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Richard James' Biography
Attorney and Member
Richard James was raised in Corinth, Mississippi in a family of four. He attended The University of Mississippi, where he received a Bachelor of Accountancy (1999) and a Master of Taxation (2000). While at Ole Miss, he received a Taylor Medal, the top honor given to each of the university's school's top students, and he passed the Mississippi Certified Public Accountancy Exam with the second highest score in the state, among all first-time test takers. In 2003, Mr. James received his J.D. from Tulane Law School where he served on The Tulane Law Review. In 2004, he received an LL.M. in Tax Law from The University of Florida, one of the top tax law programs in the country, where he served on The Florida Tax Review.
Mr. James has served as a general counsel of a chemical company and a construction company, where he obtained valuable day-to-day business and legal experiences with contracts for the acquisition of business, industrial leases, contracts for the sales of goods, general business matters, and with commercial litigation. He also received valuable experience with working with businesses on a daily basis, including management, human resources, and accounting.
Mr. James' practice focuses on planning for your family and your business: business and real estate law, tax, and estate planning/probate. These three matters go hand-in-hand, and Mr. James believes that a business owner or investor should be able to look to one advisor in these crucial areas, so that one firm can consider a client's whole picture. He advises businesses on general corporate matters, commercial transactions, and business acquisitions and sales, and he advises families with respect to property law, probate, and estate planning.
He has two teenage boys. In his spare time, Mr. James enjoys spending time with his family, following college football, reading, and weekend travelling.
Education
Attorney and Member
Richard James was raised in Corinth, Mississippi in a family of four. He attended The University of Mississippi, where he received a Bachelor of Accountancy (1999) and a Master of Taxation (2000). While at Ole Miss, he received a Taylor Medal, the top honor given to each of the university's school's top students, and he passed the Mississippi Certified Public Accountancy Exam with the second highest score in the state, among all first-time test takers. In 2003, Mr. James received his J.D. from Tulane Law School where he served on The Tulane Law Review. In 2004, he received an LL.M. in Tax Law from The University of Florida, one of the top tax law programs in the country, where he served on The Florida Tax Review.
Mr. James has served as a general counsel of a chemical company and a construction company, where he obtained valuable day-to-day business and legal experiences with contracts for the acquisition of business, industrial leases, contracts for the sales of goods, general business matters, and with commercial litigation. He also received valuable experience with working with businesses on a daily basis, including management, human resources, and accounting.
Mr. James' practice focuses on planning for your family and your business: business and real estate law, tax, and estate planning/probate. These three matters go hand-in-hand, and Mr. James believes that a business owner or investor should be able to look to one advisor in these crucial areas, so that one firm can consider a client's whole picture. He advises businesses on general corporate matters, commercial transactions, and business acquisitions and sales, and he advises families with respect to property law, probate, and estate planning.
He has two teenage boys. In his spare time, Mr. James enjoys spending time with his family, following college football, reading, and weekend travelling.
Education
- The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
- LL.M. Tax Law 2004
- Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana
- J.D. - 2003
- The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
- Master of Taxation, 2000
- Bachelor of Accountancy, 1999
- Texas, 2003
- Florida, 2004
- Represented business in sale to a major, public company for $46M+
- Represented commercial real estate investor in the acquisition of two major equipment rental leasing stores in sale-leaseback transaction.
- Represented majority shareholders in sale of glass manufacturing business in North Houston for $7 million
- Represented local company in the sale of stock for $2.3M
- Represented investor family in acquisition of assisted living facility for $2.3 million
- Represented investor family in acquisition of a hotel business franchise with a major franchise flag
- Represented entrepreneur business owner in acquisition of unique plantation asset for $12 million
- Represented high net worth individuals in transfer tax planning, including drafting and implementing grantor retained annuity trusts
- Represent various ancillary health care businesses with establishing companies for the operation of lab and clinic businesses, with the acquisition of a medical device company, and with private offerings
- Represented business in purchase of hydraulic business with real estate for $3M
- Represented executor in complex estate administration with multigenerational GST trusts and partnership interests with real estate
- Represented business owner in buy-sell agreement for local self-storage business and development of new self-storage business
- Represent business in the acquisition of office building for self-occupy and lease-out
- Represented professionals in asset protection planning and acquisition of rental properties