James K. Borcia

James Borcia is a partner in the firm's Chicago office. He serves as an active trial attorney and works in the Commercial Litigation Group with an emphasis on intellectual property, contract real estate, construction and professional liability matters.

Jim has represented companies in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation. He has served as trial counsel in numerous high profile intellectual property cases, including the Planet Hollywood v. Hollywood Casino trademark and trade dress case. He also served as trial counsel for the lead defendant in the landmark Marobie v. NAFED copyright litigation. He serves as Chair of the Business Law Committee of the Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel (IDC) and is the author of the Commercial Litigation column in the IDC Quarterly.  Additionally, Jim has been recognized as one of the top business litigation attorneys in Illinois for the past two years, most recently in the February 2006 issue of Chicago magazine, as well as Illinois Super Lawyers magazine.

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Jim received his B.S., magna cum laude, from Northern Illinois University. He graduated from Chicago Kent College of Law in 1989 where he served on the law review and was a member of the Order of the Coif.