James A. D'Cruz

Associate Litigation

Dallas +1 214 972 1683

James A. D'Cruz

Overview

James D’Cruz is a litigation associate in the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. James has extensive trial experience through his time as a prosecutor for the State of Florida and as a Reserve JAG for the United States Army. He works on a broad range of corporate litigation matters.

CaptainUnited States Army ReservePresent

Law ClerkSenate Majority Whip, John CornynUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution

InternStaff Judge Advocate and U.S. Army GarrisonUnited States Department of Defense, United States Southern Command

James served as an Assistant State Attorney prosecuting Felony Domestic Violence Cases for the 9th Judicial Circuit of Florida, where he prosecuted over 30 criminal trials and handled hundreds of criminal cases. James is also a Captain in the United States Army Reserve JAG Corps.

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Thought Leadership

Publications

Co-Author with Captain Evan M. FitzGerald and Lieutenant Colonel Temidayo L. Anderson, "A Hybrid Learning Model: Best Legal Learning Practices from TJAGLCS to the Field," Army Law, Issue 2, p. 61, 2021 

“Half-Cocked: The Regulatory Framework of Short-Barrel Firearms,” 40 Harv. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 493, April 11, 2017

“The Kansas City Shuffle: Arguing Jus in Bellum When Everyone is Looking to the Jus in Bello,” Harvard National Security & Law Ass'n Blog, March 23, 2017

“The Gamble That Isn't: Trump's Ability to Detain Members of ISIL,” Harvard National Security & Law Ass'n Blog, March 3, 2017

“What the Founders Would Actually Say About "Assault Weapons,” The Harvard Law Record, February 22, 2016

Recognition

Distinguished Honor Graduate of the DCC, Echo Company, 3d Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, United States Army 2020

Memberships & Affiliations

Orange County Bar Association

Florida Bar Association

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2021Texas
  • 2017Florida

Education

  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.2017

    Executive Operations Chair, Harvard Business Law Review

    Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 

    President of Texas Club

  • Florida International UniversityB.A., International Relations & Political Sciencemagna cum laude2014

    National Security Certificate 

    Speaker Pro-Tempore of Student Senate