Atty. James Bennett Kinsel
Jim Kinsel serves as a Managing Partner at Protorae Law and Co-Chair of the firm’s litigation teams. He is a trial attorney who focuses on business litigation, business breakups, disputes over ownership of businesses, and unfair business practice claims.
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James Bennett Kinsel is a Managing Partner based in Tysons, Virginia, practicing at Protorae Law Pllc. They have 27+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1999. Their practice focuses on business and litigation. Admitted to practice in Virginia (1999) and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia (2000). Educated at University of Virginia (J.D., 1998) and James Madison University (B.S., 1994). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serands clients in Tysons, VA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Jim Kinsel serves as a Managing Partner at Protorae Law and Co-Chair of the firm’s litigation teams
- He is a trial attorney who focuses on business litigation, business breakups, disputes over ownership of businesses, and unfair business practice claims
- Jim co-founded Protorae Law in 2010, and built the firm’s litigation team
- During his career, Jim has prosecuted and defended countless litigation matters
- Jim is accustomed to handling bet-the-company disputes
- He is also experienced with advocating for and defending against preliminary injunction motions and temporary restraining order motions
- In 2015, he guided Protorae Law’s litigation team in achieving the second highest jury verdict awarded during that year in Virginia
- That same year, he successfully defended another client against a $55 million complaint to reduce the plaintiff’s maximum recovery to no more than nominal damages while also launching a defense of a $10 million claim in a third case
- The denial of the claimed actual damages of $55 million was named by the Virginia Lawyers Weekly as one of 2015’s most important opinions
- Jim focuses on litigation involving business disputes such as business conspiracy, trade secret misappropriation, breach of fiduciary duty, and other unfair business practices
- In addition, he handles contract claims, including disputes involving noncompete agreements, shareholder agreements or LLC operating agreements
- Jim also represents minority and majority owners in disputes over whether someone is a business owner and those involving shareholder oppression and minority squeeze-out claims
- Jim has steered many disputes to favorable outcomes for his clients at trial, through pre-trial motions practice, or settlement with or without mediation
- Jim’s well-considered litigation strategies help his clients safeguard critical business and individual assets, including trade secrets, client lists, business relationships, and other proprietary information
- When representing individual owners, Jim works to protect their ownership interests
- Jim provides his clients with strategic advice early-on to help them determine how best to resolve a dispute
- He is often able to negotiate favorable resolutions before litigation costs escalate
- If a settlement cannot be reached, his extensive experience handling complex litigation matters within federal and state courts allows him to aggressively advance his clients’ interests at trial
- Electronic discovery is integral to Jim’s case management
- He is able to quickly assess the appropriate scope of electronic discovery for each litigation matter, and provide his clients with an up-front evaluation of the cases’ strengths and weaknesses
- After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1998, Jim clerked for the Honorable Norman K. Moon in the U.S
- District Court for the Western District of Virginia
- He then joined the Jefferson Law Firm, which became the Tysons office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC. He later became a partner at Williams Mullen before co-founding Protorae Law
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Business attorneys advise founders and growing companies on entity formation, contracts, financing, M&A, and dispute resolution.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Virginia
Practicing law in Virginia. Legal matters in Virginia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Tysons are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Virginia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Virginia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Virginia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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