James Proud

After law school, Jim served as a law clerk to the Hon Bailey Brown, Senior Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Jim then returned to Louisville and worked for a large Kentucky firm in their business litigation section.

After nearly six years of practicing law, Jim decided to take his career in a different direction and started a construction and development company, where he developed small commercial projects and built high-end homes in the Louisville area.

Jim decided to return to law practice in 2007, and worked for a year in CMBS lending before forming his own firm, where he practiced from 2008-March 2017. From June 2009-June 2013, Jim also served as in-house counsel to a real estate development and management company. While there, he negotiated leases and purchase and sale transactions and resolved lease disputes, supported a team of professionals who engaged in site selection for a large national bank, and coordinated litigation matters with outside counsel in Kentucky and Florida. Today, Jim focuses his practice on real estate transactional work, business litigation, and litigation of real estate disputes.

Practice Areas

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  Litigation
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  Corporate, Real Estate & Finance