James Burnham

James Burnham is the General Counsel at xAI and Managing Partner at King Street Legal, PLLC, where they focus on high-stakes legal issues involving the government. They also serve as President of Vallecito Capital, LLC, a litigation fund supporting meritorious cases. James previously held roles as General Counsel for the Department of Government Efficiency and was a litigation partner at Jones Day. They clerked for Justice Neil Gorsuch on the U.S. Supreme Court and Judge Alex Kozinski on the Ninth Circuit. James graduated with high honors from the University of Chicago Law School and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin.