James Ledlie represents individuals who have been harmed as a result of corporate misconduct and negligence. His current practice includes qui tam/whistleblower cases, consumer fraud, products liability and occupational disease. 

 As a member of the Occupational Disease and Securities and Consumer Fraud practice groups, James manages all aspects of litigation from initial client referrals through the ultimate resolution of the case, and has represented numerous clients in jury trials around the United States. He was involved in the first case in the country to result in a verdict against General Electric with respect to asbestos-containing industrial crane brakes. In addition, James plays a key role in representing Canadian mesothelioma victims who were exposed to asbestos products shipped from the United States.  

Prior to joining Motley Rice, James learned the workings of the courts though judicial clerkships for the Honorable John C. Few of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit of the State of South Carolina and the Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., U.S. District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina.