Elijah T. Staggers

Elijah Staggers helps businesses that utilize cutting-edge technology in products and consumer platforms to mitigate risk in complex litigation.  He counsels leading companies in the SaaS, retail, defense, automotive, and pharmaceutical industries, helping them navigate laws and regulations that lag behind innovation.  He is both an adept trial attorney, and also uniquely skilled at briefing and arguing motions to narrow or eliminate liability before trial.

Elijah graduated from Georgetown University Law Center.  There, he served as Editor in Chief of the Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives, student attorney in the Appellate Litigation Clinic, and member of the moot court team. 

Before joining the firm, Elijah served as a judicial law clerk to Judge James P. Jones in the United States District Court in Abingdon, Virginia.  He also interned for Judge Paula Xinis in the United States District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Outside of the firm, Elijah is a leader who is committed to service and expanding access to the legal profession for historically underrepresented groups.  He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Federal Bar Association - Atlanta Chapter.  As Chair of that group's Young Lawyer's Division, he leads a cohort of former law clerks and junior attorneys in planning professional development opportunities that feature members of the judiciary.  He also co-chairs King & Spalding's African American Affinity Group, and leads the firm's Benham Law Camp for high school interns.  In addition to civilian practice, Elijah is trial counsel in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General's (\"JAG\") Corps.