Attorneys

• James R. Carlisle, II

Cohen & Grigsby is pleased to announce that James R. Carlisle II and David Reams Jamieson were recently elected as Partners.

Mr. Carlisle is a member of the Business Group and concentrates his practice in the areas of general corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity finance, start-up and emerging companies, technology and e-business law.  In his corporate practice, Jim has represented primarily small and middle market concerns, with sales from $5 to $100 million, in their overall legal needs, including corporate acquisitions and dispositions.  In his technology law practice, he advises private and public high technology companies with regard to technology development and licensing, joint ventures and technology acquisitions and transfers and e-business and internet issues and opportunities.  He received his B.A. (magna cum laude) in 1988 from the University of Pittsburgh and his J.D. in 1991 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was an assistant to Dean W. Edward Sell.  Jim resides in Murrysville, PA.

Mr. Jamieson is a member of the International Business Group and concentrates his practice on the international and domestic taxation of business entities and transactions, executive compensation and benefits, domestic and international acquisitions and divestitures, the taxation and structuring of financial products, various tax credit related matters, and general business law.  David previously worked as in-house tax counsel for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, where his practice concentrated on domestic and international taxation and the taxation of financial products.  He receives his B.A. from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1989, his J.D. from the University of Akron School of Law in 1992 and his L.L.M. in taxation from Villanova University School of Law in 1993.  David resides in Smicksburg, PA.