James is the only person in the country to have appeared as a lawyer before the Waitangi Tribunal and as a stand-up comedian in three series of TV’s Pulp Comedy.
Current work
James has performed his thinking brand of off-beat observational stand-up comedy in NZ, Australia and the US. He also organised and performed in comedy tours of duty in Timor in 2000/01 for NZ and UN peacekeepers. His musings on life as a corporate lawyer have been published and he has also appeared as a mock legal correspondent on Radio Sport.
James has undertaken numerous corporate speaking engagements as an after-dinner speaker, MC, hoax presenter and debater. As a conference MC he’s comfortable conducting Q&A with guest speakers and facilitating group discussions. He has also written, performed and produced corporate training videos.
As a practising lawyer James is the corporate-friendly face of comedy, always happy to research his brief and tune his performance to the needs and sensitivities of his audience.
James performs stand-up comedy regularly at the Classic and is a writer for TV3’s 7 Days programme.
