James specializes in antitrust, class action, multidistrict, commercial and appellate defense litigation, where he has pressed clients’ cases in both federal and state courts.
A large portion of his practice is concentrated on litigation in the healthcare space for clients including pharmacy benefits managers, hospital organizations, medical groups and pharmacies, but he has also advocated for many other types of clients in a wide range of industries, including real estate, sporting goods, media & mass communication, food production and distribution, consumer credit reporting, home security, cannabis and cosmetics.
James welcomes and enjoys opportunities to truly partner with clients to get to know their businesses, teams and industries as an integral piece of serving their legal needs. He has secured countless favorable results for his clients, including defeating class certification on behalf of a major baseball retailer, winning summary judgment in a large contract case for a large pharmacy benefits manager and securing a Supreme Court victory allowing a media client to participate in a “once-in-a-lifetime” reverse spectrum auction by the FCC, as well as innumerable favorable out-of-court resolutions, including voluntary dismissals or risk-mitigating settlements.
James graduated in the top 10 of his class from Emory University School of Law and earned undergraduate degrees in Journalism & Mass Communications and Political Science from Whitworth University. He clerked for Hon. Emmett Ripley Cox of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Before joining the firm, James was an associate at a global law firm.