James C. Baker focuses his practice on the areas of casualty insurance defense, gas and electrical utility defense, railroad and trucking defense, and commercial and construction litigation. He has first-chaired more than 125 jury trials to verdict and represented clients in more than 400 non-jury trials, arbitrations, and mediations.
J.C. has extensive experience in responding to real-time catastrophic accidents and leading accident scene investigations and inspections, including for trains, motor vehicles, tractor/trailers, and electrical utilities. His experience in investigating and defending catastrophic accidents includes:
- Motor carrier and transportation litigation
- Driver negligence
- Hours of service, log falsification, and fatigue
- Loading and tie-down
- Speed
- Mechanical and maintenance defects
- Accident reconstruction
- Use of global positioning devices
- Use of electronic data recorders
- Human factors
- Biomechanical factors
- Catastrophic brain and orthopedic injuries
- Wrongful death
- Ptsd and mental anguish
- Toxicology
- Mass tort actions
- Spoliation issues
- Toxicology
- Utility lines
- Fire and explosion investigations
- Nfpa 921
- Federal motor carrier safety regulations
- Federal railroad and track safety standard regulations
- National electrical safety code
- National electrical code
- Federal and State Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Acts
J.C. regularly speaks on matters involving trial practice and workers’ compensation, addressing self-insureds, the Arkansas Bar Association, insurance companies, and trade and industry associations.