Jim Hawes

Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, James R. (“Jim”) Hawes graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2004 with a degree in Journalism and a minor in English.  He began studying law at the University of Richmond in the fall of 2004.  During the summer of 2005, Jim furthered his legal education by attending the Cambridge University Summer Law Program in Cambridge, England.  The following summer, Jim clerked for the firm and was the Research Assistant to Rodney A. Smolla, Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law.  In 2007 upon graduating Cum Laude from the University of Richmond School of Law, he accepted a position with the firm.

Jim’s practice focuses on criminal trial defense, corporate law and civil litigation in North Carolina’s state and federal courts.  Mr. Hawes is a Criminal Justice Act (CIA) Panel Attorney and a member of the North Carolina Advocate for Justice, the North Carolina State Bar, and the Wake County Bar Association.