James represents local and regional companies in a wide range of business matters. He regularly counsels clients on issues involving business formation and structure, corporate finance, contract negotiation and drafting, and other general matters. In addition, James regularly counsels clients in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and sales of businesses. He also has experience in real estate transactions, including purchases, sales, and leases of commercial properties.

Having begun his career as a trial lawyer, James has resolved hundreds of business disputes, representing clients in trials, arbitration proceedings, and settlement negotiations. This litigation background gives James a unique perspective when advising his business clients. James' clients value his focus on practical solutions to complicated problems.

James regularly represents pro bono clients from the Southeast Legal Clinic. He also helped form the Portland chapter of Minds Matter, a national nonprofit dedicated to educating, mentoring, and securing college acceptances for highly motivated high school students with limited financial means.

James began his career at Tonkon Torp as a summer associate in 2004. In 2003, he completed a judicial internship with The Honorable R. William Riggs, Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. James is the only Duck he knows who double-majored in math and French, and he spent his junior year studying at the University of Bristol in England.

A native Oregonian, James is an avid bike commuter. He enjoys going to Duck games, camping, hiking, and being outdoors, and he was married in Yosemite National Park.

"The 'Sound Science' Amendment to the Endangered Species Act: Why It Fails to Resolve the Klamath Basin Conflict," 32 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 207 (2005)

"Ambush—Waiver of Privilege at Trial," OADC Journal, Fall 2007 (with Jon Stride)