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James Ferrucci is a member of Wolff & Samson's Fidelity and Surety Group. His practice also includes commercial litigation, trade regulation and construction litigation.

Jim is a frequent lecturer at American Bar Association events and other legal seminars on suretyship law and related issues. He is the author of several published works, including:

• “Fraud in the Inducement as a Defense to Fidelity and Surety Claims,” 42 Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal 181 (2006) (co-authored with Bogda M.B. Clarke and Armen Shahinian)
• "Effect of an Arbitration Provision in the Principal's Contract with the Claimant," Chapter 8, and "Preclusive Effect on the Surety of a Prior Judgment or Arbitration Award Against the Principal," Chapter 9, The Law of Payment Bonds, 2d ed. (American Bar Association 2011)
• “Effect of an Arbitration Provision in the Principal’s Contract with the Obligee,” Chapter 13, The Law of Performance Bonds, 2d ed. (American Bar Association 2009) (co-authored with R. Scott Cochrance)
• “The Surety’s Claims Against Third Parties,” Chapter 5, Salvage By The Surety (American Bar Association 1998) (co-authored with Scott D. Baron)
• "Getting Out of the Arbitration Weeds," ABA Forum on the Construction Industry/TIPS Fidelity & Surety Law Committee Joint Annual Mid-Winter Meeting (2011)
• “The Surety, The IRS & Payroll Taxes,” Surety Claims Institute (June 2002)

Jim also presented papers at several Northeast Surety & Fidelity Claims Conferences, including:

• "The Surety's Right/Need To Retain Collateral After Release of Bond Liability: Revival of Surety's Liability and Avoiding Bankruptcy Pitfalls," co-authored with Frank M. Lanak (2009)
• “Bond Claimant vs. Surety’s Principal in Arbitration - the Surety’s Rights and Strategies,” co-authored with Jacqueline T. Lewis (2007)
• “The Architect as a Source of Salvage,” co-authored with Ann T. Hester (2004)
• “Financial Guaranty Bonds and the Appleton Rule,” co-authored with James S. Gkonos (2000)
• “The Incorporation Requirement: Defending Claims for Missing Materials Under Statutory Payment Bonds” (1994)
• “Use of Construction Trust Fund Statutes and the Misapplication of Funds Doctrine in Defense of Payment Bond Claims,” co-authored with Armen Shahinian (1991)

He is a past Vice-Chair of the Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of the American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and is currently Co-Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Subdivision of the committee's Law Division and an editor of the Fidelity & Surety Digest published by the committee.

Jim has an AV® rating from Martindale-Hubbell and is listed in New Jersey Super Lawyers. He was also selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the area of Construction Litigation.

Jim earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with Highest Honors in Political Science from Williams College, graduating cum laude in 1969. While at Williams, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He then went on to Harvard Law School where he received his Juris Doctor degree in 1972. He served as a trustee of the Harvard Law School Association of New Jersey from 1984 through 1989.