James Kappos

Associate
Business Litigation
Bio

James uses his electrical engineering degree to focus his practice on complex commercial and patent litigation. James has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies in venues across the country in litigation involving DRAM, image processing, data servers, microprocessors, and power electronics. James is experienced in taking and defending technical witness depositions, arguing hearings, drafting case dispositive motions and contentions, and navigating discovery requests, responses, and disputes. James has also drafted petitions for inter partes review.

Before attending law school, James was a Patent Agent at IBM, where he advised on patent strategy, including drafting and prosecuting hardware and software patents. James also worked as a college admissions counselor, LSAT tutor, and pickleball paddle ambassador, and draws from these experiences to effectively communicate complex issues to varied audiences.