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J. Clancey
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J. Clancey Bounds - Managing Partner @ Bounds Gonzalez, PL

Winter Park, Florida

J. Clancey Bounds is a trial lawyer who limits his practice to first-rate cases, and has, as his main goal, the obtainment of a just result for his clients. Bounds’s practice is concentrated in the area of serious personal injury and medical negligence. J. Clancey Bounds and his partner, Francisco Gonzalez, have together represented thousands of injured victims. The firm of Bounds Gonzalez takes the position that nothing is more important to your case than having the insurance company respect, or even fear, the skills of your attorney. As a result, J. Clancey Bounds and the rest of the staff at Bounds Gonzalez are constantly in training to sharpen and maintain their trial skills. Each and every case that Bounds Gonzalez takes on is treated as if it will go to trial.

As the managing partner for Bounds Gonzalez, PL in Winter Park, Florida, J. Clancey Bounds is integral in focusing the trial law firm’s specializations in medical negligence litigation and products liability. Bounds is the firm’s lead trial counsel for trial in all matters and the chief negotiator for all cases. Notably, Bounds has been awarded the largest medical negligence verdict in Brevard County, Florida and over time he has earned more than one hundred million dollars in verdicts and settlements.

James Clancey Bounds is licensed to practice law in Florida, California, Arizona, Texas, and Washington, DC. After graduating from the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science he later attended Stetson University College of Law in St. Petersburg, Florida. In his free time he enjoys relaxing with his family.


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  • The Marathon: Then and Now, J. Clancey Bounds
    October, 2011
    Personal injury attorney and marathon enthusiast J. Clancey Bounds has compiled this history of marathon running.

    An ancient Greek legend holds that the term “marathon” dates back to the summer of 490 B.C. The Greeks had just bested the Persians in the Battle of Marathon, and a messenger by the name of Pheidippides was sent to Athens to proclaim that Greece was victorious. According to the legend, he ran the entire stretch, then burst into a public assembly where he proclaimed, “Greetings! We win!” and promptly died.

    In part to commemorate the story of Pheidippides, the marathon was re-instituted at the Olympic Games in 1896, the first event of its kind in the modern era which, appropriately, took place in Athens. Seventeen men participated, running a distance of 40 kilometers (approximately 25 miles), and the winner finished in just under 3 hours.

    The following year, the city of Boston initiated a citywide marathon. The Boston Marathon is now the oldest yearly marathon worldwide. There was no standard marathon length for years afterward, until it was decided in 1924 that a standard marathon would be 42,195 meters, or 26 miles and 385 yards.

    The tradition of marathons has continued since the modern revival in 1896, but almost a century passed before these races were open to women. Officially, the first women to run in the Olympic marathon race participated in 1984. However, during the 1966 Olympics, a woman hid in the bushes close to the starting line, and jumped into the race seconds before the starting gun went off, finishing with the respectable (albeit unofficial) time of 3 hours, 21 minutes, and 40 seconds.

    Today, close to 1,000 marathons take place annually, many of them in extreme conditions. Such races include a marathon that takes place at the height of the Tibetan Plateau, and one on Greenland’s ice cap. The men’s record for fastest marathon time is two hours, three minutes, and 59 seconds, and the women’s record is two hours, 15 minutes, and 25 seconds.