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Jim Gilliam is a partner in the firm’s Healthcare practice. Jim’s practice is focused on healthcare litigation. Jim’s capabilities include commercial and government managed care, complex business litigation, arbitration, mediation, class/collective actions, investigations, and appellate advocacy.
Jim represents healthcare providers in a variety of business disputes, on issues ranging from government and commercial reimbursement, misappropriation of hospital proprietary information, and post-M&A disputes. Jim also represents healthcare providers in government investigations, including allegations of Medicaid and Medicare billing fraud and federal/state compliance audits. Jim uses his depth and breadth of experience to assist healthcare providers in navigating a heavily regulated and complex business environment.
Jim has significant courtroom experience, having tried numerous cases and argued multiple appeals. In addition to his healthcare practice, Jim has represented governmental entities and educational institutions on marquis litigations over the course of his career. One of Jim’s more noteworthy representations includes successfully representing a large public institution in a five-day federal jury trial involving Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. This was the first trial of its kind in the country.
Additionally, Jim has argued before the Supreme Court of South Carolina on several high-profile issues. As lead counsel for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim successfully defended the constitutionality of The Heritage Act, which removed the Confederate flag from the dome of the State House. Also, as lead counsel for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim successfully defended the constitutionality of legislation allowing counties and cities to impose service fees. Most recently, as lead counsel for the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Jim argued in defense of School Choice legislation.
Prior to private practice, Jim clerked for the Honorable Kaye G. Hearn at the South Carolina of Appeals and South Carolina Supreme Court.
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