Location: Augusta, Georgia
Phone: (706) 737-3138
Fax: (706) 738-3973
Email: E-mail Me
James B. Trotter was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 2000. Jim’s practice concentrates on complex corporate and real estate transactions. He has represented clients in a wide variety of corporate transactions, including business organizations, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, consulting agreements and employment agreements. He also has experience in a broad range of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, development, development of build for rent communities, tax-free exchanges, development and sale of single tenant retail, and loan transactions. In addition to corporate and real estate work, Jim assists clients with estate planning, probate and estate administration services.
Furman University
- B.A. cum laude – 1997
- Major – Political Science
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
University of Georgia School of Law
- J.D magna cum laude – 2000
- Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Notes Editor, 1998-1999
Experience
- Represented client in sale of package of car washes to a private equity investor.
- Represented client in $7,000,000 retail and builder supply business to private equity.
- Represented client in connection with the development and financing of a $35,000,000 warehouse facility.
- Represented sponsor member in joint venture for development, financing and sale of an 89 unit residential build for rent community.
- Represented client in division of assets with business partner, including the separation of nearly one hundred entities and over forty parcels of real estate.
- Represent local medical practices with buy-sell agreements, property acquisitions, employment agreements and leases.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Augusta Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Real Property Section of State Bar of Georgia
- Realtors of Greater Augusta, Inc.
Community Activities
- Deacon, Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church, 2010-2013
- University of Georgia Parents Leadership Council
- Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Easter Seals East Georgia, Inc. 2005-2011
- Board of Directors of Augusta Country Club 2015-2021; Chairman of Golf Committee and Golf
- Long Range Planning Committee – 2019-2022.
- Board of Trustees, Episcopal Day School 2009-2015; Chairman of the Board 2011-2013
- Board of Directors, CSRA Community Foundation, 2015 – Present; Chairman of the Board of
Directors – 2024 – Present