Jim has over 35 years of experience handling FELA (railroad accident) claims and is a successful trial lawyer. Most recently he won a $6.9M judgment against Amtrak, which involved a passenger on an Amtrak train who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury after her train derailed. Jim has also secured multiple confidential settlements over $12M and has won multi-million verdicts in Colorado, California, Washington, and throughout the Greater West and Mountain states.
Jim is senior counsel to Rossi Vucinovich PC, a national FELA firm with over 50 years of success representing injured rail workers and their families. He is also past president of ARLA (Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys) and a member of the National Trial lawyers – Top 100. The latter is a professional organization composed of premier trial lawyers from across the country who exemplify superior qualifications as civil plaintiff trial lawyers.
Jim is also a Designated Legal Counsel for several major rail unions, including SMART, BMWED, BRS, ADA, and the BLET. Mr. Vucinovich graduated from William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul, MN). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He enjoys all types of recreational sports like biking, skiing, hiking, and ice hockey.
Mr. Vucinovich graduated from William Mitchell College of Law (St. Paul, MN). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He enjoys all types of recreational sports like biking, skiing, hiking, and ice hockey.