James Pfeiffer

James Pfeiffer

James Pfeiffer is an associate at Organ Law LLP, a former federal judicial law clerk, and a Columbus civil litigator and criminal defense attorney selected to the 2027 Ohio Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Criminal Defense. During his clerkship with U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly A. Jolson in the Southern District of Ohio, he worked on complex securities, civil-rights, employment, trademark, civil RICO, class-action, and multidistrict product-liability matters. James also brings experience from federal and Ohio public defender offices and private practice across criminal trials, direct appeals, post-conviction proceedings, and federal habeas corpus litigation. He earned his J.D. cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law.

His work in private practice and for the federal and Ohio public defender offices encompassed all stages of criminal defense, including trial, direct appeals, post-conviction, and federal habeas corpus.

Education

• The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law (JD, cum laude, 2021)
• Centre College (BA, English, magna cum laude, 2014)

Clerkships

• Honorable Kimberly A. Jolson, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
  

Bar Admissions

• State of Ohio
• Southern District of Ohio