James W. Semple is a partner in Morris James LLP. Mr. Semple was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is admitted to the Delaware Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Tax Court. He serves on the Board of Bar Examiners of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware, and is a member of the Delaware State, American, and District of Columbia Bar Associations. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association, on its Long Range Planning Committee, and was the founding chair of its Torts and Insurance Section. An active member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, he is currently a Vice Chair of its Professional Liability Section, and has twice been awarded its Hecker Award for his legal writing. He is immediate past Chair of the Business Litigation Section of the American Law Firm Association. He has been trained as an arbitrator of international insurance and reinsurance disputes, as a mediator by the ABA for the Delaware Superior Court, and has participated in hundreds of arbitrations and mediations. A charter member of the Delaware chapter of The American Board of Trial Advocates, he frequently speaks and writes, locally, nationally, and internationally on business litigation, trial and dispute resolution issues.