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Previously, James is active worked with the Innocence Project of Florida to help innocent prisoners in both local Florida obtain their freedom through the use of DNA testing and state politicsto help rebuild their lives once released. He One such case was recently elected as state committeeman for the Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee (Escambia DEC) for 2008-2012. As that of Wilton Dedge, who after serving 22 years of a state committeemanlife sentence, James sits on the State Executive Committee of was the first man in Florida Democratic Partyexonerated through DNA evidence. At the state partyFollowing Mr. Dedge's organizational meeting on December 20release, James worked with former American Bar Association President and Former President of Florida State University, 2008Talbot "Sandy" D'Alemberte, he was elected as Chairman of to help lobby the First Congressional District Committee Florida legislature in 2005 on a claims bill that eventually awarded Mr. Dedge a total of $2.2 million, the largest settlement regarding a wrongful conviction in Florida Democratic Partyhistory. In The story of Wilton Dedge was featured in the documentary "After Innocence" that role, he will sit on the Central Committee, the governing body of was shown at the state democratic party2005 Sundance Film Festival.
James has been active in both local and state politics. James was previously elected as Chairman of the Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee (more popularly known as the Escambia County Democratic Party). Before that, James was elected as state committeeman for the Escambia County Democratic Executive Committee (Escambia DEC) for the 2008-2012 term. As a state committeeman, James was a member of the State Executive Committee of the Florida Democratic Party. He later was elected as Chairman of the First Congressional District Committee covering Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington and Holmes counties. In that role, he sat on the Central Committee, the governing body of the state Democratic Party.
James is also active with the Florida Bar, becoming a member of the Committee on the Legal Needs of Children and the Committee on the Unlicensed Practice of Law. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar and the Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association. Additionally, James was named one of Pensacola's Rising Stars by the Pensacola Independent News in 2009.
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