James Lampkin was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1961. He graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in 1979. He attended the University of Alabama from 1979 through 1980 and transferred to East Tennessee State University, where he received his bachelor’s degree (political science) in 1985. James attended law school at Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was on the Cumberland Law Reveiw and graduated, with honors, in 1989. He was admitted to the Georgia and Alabama State Bars in 1989. He was admitted to the Florida and Mississippi State Bars in 1997.

Upon graduation from law school, James moved to the Mobile/Baldwin County area where he began his legal career as a law clerk for The Honorable T. Virgil Pittman, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama. In 1991, James entered private practice with a civil defense firm in Mobile. He continued his practice as a civil defense lawyer from 1991 until 2011. During this period of time, James was a speaker at numerous legal seminars, including industry seminars, and authored numerous legal articles involving a variety of issues related to his practice and service to clients. He also served in several capacities, including as an instructor in deposition and trial training programs for younger lawyers.

In April 2011, James joined Beasley, Allen and works in the Mass Tort section. He is currently working with the Firm’s attorneys and staff in representing the Firm’s clients in Hormone Replacement Therapy cases throughout the country.

James is licensed to practice in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Mississippi as well as before all federal courts in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and the Northern District of Florida, The United States Supreme Court, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He is currently a member of the American Bar Association, and the Alabama Association for Justice, the Mobile County Bar Association and the Baldwin County Bar Association.

In 1991, James married the former Martha Grimes of Marion Junction, Alabama. They have two children, Brooks and Ginny. They are members of Spanish Fort United Methodist Church. James has served in several leadership positions, including the Finance Committee and Staff/Parish Relations, for the church in the past. Over the past couple of years, James has volunteered his time in supporting the educational and sports programs at Spanish Fort High School.