James Isacks is an associate practicing out of our New York office.
Prior to joining KM, Mr. Isacks was a student attorney at the Washington University School of Law’s First Amendment Clinic, where he researched and wrote portions of briefs filed in the Federal District Court and Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. Additionally, he served as a Judicial Extern at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission while in law school.
Mr. Isacks received his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2022. During law school, he served as the Executive Notes Editor of Washington University’s Journal of Law and Policy and authored Deepwater Horizon 10 Years Later: Regulations, Rollbacks, and Where We Go from Here, 69 Wash. U. J. L. & POL’Y 1 (2022). Mr. Isacks joined the firm in 2022.
Mr. Isacks received his J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law in 2022. During law school, he served as the Executive Notes Editor of Washington University’s Journal of Law and Policy and authored Deepwater Horizon 10 Years Later: Regulations, Rollbacks, and Where We Go from Here, 69 Wash. U. J. L. & POL’Y 1 (2022). Mr. Isacks joined the firm in 2022.
- Louisiana State University (B.A. 2019)
- Washington University in St. Louis School of Law (J.D. 2022)
- New York State Bar
Experience
Some of Mr. Isacks’ work includes:
- Court-appointed executive committee member and class counsel in In re Cattle and Beef Antitrust Litigation, representing cattle producers and cattle futures traders. The suit alleges that the “Big 4” meatpacking firms conspired to suppress prices for fed cattle and manipulate live cattle futures and options prices. The case has already resulted in a $83.5 million settlement with one of the defendants.
- Court-appointed executive committee member and class counsel in In re Digital Advertising Antitrust Litigation, representing publishers alleging that Google monopolized and suppressed competition in online display advertising.
- Counsel in In re Deutsche Bank Spoofing Litigation on behalf of a putative class of investors alleging manipulation through “spoofing” of U.S. Treasury futures traded on the Chicago Board of Trade and Eurodollar futures traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
- Co-class counsel on behalf of a certified class of class of exchange-based investors in Dennis v. The Andersons, Inc. et al. alleging monopolization and manipulation of Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures contracts in violation of federal antitrust and commodity exchange laws.