Baker Donelson attorney James E. Edwards Jr. has been recognized as a Client Service All-Star by BTI Consulting Group, the leading provider of strategic research to the legal community.
Mr. Edwards was awarded the distinction of inclusion in the BTI Client Service All-Star list after being singled out by name for delivering superior client service during in-depth, independent interviews conducted by BTI with top legal decision-makers. Mr. Edwards is one of four Baker Donelson attorneys named to the list.
Mr. Edwards is a shareholder with Baker Donelson and is based in the Firm’s Baltimore office. His practice focuses on construction law and civil litigation, as well as serving as a neutral in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. He has experience in design and construction contract preparation, and with public and private construction claims resolution. Mr. Edwards has represented owners and both contractors and subcontractors in claims involving defective design and construction, delay and impact, disputed changes, bid protests, contract termination, and contract interpretations. In his trial experience, he represents both individual and corporate fiduciaries and beneficiaries in fiduciary litigation arising from estate and trust administration, as well as business and individuals in corporate, personal, and employment-related litigation in federal and state courts in Maryland and in the mid-Atlantic region.
Graduating from the University of Maryland School of Law with honors, Mr. Edwards is a member of the American Bar Association, the Baltimore City Bar Association, the Harford County Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Construction Financial Management Association. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of International, Commercial, and Government Arbitration; Construction Law, and Litigation – Construction Categories; and he was named Baltimore Litigation – Construction “Lawyer of the Year” in both 2017 and 2019. Mr. Edwards has been listed in Maryland Super Lawyers in Construction Litigation, Construction, and Real Estate, and in 2018 he was listed as one of the top 100 lawyers in Baltimore. He was listed in The Daily Record’s Power 30 Law in 2021, and in Chambers USA as a leading construction lawyer in Maryland in 2023. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Edwards serves on the board of directors for the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce, and he is a member of the President’s Advisory Council for the Greater Baltimore Committee.
The 2023 BTI Client Service All-Stars report is comprised of attorneys who were identified for their exceptional client service by more than 350 corporate counsel and legal decision-makers at organizations ranging in size from $700 million in revenue to the largest companies in the world. Top legal decision-makers single out each BTI Client Service All-Star attorney – by name and in an unprompted manner – as delivering the absolute best client service. No attorney or firm can self-nominate, self-refer, or pay to be included in this report.
