James W. Kim is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP and is based in the Firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on providing litigation and regulatory counseling services to government contractors with a particular emphasis on the healthcare industry.
James has expertise with, and has successfully litigated, bid protest actions before the Government Accountability Office as well as the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. In addition, he represents companies that hold government contracts at the local, state and federal level on a broad range of compliance issues, including Small Business Administration programs, TRICARE contracting, and transactional matters involving acquisition and/or sale of entities that hold government contracts.
James also represents health care providers, insurers, pharmaceutical and medical device companies on regulatory and policy issues related to the health industry, with a particular focus on federal healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, clinical trial reimbursement and negotiation, Food and Drug Administration regulation, state and federal health-related licensure and certification matters and DoD/TRICARE regulations.
James is currently serving as the Health Law Chair for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Division Health Law Committee, and has spoken on clinical trials noncompliance and Medicare Secondary Payer issues. He is a regular author on health care and life sciences regulatory issues, health care policy and clinical trials reimbursement.
Prior to joining McDermott, James served as law clerk to Judge Christine Odell Cook Miller of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., and was employed by The September 11th Fund/United Way of New York City, where he managed the delivery of charitable relief services to families of victims of September 11, 2001.
James is admitted to practice in Illinois and before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Education
- Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2006
- Columbia University, M.P.H., 2003
- New York University, B.A., 2001
