James W. Parkinson (born 1949) is a California lawyer and author, an activist for reparations to be paid to Americans who were slave laborers for private Japanese companies during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
.
Parkinson was born in
,
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
. He received his bachelor's degree in law from Brigham Young University in 1973.
Parkinson authored with
Lee Benson ''Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts and Congress'' and more recently was the producer of the film ''The Inheritance of War'' also about the Americans held prisoner of war by Japan and their quest for reparations.
Parkinson is also a 1976 graduate of the
J. Reuben Clark Law School
The J. Reuben Clark Law School (BYU Law or JRCLS) is the graduate law school of Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1973, the school is named after J. Reuben Clark, a former U.S. Ambassador, Undersecretary of State, and g ...
at
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
and is admitted to practice law in California.
CA State Bar Records
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From 2003-2004 Parkinson was the chairman of the Republican Trial Lawyers Caucus.
Significant cases
''Ellis v R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company''
For purposes of this litigation Parkinson was to counsel Robinson, Calcagnie, and Robinson and Casey, Gerry, Reed, and Schenk. Critical California case against Big Tobacco in coordination with the national Castano Group.
''Harold Poole, et al. v. Nippon steel, et al.''
Counseled individual cases and class action cases against Japanese corporations that used captured American soldiers as slave laborers in World War II.
References
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1949 births
J. Reuben Clark Law School alumni
California lawyers
Living people
California Republicans