Jim Eisenhower | |
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Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Nora Dowd Eisenhower |
Residence | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Alma mater |
Temple University Antioch School of Law Oxford University |
Profession | Attorney |
James J. "Jim" Eisenhower is a Pennsylvania attorney who is currently Of Counsel at Philadelphia law firm Dilworth Paxson LLP. His practice centers around white collar criminal defense, internal investigations, compliance, ethics and campaign finance matters.
James earned a BA from Temple University and a law degree from Antioch School of Law. He earned a Master of Philosophy from Oxford University where he was a Marshall Scholar in 1982.
James is married to Nora Dowd Eisenhower. They have two children.
He is a distant relative of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He is an amateur guitar player, and was known to play during campaign events, even playing a guitar solo with Philadelphia indie rock band Cecil B. during a "Jammin' for Jim" rally at University of Pennsylvania.
James began his legal career as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and as a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.[3] He was a partner at the Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP law firm in Philadelphia, where he was chair of the Government and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group.
In 2016, he joined Philadelphia law firm Dilworth Paxson LLP as Of Counsel where he focuses his practice on government and regulatory matters and white-collar criminal defense. Prior to joining to Dilworth Paxson, he represented public officials in federal and state ethics investigations, advised clients in federal, state and local campaign finance matters, and has represented the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, as well a national financial institution in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania regulatory matters.