James W. Hundley, Attorney

James Hundley graduated from the Georgetown Law Center and gained admission to the Virginia State Bar in 1989. During his first year of practice, Mr. Hundley served as law clerk to the Honorable James C. Cacheris in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Upon completing his clerkship, Mr. Hundley joined the Office of the Commonwealth's Attorney for Fairfax County where he served as an assistant until December of 1996. In January of 1997, Mr. Hundley co-founded Briglia Hundley Nuttall & Kay, P.C. The firm emphasizes criminal defense and civil litigation. Mr. Hundley regularly appears before all levels of trial and appellate courts in Virginia's state and federal systems. For the past six years, Mr. Hundley has also served as an assistant prosecutor for the City of Fairfax.

In April of 2000, Mr. Hundley was privileged to appear before the Supreme Court of the United States and argue the case of Dickerson v. United States in which the Court ruled that the well known Miranda warnings are required by the United States Constitution and cannot be repealed by legislation.

Activities

Mr. Hundley is active in the Virginia and Fairfax County Bar Associations. Mr. Hundley was just elected to serve on the Virginia State Bar's Disciplinary Committee. He also is a member of the Fairfax Bar Association's judicial screening committee. He has previously served on the Fairfax Bar's Circuit Court Committee, the General District Court Committee, as co-chairman of the Legislative Committee, and as chairman of the Election Committee.

Mr. Hundley regularly lectures at Continuing Legal Education courses. He has also appeared as a guest lecturer at the Georgetown Law Center, the George Washington School of Law, the Catholic University School of Law, and the Washington, D.C. Inns of Court.

• Dickerson v. United States 2000