Jim Grant is a former co-leader of Alston & Bird’s 135-member Litigation and Trial Practice Group (LTPG) and currently serves on the Partners’ Committee.  Mr. Grant focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and has extensive experience with appellate matters. Mr. Grant has tried 12 cases to jury verdict and been actively involved in the appeal of more than 40 matters in his twenty years at Alston & Bird.

Mr. Grant has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America for the last three years in the areas of commercial litigation and legal malpractice law and he is listed in Super Lawyers magazine. He has also been listed for the last two years in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of commercial litigation. Jim has litigated matters in more than 15 states across the country. Mr. Grant is a member of the litigation and appellate sections of the Atlanta Bar Association and is a frequent speaker on various topics of commercial litigation.

Jim received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in 1986 and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1989. While at Vanderbilt, Mr. Grant served as an associate editor on the Vanderbilt University Journal of Transnational Law. Mr. Grant serves on the advisory board of the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and is the former chairman of the board of directors of that organization.