About James Blount
James Blount Griffin graduated from Gordon College in 1984 with a B.A. in Economics and History. He earned a M.A. in History from the University of Alabama in 1990 and completed his J.D. at Vanderbilt University Law School in 2001. Those educational stops formed an interest in regulation grounded in historic context and practical analysis.
He began his legal career in Atlanta as an associate at Morris Manning & Martin, LLP in 2001. The following yr he joined the Law Offices of Wm. Thomas Craig as an affiliate. After several years in personal practice, he returned to company work in 2011 as an associate at Bishop Colvin Johnson & Kent, LLC. In 2014 he based James B. Griffin, LLC and serves as its principal.
Griffin is admitted to practice in Alabama and Georgia. He has been active in bar work, serving as chairman of the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia from 2010 to 2011. That position placed him amongst practitioners and regulators discussing statutory interpretation, allowing and enforcement trends within the region.
Over the direction of his profession Griffin has treated matters that intersect law and legal proceedings. His background combines time at regional firms and his own small practice. Those experiences have concerned administrative proceedings, permit review and adherence counseling for businesses and landowners. He has additionally labored on contested things that required courtroom appearances and written advocacy before businesses.
Since founding James B. Griffin, LLC in 2014 he has run a lean practice that consults on environmental and regulatory questions and pursues contested cases when necessary. He advocates for clients on permitting and compliance matters, advises on administrative process and handles related business disputes. He maintains lively practice in each Alabama and Georgia, representing clients in regulatory proceedings and legal proceedings related to environmental regulation law.
