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Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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James E. Tysse

Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations
Position
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.
To learn more about James, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/james-e-tysse.html
Career
Member, MacArthur Justice Center’s Supreme Court & Appellate Advisory Board.
Member, Edward Coke Appellate Inn of Court.
Memberships
District of Columbia Bar
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 2006; B.A., University of Virginia, 2002
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Industry focus > Sport
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)