Working out of the Chattanooga and Washington, D.C. offices, Jim practices in the areas of commercial lending, mergers and acquisitions, business organizations and commercial contracts, and has been counsel in hundreds of HUD-insured loans in the senior housing industry totaling approximately $3 billion in more than 40 states.
Jim has done extensive work on behalf of the American Bar Association and the Mortgage Bankers Association in providing comments to HUD's new multifamily and health care form loan documents, closing guides and opinion letters. Jim has wide-ranging experience in issues related to limited liability companies and has been a member of the Tennessee Bar Association's committee charged with modernizing Tennessee business organization laws. He also has extensive experience in the preparation and negotiation of commercial finance and corporate legal opinions.