appellate practice, is active in the Defense Research Institute and has served as a lecturer at trial advocacy seminars. His areas of concentration include Anti-Money Laundering, OFAC Compliance and FinCEN regulations, business planning and protection, mergers and acquisitions, due diligence, corporate structure and governance, employment disputes and HR issues, complex commercial litigation, complex arbitrations, civil and criminal forfeiture law, franchising, technology matters, real estate and real estate planning.
Mr. Bacon has also achieved a peer review of “AV” in Martindale-Hubbell, meaning he possesses a “preeminent rating,” achievable only after admission to the Bar for at least ten years, indicating the highest level of legal ability and ethics – the pinnacle of professional excellence. He has also been selected as a “Super Lawyer,” an exclusive listing of outstanding attorneys who have attained preeminent peer recognition, limited to no more than 5 percent of the practicing attorneys in Virginia and Washington, DC. Mr. Bacon has also been selected to the Top Attorneys of North America which has been recognized and distinguished as an identifier of the best lawyers that the North American legal community has to offer.