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James Robert Moye

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Practice Areas:

  • Real Estate 45%
  • Wills & Probate 45%
  • Business & Commercial Law 10%

Biography

Mr. Moye is a lifelong Columbus resident, with ancestors having arrived in the earliest years of the city.  Mr. Moye served 30 years in the Army and Army Reserve, and retired as Colonel, Judge Advocate General's Corps, his last two assignments being as Staff Judge Advocate of a general officer command. Mr. Moye has represented lenders, developers and borrowers in a wide array of real estate transactions from single family residential to multi-family and condominium developments. In addition to providing representation to his own probate clients, Mr. Moye has served as court appointed attorney and guardian ad litem. He serves as an Elder and Clerk of Session at First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, and has held numerous other leadership positions with his church and Flint River Presbytery.

Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
    • J.D.
    • Honors: magna cum laude
    • Honors: Order of the Coif
    • Honors: Phi Kappa Phi
  • Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina
    • B.A. - 1973
    • Honors: Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honor Society
    • Major: Economics

Bar Admission

  • Georgia, 1976
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1976

Pro-Bono Activities

  • Elder & Clerk, First Presbyterian Church of Columbus
  • Member, North Columbus Rotary Club
  • Member, Columbus Kappa Alpha Alumni Association
  • Employer Support of Guard and Reserve

Past Positions

  • United States Army Reserve, COL, Retired, Signal Corps and Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1973 – 2006
  • Cartledge, Posey & Moye, Partner, 1980 to 1983
  • Posey, Moye & Cartledge, LLP, Partner, 1983 to 2013

Professional Associations

  • State Bar of Georgia, Member
  • Columbus Bar Association, Member

Current Employment Position

  • Partner