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James K. Jenkins Jim has defended clients ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs to death row inmates in state and federal courts throughout the country at all stages of the criminal process, including pretrial investigation, trial, appellate and post conviction litigation. Jim's commitment to pro bono death penalty litigation began with his first death penalty jury trial in 1978 and continues through his current representation of a Georgia death row inmate, a case he has been litigating since 1989. Jim was on the team of Innocence Project lawyers that freed Calvin Johnson in 1999, after he served nearly sixteen years in prison for a rape that he did not commit. After his release, Jim worked to persuade the State of Georgia to compensate Calvin Johnson $500,000 for his unjust incarceration. During the Boulder, Colorado, investigation into the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, Jim represented all three Ramsey children through the grand jury investigation, which continued for thirteen months before returning no indictments. In 2004-2005, Jim was part of the team that obtained an acquittal for HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy in Birmingham, Alabama. The scope and breadth of these varying legal campaigns informs Jim's current focus on appellate and trial litigation support. For the past decade, Jim has concentrated on federal appeals, primarily in the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where he has handled an extensive number of complex appeals. Beginning in 2004 with the successful defense of Richard Scrushy, Jim has refined a novel area of practice coordinating litigation support for trial teams in complex federal criminal prosecutions. Jim uses his trial and appellate experience to coordinate motions practice, tactical litigation consultation, mid-trial legal research and briefing, review and analysis of daily transcripts, and effective issue preservation in the event of appeal. Jim has taught law students and practicing lawyers for two decades. In 1985, he joined the faculty of the prestigious National Criminal Defense College, where he continues to teach each year. From 1990 until 2005, Jim was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgia State University, where he taught Advanced Criminal Litigation. Jim has played a central role in the Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program run by the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers since its inception in 1999, and has been co-chair of GACDL's Al Horn Scholarship Committee since he and partner Bruce Maloy founded the program in 1985. For 30 years, Jim has lectured to lawyers' groups throughout the country on diverse topics relating to trial and appellate advocacy. Jim served two terms on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, from 1987 to 1993. In 1993 he was elected a Fellow in the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. Jim has been a Master in the Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court since 1996. In 1991, Jim created the Lawyers Assistance Committee for the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, which he chaired for nine years. Jim is also a Georgia SuperLawyer in White Collar Defense and Appellate Practice. Jim was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1949. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1971, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1975, magna cum laude and Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Admitted: Education: Teaching: Eleventh Circuit Opinions: Other Information: “Advice
to Delay from Scrushy Lawyer: Chin Up,” Corporate Crime Reporter,
October 4, 2005 “DNA Test Clears Man of ‘83 Rape 16 Years Later,” The Associated Press, June 15, 1999 “Champions: James K. Jenkins, Atlanta, Georgia,” The Champion magazine, September/October 1990
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