James Waite

James Waite
https://jameswaitelaw.com/
Phone:(866) 582-2586

James R. Waite, Esq. is a corporate lawyer with over two decades of experience in buying, selling and financing businesses and their assets, acting as general business and legal counsel, and serving in a variety of management roles. Having represented hundreds of equipment dealers and lessors throughout North America and around the world, Waite has created a network of thousands of equipment dealers and rental companies with whom he regularly corresponds.

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The views espoused by Justice Kennedy’s replacement will be disproportionately important, as his successor will likely continue to act as the swing vote with respect to decisions on which the Supreme Court is otherwise evenly divided.
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