James Foster
James Foster has dedicated his career to getting justice for people who have been catastrophically hurt or killed.
Before becoming a plaintiff’s lawyer, James was an attorney at one of the largest and top-ranked defense firms in the world. During that time, he represented large corporations in personal injury and wrongful death cases involving defective medical devices, pharmaceutical drugs, and other similar matters. James now uses this experience to anticipate tactics used by insurance companies and large institutions—putting that knowledge to work for everyday people.
Today, James and his team help represent injured people throughout the Country in a wide variety of cases, including class action, mass tort, and single event cases. For example, James represents hundreds of veterans and their families who have been hurt or killed by the toxic water at Camp Lejeune. He also represents clients in the Hair Relaxer product liability litigation, CPAP medical device litigation, Paraquat herbicide litigation, Exactech medical device litigation, and other similar national mass tort litigations.
James is also actively investigating personal injury and wrongful death cases involving Boston Scientific cardiac and electrophysiology products, including Boston Scientific defibrillator and pacemaker products (e.g., Emblem S-ICD, Accolade pacemaker, Latitude, defective leads, and other similar products). He currently serves as co-lead counsel in a case pending in Dekalb County, Georgia involving the death of a young woman implanted with a Boston Scientific Emblem S-ICD medical device.
In addition to James national mass tort practice, he also represents people who have been catastrophically hurt or killed in car accidents, motorcycle accidents, and 18-wheeler trucking accidents, along with victims of shootings, rape and sexual assault in negligent security cases. James’ single event practice also includes representing railroad workers who have been hurt or killed on the job in Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) cases.
James and his team have helped to secure millions of dollars for their clients over the years. This includes numerous six figure and seven figure settlements. James is proud to serve as co-lead counsel on one of the twenty-five bellwether cases in the Camp Lejeune toxic water litigation, which is is expected to go to trial in the 2025-2026 timeframe.
James’ work has earned recognition within the legal community. In both 2023 and 2024, James was named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers—an honor reserved for no more than 2.5% of attorneys in Georgia. In 2023, James was also included in the National Trial Lawyers’ list of “Top 40 Under 40” attorneys in Alabama.
