James is Head of Private Family Law and specialises in family law with a particular focus on the financial aspects of divorce and separation. He also regularly advises on pre and post nuptial agreements.

James graduated from Huddersfield University with a Business Law Degree and qualified as a solicitor in 2006. James has been accredited by Resolution as a specialist family lawyer and is also a member of the Law Society Family Law accreditation Scheme. Resolution is a body of some 6,500 members comprising family lawyers and other professionals committed to the constructive resolution of family disputes, whose members follow a code of practice that promotes a non-confrontational approach to family problems,  James previously worked Chadwick Lawrence LLP in West Yorkshire where he completed his training and remained up until relocating to the Wolverhampton area with his family in May 2015.