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James W. Hurt, Jr. (Jimmy) primarily focuses his practice on debt adjustment, credit repair organization, FDPCA, automobile fraud, consumer class actions, and other federal and state-based consumer protection statutes. He has successfully litigated and/or arbitrated many cases for hundreds of clients throughout the State of Georgia. He frequently collaborates with both Georgia attorneys and out of state attorneys on various consumer-related matters.
Jimmy is licensed to practice in all courts of Georgia including the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He has also appeared specially in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the Eastern District of New York, and the Southern District of Georgia.
Jimmy is a frequent lecturer for various CLE organizations, including the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates. He has been an adjunct professor at Georgia State University College of Law since 2007, where he teaches Georgia Practice and Procedure.
Jimmy was born in Macon, Georgia and grew up in Cordele, Georgia. Upon graduation from Crisp County High School, he moved to the Atlanta area and attended Mercer University-Atlanta. He continued his education at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) where he studied Chemistry, and in his sophomore year, Jimmy transferred to the University of Georgia where he achieved his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology.
Jimmy attended Georgia State University College of Law, where he became a member of the Moot Court Board, the President of the Student Trial Lawyers Association, and the organizer and founding President of the Oglethorpe Legal Society. He graduated with honors (cum laude) in 2003 and continued the family “calling” to the law by becoming the 21st lawyer in his family, a tradition that began with his great grandfather, Warren R. Mixon of Ocilla, Georgia in 1922.
Jimmy is a member of the Western Circuit Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association of Justice, and the National Association of Consumer Advocates. He has served as the Chair of the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia in 2013-2014. He is currently serving as the Georgia state Chair for the National Association of Consumer Advocates.