Meet James Tallman, Pittsburgh Trial Attorney
After law school, James spent close to a decade at large commercial litigation firms, representing major companies across all types of complex litigation. It was demanding, high-stakes work, but it left him wanting something more direct: a real connection to the person he was actually helping, rather than an abstract corporate client several layers removed from the case itself.
That's what led him into personal injury work, where he spent the next 12 to 15 years at a prominent Pittsburgh firm, representing individuals for the first time in his career. Civil rights work followed, and it's become something he genuinely enjoys, cases that let him fight directly for someone who's been wronged by an institution rather than another company's balance sheet.
Today, James runs a true solo practice. Every case is handled personally, by the attorney whose name is on the website, not passed to unnamed staff.
