James Clifton

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

James contributes his time to the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation's Saturday Lawyer Program, offering pro bono services to indigent clients. He also represented Fayette County in the Georgia Attorney General’s statewide food drive, The Legal Food Frenzy. Previously, he served on the Executive Council of the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division and is a graduate of the Young Lawyer Leadership Academy. He has also held the position of 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 maintains active membership with the State Bar of Georgia and its Real Property Law Section, Bankruptcy Section, and Creditor's Rights Section; the Florida Bar and its Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section; the State Bar of California and its Real Property Law Section; the State Bar of Texas and its Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section; and the District of Columbia Bar and its Real Property Law Section.

In addition to his state licensures, James is admitted to practice before 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.