James R. Hagan, Esq. is a partner in The Hagan Law Firm, Inc. Mr. Hagan has been engaged in the private practice of law in Palo Alto and the Silicon Valley since 1972. Before that, Mr. Hagan worked for five years as Associate General Counsel for Consolidated Freightways, a large national corporation, specializing in the management of nationwide litigation and in labor union matters, and then spent three years in venture capital and as President of a start-up electronics company. Mr. Hagan's principal areas of practice are now corporate formations and corporate representation, venture capital transactions, securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, complex contract negotiations, and real estate transactions. Mr. Hagan participates in litigation in those practice areas.

Mr. Hagan represents a number of corporations and a real estate investment trust as general counsel, hiring specialists for the client in various areas of the law when and as required. Mr. Hagan's clients have included founders of Intel and Computerland, an inventor of the Winchester disk drive, venture capital companies, and high-technology research companies. Mr. Hagan's special skill is his capacity for sound judgment and clear vision in making and implementing long-term plans and strategic decisions. Mr. Hagan is and has been a director and Secretary of publicly-held and private corporations. He is a member of the State Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in California. Mr. Hagan currently practices law in both Los Angeles and Northern California. He is also engaged in the development of real estate in Los Angeles.

Mr. Hagan was born in 1935 and reared in Sherman, Texas, near Dallas. He attended college at the University of Oklahoma. Mr. Hagan was a member of the University's National Championship and Orange Bowl football teams in 1956 under coach Bud Wilkinson. While at OU, Mr. Hagan pursued studies in government and ethics, and was elected to the Dean's and President's Honors Lists and to Phi Beta Kappa. He graduated in 1957 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Distinction. Mr. Hagan volunteered for service in the United States Marine Corps and, from 1957 to 1962, served as a Marine officer and as a jet fighter pilot of supersonic aircraft. While in the Marine Corps, Mr. Hagan married and fathered three children. Mr. Hagan left the Marine Corps in 1962 to attend law school at Stanford University. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1964.

In addition to his work in the law, Mr. Hagan holds the degree of Ph.D. in psychology and is a licensed psychologist in the State of California. In his work as a psychologist, Mr. Hagan specializes in the exploration of the unconscious by means of the interpretation of dreams. He is the author of Diamonds of the Night: The Search for Spirit in Our Dreams (published 1996). He is presently at work on a second book entitled Dream Warrior: Life and Death in Dreams. Mr. Hagan is engaged in the private practice of psychology in Los Angeles and Palo Alto. To purchase Mr. Hagan's book from amazon.com, click here.