James McGehee

James McGehee is a litigator who has tried more than two dozen cases in state and federal courts. He advises and represents clients in a wide range of employment matters, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, failure to accommodate, and unfair competition. His practice also includes defending employers against administrative proceedings in the emerging area of artificial intelligence and assisting clients with Department of Labor investigations and other military leave issues under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. In addition, he has advised the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee staff on employment-related topics. In the field of traditional labor law, he has experience defending against unfair labor practice charges and navigating the complexities of the Railway Labor Act.

Prior to joining Littler, James served as a captain and judge advocate in the United States Air Force. During more than four years on active duty, his duties included advising military and civilian leadership in the Department of Defense on a variety of human resources matters and advising the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center on the use of AI technology. He also represented victims of sexual assault and other serious crimes in courts-martial. Before joining the Air Force, James gained significant trial experience as a deputy district attorney in Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District (Colorado Springs) and served as a law clerk to the Hon. U.S. Magistrate Judge Walter Johnson for the Northern District of Georgia. In law school, he was an articles editor for the Georgia Law Review.