James Gilmore

Jim Gilmore is a retired lawyer living on Bainbridge Island, WA. He graduated from law school in 1966, was admitted to the Alaska Bar in 1967, and worked at Hughes, Thorsness, and Lowe from 1966 to 1969 when, at its inception, he joined the Alaska Public Defender Agency. In 1972, he began a solo practice, which morphed into several different partnerships over the next 35+ years – always a trial practice which included criminal, medical and legal malpractice defense cases. He tried cases all over the state in all venues (city hall basements with folding chairs and card tables).  He was admitted to the American College of Trial lawyers in 1986, served on the Alaska Judicial Council, and on various committees. In 2006 he moved to Port Townsend, WA where he tried conflict cases for the Public Defender’s Office, and trained and mentored newly hired Public Defenders. In 2016, he self-published Trial Practice, a cult classic, more affectionately referred to as the “Wee Treatise.”