Bio

James Baker serves as general corporate counsel for emerging, later-stage, and publicly-traded companies throughout their life cycle. Jamie represents buyers, sellers, issuers, investors, and underwriters in private placements, mergers, acquisitions, and public offerings. He also advises publicly traded clients with respect to compliance and reporting obligations under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Jamie is also a member of Pierce Atwood's Catalyst Program team, which provides entrepreneurs, inventors, and emerging businesses with skilled legal services to give them the foundation and tools they need to become successful businesses. Jamie provides counseling to student and alumni companies from the University of New Hampshire’s Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter), and other emerging companies, in areas including incorporations, partnership agreements, non-disclosure agreements, and more. Jamie is a member of the firm's Management Committee. Prior to joining Pierce Atwood, Jamie served as an in-house attorney for The Timberland Company (NYSE: TBL) and before that as a corporate associate at both Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP and Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault LLP. After law school, Jamie clerked for the Honorable John T. Broderick, Jr., the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire.