James Romoser is POLITICO’s legal editor.

James came to POLITICO in March 2023 after serving as the editor of SCOTUSblog. He also previously wrote a weekly column on legal affairs for National Journal, and he worked as a reporter covering health law for Inside Health Policy.

James attended Columbia, where he learned to be a journalist at the Columbia Daily Spectator. In 2005, he began his career at the Winston-Salem Journal, where he covered everything from tobacco farming to state politics. In 2012, he detoured to law school at Georgetown. But after getting a J.D. and serving a brief stint as a First Amendment lawyer, he realized he missed news too much and returned to journalism.

James lives in Washington D.C. He loves chess, the Beatles and the freedom of information.