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Jim is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the Company, including tax, treasury and finance, and also oversees some corporate functions including information technology. He joined Cousins as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in July 2001 and became executive vice president and CFO in August 2004.
Prior to joining Cousins, Jim was a partner in Fleming & Ray, LC, an Atlanta-based law firm he founded in 1994. As a real estate attorney, Jim was responsible for the acquisition, development, leasing and financing of office, retail, multi-family, hotel, industrial and mixed-use projects, as well as land and single-family subdivisions. Previously, he spent twelve years with the law firm of Long, Aldridge & Norman where he was Managing Partner from 1991-1993.
Education: B.E.E., Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Va.
Memberships and Civic Involvement: Jim has served as an Executive Committee Member of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia from 1997 to 2001 and was the chair of the Real Estate Section of the Atlanta Bar Association for 2000-2001. He has served as Chairman of the Real Property Law Seminar at the State Bar of Georgia's Annual Meeting, and served on the committee appointed by the Georgia Department of Revenue to draft Georgia's intangibles tax regulations. He authored the book, Georgia Landlord & Tenant - Lease Forms and Clauses (2nd Ed.), and several articles for the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Georgia State Bar Journal and Virginia Law Review. He also served as Past Chairman of United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Atlanta, as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church, and as a member of the Board of Visitors for Emory University. He has participated in other civic organizations including Leadership Atlanta. Leadership Midtown and Outstanding Atlanta.
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