James is a director at LECG, and an adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Law, Chicago. He frequently serves as an economic expert in litigation matters relating to antitrust, intellectual property, class certification, government regulation, general conspiracy issues, and contracts. James has testified in court for private parties and government agencies in federal, state, and European litigation. His professional experience includes ten years of service at the FTC, the last six of which he served as director for antitrust in the Bureau of Economics. James was awarded the FTC Distinguished Service Award, SES Meritorious Service Award, and an Honoree of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Department of Justice 1982 Guidelines. In the past, he taught economics at two other universities.