James Billings-Kang

James focuses his practice on litigation in the health care industry. In particular, he represents health systems, hospitals, and drug and device companies in litigation against private insurers, the federal government and state programs, and defending health care clients in high-stakes federal and state agency investigations and litigation, including actions involving False Claims Act, qui tam, Anti-Kickback, Stark Law, and Sunshine Act claims.

In addition to his health care practice, James maintains an extensive practice in other complex litigation matters. With nearly two decades of trial and appellate experience, he represents clients with issues related to products liability, real estate, contract disputes, franchise, trade secrets and non-competes, securities, consumer finance, statutory rights, torts, and digital ledger technology.

James earned his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College. He then earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. While in law school, James was on the Lile Mile Court Board, Extramural Moot Court, Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law, Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal, Asian Pacific-Asian Law Students Association, and a member of Phi Alpha Delta. He was a legal intern for the Hon. R. Terrence Ney, where he conducted research for a variety of civil, criminal and domestic-relations matters.

His representative matters include:

• Defended a trade organization and obtained dismissal of over 4,000 product-liability lawsuits from over 35 states consolidated in a multidistrict litigation on the basis of personal jurisdiction
• Represented a large organization in a trade-secrets lawsuit and received a favorable settlement within months of filing a verified complaint, seeking emergency injunctive relief, emergency discovery, and monetary relief
• In a first-of-its-kind argument before the DC Superior Court based on DC's anti-SLAPP statute, obtained dismissal of trade organization accused of committing fraud and conspiracy to hide the purported dangers of a product
• Defended a claims administrator of a self-funded plan from ERISA and breach-of-fiduciary-duty claims by staving off filing of lawsuit by an insurance plan beneficiary and insurance plan administrator
• Represented large company against claims of antitrust violations hinged on the company’s suggested resale price policy
• Successfully defended Fortune 20 company against claims of mortgage fraud and statutory violations (RESPA, TILA) through motion to dismiss
• Defended large mortgage servicer in putative class action in federal court against claims of mortgage fraud and illegal debt collection through successful motion for summary judgment
• Represented Fortune 100 company in mediation concerning complex contract dispute regarding high-grade military equipment that led to favorable result
• Successfully defended real-estate developer against claims of wrongful foreclosure and quiet title through summary-judgment motion and subsequent attempts to undo a favorable settlement agreement during a four-day evidentiary proceeding