In his healthcare and tax-exempt organizations practice, Jim specializes in providing strategic organizational, payment, tax, and compliance advice and direction to all types of health care providers and tax-exempt organizations. Jim is recognized as a Band 1 leading practitioner in Healthcare by Chambers USA, and recognized as the 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" in Nonprofit / Charities Law in Birmingham by Best Lawyers in America.

His practice varies widely according to the needs of his clients, but typical engagements include:

  • Working with health care clients to structure clinical and hospital/physician integration, co-management, value-based enterprise, affiliation, and joint venture arrangements
  • Dealing with all levels of regulatory and tax law issues for both his health care and tax-exempt clients
  • Implementing alternative payment arrangement and collaborative delivery systems
  • Managing all aspects of compliance planning with regard to tax and health care regulation at both the state and federal levels
  • Assisting clients with internal and external audits and investigations, including HIPAA, and privacy and security breaches
  • Formation and obtaining recognition of tax exempt status under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code for new entities, including 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) entities
  • Advising tax-exempt governmental entities
  • Advice regarding compliance with the unrelated business income regulations
  • Consulting and strategic planning regarding governance issues
  • Dealing with lobbying and electioneering issues
  • Navigating private foundation compliance

Community & Professional

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • Alabama State Bar Association, Heath Law Section
  • Birmingham Bar Association
  • Alabama Law Institute
  • Jim is involved in the community and participates on several nonprofit and church boards and committees.
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Admissions

  • State Bar: Alabama
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