Akin

Partner; Disputes & Investigations

James Tysse is a member of the Supreme Court & appellate practice. He regularly argues cases, develops strategy, and authors briefs both on appeal and in high-stakes trial litigation. While his practice is as varied as the firm’s is broad, he has focused on labor and employment, administrative, constitutional, energy, and class action law.

James helps clients develop appellate strategy before the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal and state courts throughout the country. He has prepared more than 75 appellate briefs at the merits and certiorari stages in the U.S. Supreme Court, nearly every federal appeals court, and numerous state and tribal appellate courts. He has also argued multiple appeals and dispositive motions in five separate federal circuit courts of appeals and numerous state and federal trial courts.

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Member, MacArthur Justice Center’s Supreme Court & Appellate Advisory Board. Member, Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court.

District of Columbia Bar

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2006; B.A., University of Virginia, 2002