Jim has been serving as the President of Texas Legal since November 1, 2007.
Prior to joining Texas Legal, Jim was employed by the Orange County Employees Retirement System from October 1992 to October 2007. During Jim’s tenure at OCERS he served in a number of executive and managerial positions. In April of 2004, Jim was appointed as the Assistant Chief Executive Officer of External Operations of the Orange County Employees Retirement System, having previously served as Chief Operations Officer since December 1999. He also served as the Human Resources Manager and in numerous capacities in the Member Services Department.
Jim has nearly 25 years of experience in the field of Human Resources and Benefits Administration; his career began as a Personnelman in the United States Navy. Jim has a master’s degree in Management with an emphasis in Human Resources Management from the University of Redlands and a bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) in Public Administration from the University of La Verne.