James Alvin Walden Jr. (born January 19, 1966) is an American attorney. After serving as an Assistant U . Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1993 to 2002, Walden entered private practice, where he has been a defense attorney for corporations in cases involving white-collar crime, antitrust violations, and market manipulation. He has represented Grigory Rodchenkov, the former head of Russia's anti-doping laboratory, and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor, underground high stakes poker organizer Molly Bloom and plaintiffs in class action lawsuits against WeWork, the New York City Department of Education, and the New York City Housing Authority. He served as special counsel to a task force created by Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy to investigate the administration of the state's tax incentive programs.

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2025 New York City mayoral election · 2025 New York City mayoral campaign › Result

Total votes

Party

Total votes

Party

2,194,204

Candidate

100%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zohran Mamdani	944,950	43 %	−22 %
	Working Families	Zohran Mamdani	169,234	7 %	N/A
	Total	Zohran Mamdani	1,114,184	50 %	N/A
	Fight and Deliver	Andrew Cuomo	906,614	41 %	N/A
	Republican	Curtis Sliwa	143,305	6 %	−20 %
	Protect Animals	Curtis Sliwa	10,444	0 %	N/A
	Total	Curtis Sliwa	153,749	7 %	−19 %
	Safe&Affordable/EndAntiSemitism	Eric Adams (incumbent) (withdrawn)	6,897	0 %	N/A
	Conservative	Irene Estrada	2,856	0 %	−0 %
	Integrity	Jim Walden (withdrawn)	2,319	0 %	N/A
	Quality of Life	Joseph Hernandez	1,379	0 %	N/A
	Write-in		6,206	0 %	−0 %
Total votes			2,194,204	100%
	Democratic hold

Jim Walden (lawyer)

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