James R. Hornsby Associate

James represents international companies and individual clients navigating high-stakes government investigations and complex litigation. His practice focuses on white-collar litigation, healthcare enforcement, congressional inquiries, regulatory compliance, and internal investigations, with experience in matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, including matters before the DOJ’s Consumer Protection Branch and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. James also advises clients facing fraud investigations, securities enforcement actions, False Claims Act litigation, healthcare regulatory compliance matters, and suspension proceedings.

James earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where his leadership and scholarship were widely recognized. He received the Thomas Marshall Miller Prize for extraordinary contributions to the University of Virginia and the Mary Claiborne and Roy H. Ritter Prize, awarded to just four third-year students for honor, character, and integrity. He also served as a member of the senior editorial board of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, president of Lambda Law Alliance, and admissions ambassador for the law school. He also helped draft the UVA multi-sanction Honor Code and worked as a research assistant to Professor Anne Coughlin.

Before law school, James graduated summa cum laude from Samford University with a B.S.B.A. in finance and marketing, where he served as student body president. He then worked in the confectionery industry as a sales broker, representing some of the largest food manufacturers in the United States — experience that gives him a firsthand understanding of the business pressures and regulatory landscape his clients face.

James maintains an active pro bono practice and has contributed to community-based legal initiatives through the firm’s pro bono programs.