James joined Hirsch and Ehlenberger in November 2006 after working for the Office of the Public Defender in Loudoun County, where he received invaluable trial experience. He is a member of the Family Law section of both the Fairfax Bar Association and the Virginia State Bar. He is also an associate member of the Loudoun Bar Association. He has served as a Fairfax court guide, a trial mentor for the Loudoun Law Camp, and is currently on the Fairfax Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court Committee.

After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1999 with a B.A. in English, James taught elementary and middle school students for two years. He also taught high school students in Lugano, Switzerland at The American School in Switzerland for one year prior to beginning his career as a lawyer.

Born in Athens, Greece, James has lived in the northern Virginia area since 1981.