James H. (Jim) Moore III
James H. (Jim) Moore III
Mr. Moore is the President and managing partner of the firm as well as the Chairman of the Firm’s Commercial, Banking, and Business Law practice group.
Areas of Practice
- Commercial, Banking and Business Law
- Agricultural Law
- Banks and Financial Institutions
- Business Law and Transactions
- Business Litigation
- Business Planning
- Corporate Law
- Creditors’ Rights – Consumer And Commercial Collections
- Real Estate Law
- Agricultural Real Estate
- Commercial Real Estate
- Mergers and Acqusitions
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
J.D., cum laude, 1981, - University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
B.S.A., magna cum laude, 1978 - Abraham Baldwin College, Tifton, Georgia
A.A., 1976
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1981
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- Georgia Supreme Court
- Georgia Court
Honors and Awards
- AV Preeminent ® Rating with Martindale-Hubbell
- Georgia Trend Magazine – Georgia’s legal elite in the field of Business Law
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Dougherty Bar Association, Past President, 2004 – 2005
- Georgia Moot Court Board, 1980 – 1981
- Dougherty Circuit Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Associations
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Section, Past Director, 1987 – 1989
- Local Bar Activities Committee, 1996 – 1998
- Commercial, Banking and Business Law Group – Moore, Clarke, DuVall, & Rodgers, P.C., Chairman
- State Bar of Georgia, Business Section , Member
- State Bar of Georgia, Creditor Rights Section, Member
- State Bar of Georgia, Real Property Law Section, Member
Presentations and Publications
- Mr. Moore regularly speaks to lending institutions throughout Georgia, both at the firm’s annual “Banking Law Seminar” held in Albany, Savannah and Valdosta, Georgia, and at smaller gatherings of clients and friends of the firm. In addition, Mr. Moore is a frequent lecturer at educational seminars hosted by the Georgia Bankers Association. Mr. Moore also makes presentations in connection with continuing legal education seminars on the topics of secured transactions, commercial litigation, bankruptcy and other business law-related matters.
Other Professional and Community Activities
- Porterfield United Methodist Church, Former Member of Administrative Council
- Deerfield Windsor School, Former member of the Board of Trustees
- YMCA of Albany, Inc., Former President and Member of Executive Committee
- ABAC Foundation, Board Member
- Georgia Bankers Association Bank Counsel Section, Board Member
Since 1981, Mr. Moore has advised clients in the areas of banking, business, corporate, contracts, transactional law (mergers and acquisitions), and commercial litigation. Mr. Moore has advised lending institutions and business owners in businesses of all sizes in Georgia and surrounding states. Mr. Moore also has experience in dealing with businesses with foreign subsidiaries as well as foreign ownership. Advising business clients of all types and sizes in the sale and acquisition of businesses and business assets is also an area in which Mr. Moore has significant expertise. Having come from an agricultural background, Moore has a particularly keen understanding of the opportunities and challenges of agribusiness.
Mr. Moore maintains an AV Preeminent Rating with Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized in Georgia Trend Magazine on several occasions as one of the state’s Legal Elite in the field of Business Law.
Mr. Moore and his wife, Martha, have three adult children and three grandchildren.
