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James M. Lammendola, Instructor, Legal Studies

Degrees: BA, History, Temple University, 1976
MA, History, Temple University, 1979
JD, University of Tulsa School of Law, 1984
Bar Admission: Pennsylvania .
Courses I teach: Real Estate Fundamentals; Real Estate Practice; Business, Ethics and Society; Law of Contractual Obligations; Litigation Process; Law for Accountants; Law & American Society; The Legal Environment in Business (Honors), Law of Corporate Management (MBA), Ethical Decision making in Business (MBA) and Business Law and Ethics in the Enterprise (EMBA)

  • Jobs I have had in my lifetime…
    • Part-Time
    • Floor crew, Spectrum, Philadelphia PA (part time, 1972-73)
    • Graduate research assistant/indentured servant: Temple University
    • Clothing stockperson, sales person, delivery person for a wholesale clothing company (five years): Philadelphia
    • Research Assistant in Sports Law (two years) University of Tulsa, Oklahoma
    • Legal Intern (Tulsa)
    • Full-Time
    • Clerk and draftsman for an oil exploration company, Houston Texas
    • Sold men's suits, Tulsa
    • Clerk: Oklahoma Electric Company
    • Associate Attorney, Tulsa
    • Private Practice Attorney, Philadelphia: 21 years
    • Adjunct (four years) and Assistant Professor (ten years): Harcum College, Bryn Mawr PA
  • Movie I can watch over and over…
    • A Hard Day's Night, Life of Brian, Duck Soup, A Night at The Opera, Mean Streets, Goodfellas, Godfather I & II.
  • Places I have lived…
    • Houston Texas, Tulsa Oklahoma, Philadelphia PA
  • Favorite sports teams…
    • All professional Philadelphia teams, especially the Phillies; Oakland A's, Temple basketball, whatever baseball team I am presently coaching.
  • Favorite TV show…
    • Baseball Ggames, Seinfeld, Star Trek/TNG, Keith Obermann, Rachel Maddow
  • Foreign place I have traveled to…
    • Bermuda
    • Egypt (all major spots except Alexandria)
    • Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kamakura and Nikko
    • Italy: Florence, Bologna, Rome, Pompeii, Amalfi Coast
    • Two Mexican border towns
    • Canada: Quebec, Ontario, Alberta
  • Favorite spot on the Jersey Shoreline…
    • None, it's Okracoke, North Carolina
  • Websites I visit daily…
    • Wikipedia, you tube, mlb
  • Favorite foods…
    • Curried or Balsamic Tofu, Chicken Cheese Steak on a Whole Wheat Roll, Watermelon
  • Favorite Philly restaurant…
    • Charles Plaza (Chinese)
  • Favorite things to do outside of work…
    • Jog/walk on Forbidden Drive along the Wissahickon Creek
    • Go to the beach
    • Play, watch, coach and read about baseball/softball.
    • Listen to my kids play music
    • Listen to old-time blues and folk music musicians, Beatles, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Hank Williams, Mozart, John Coltrane
    • Read
  • Shows I've seen in the past year or two include...
    • Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Central High School Orchestra and Jazz Band
  • Coolest thing I’ve ever done…
    • Climbed the Great Pyramid in Giza, Egypt in 1984 and managed not to plunge to a premature death
    • Married Mindi Beth Snoparsky in 1980: (Girls High '74, Temple'78, MS: Tulsa,'86)
  • If I could eat dinner with one person, it would be…
    • Bob Dylan (next to Mindi, of course)
  • Favorite flavor of ice cream…
    • Chocolate or Vanilla. I could never decide
  • Favorite toy as a child…
    • A ball, a bat, a glove
  • Book (not textbook!) I am currently reading…
    • The $1.00 League (Rise and Fall of the USFL)
    • Mods, Rockers, and the Music of the British Invasion
    • The World of Benjamin Cardozo: Personal Values and the Judicial Process