James O'TooleJamesO'Toole
Associate, Investigation & White Collar Defense
James O’Toole is an associate in the Litigation Department of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. His practice focuses on representing corporate and individual clients in complex litigation throughout the United States. He has drafted pleadings and dispositive motions, second-chaired numerous depositions and witness examinations, and managed all phases of discovery in federal and state courts nationwide. He also has extensive arbitration experience, including filing arbitration demands, compelling arbitration and enforcing arbitration awards in federal and state courts.
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2019
The University of Dallas, B.A., 2014
District of Columbia Bar
Virginia Bar
A major healthcare company in a defamation action in Delaware state court arising from false claims in a May 2025 article.
A former hedge fund partner in an eight-day FINRA arbitration against a major New York hedge fund.
Published in the Georgetown Law Immigration Journal
SEPTEMBER 14, 2026