James Clifton

James Clifton is the founding member of The Clifton Law Firm, LLC, where he manages a multi-state practice. His extensive legal career is centered on real property, bankruptcy, wills, trusts, and estates. James has significant experience in suits to quiet title, real property and commercial lending transactions, comprehensive contract formation, title insurance claims, will drafting, estate planning, and probate litigation.

On weekends, James dedicates his time to the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation's Saturday Lawyer Program, offering pro bono representation to indigent clients. He has also represented Fayette County in the Georgia Attorney General’s statewide food drive, The Legal Food Frenzy. His leadership roles include serving as an elected member of the Executive Council of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division and graduating from the distinguished Young Lawyer Leadership Academy. James is a past president of the Fayette County Bar Association.

James is a member of the American Bar Association, specifically its Real Property, Trust, and Estate Section. He is actively involved with the State Bar of Georgia, participating in its Real Property Law Section, Bankruptcy Section, and Creditor's Rights Section. His professional affiliations extend to the Florida Bar, the State Bar of California, the State Bar of Texas, and the District of Columbia Bar, engaging with their respective real property, probate, and trust law sections.

In addition to his state bar memberships, James is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, and the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. On May 14, 2012, he was sworn into the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.