James Hurst

Jim Hurst has been trying cases throughout the nation for over 35 years, including products liability, trade secret, antitrust, fraud, contract, and patent cases. He's also argued dozens of appeals, including before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is one of only a handful of lawyers honored twice in The American Lawyer’s biannual "Litigator of the Year” contest—the first for eight straight trial wins and the second for six straight trial wins. His trial wins are regularly reported in the press, including a 2019 American Lawyer article entitled “Kirkland’s Hurst Wins, and Then He Wins Some More—How Does He Do It?” Benchmark recently named him “Trial Lawyer of the Year."