Having previously served as Events Chair, Charitable Giving Chair and Youth Services Chair, James Stone is now a returning Board Member, serving as Treasurer for Leslie, his “Rotary classmate,” joining Rotary with her in 2020

One of five kids in his family, James originally hails from Blakely, a small town in southwest Georgia (most likely you passed through or around it while going to the Emerald Coast on the Florida Panhandle). He attended UGA as an undergraduate, where he met his wife, Rachel, and then graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School in 2013

A fifth-generation attorney, James and his law practice focus on helping clients receive compensation for injuries caused by others, primarily from medical malpractice or other catastrophic instances. He practices in the firm’s Atlanta office located in Sandy Springs

James and his family moved to Roswell in 2017. Seeking to become more involved in the community, he attended several Rotary functions before finally formally applying for membership. Coming from a small town, he understands and appreciates how communities benefit from strong relationships combined with a shared common purpose. It didn’t hurt that Gordon Owens frequently mentioned the connect between Roswell Rotary and the local breweries, as it seemed function found its way to Gate City in some way or another, which was not a bad sell either.

While 2020 and COVID did not exactly serve as a recipe for expanding community involvement, James nevertheless stuck with Rotary through the Zoom meetings (even getting inducted via Zoom) and jumped at the opportunity to join past-president John Carruth’s Board, which served as a springboard for getting involved in other facets of the club, like Youth Services.

Spending his down time hanging out with their two sons, Jacob (7) and Eli (4), James participates in most anything recreational sports-related, tinkering with residential electronics and the occasional “twin-date” to the movies to catch the latest blockbuster (or Marvel movie)

Honored when President Leslie asked him to join her board and assume Michael Agurkis’s “hatchet man” role, James hopes the well-oiled machine will not require a new and enhanced version of the hatchet man. Time will tell, though.

Fun Fact: James is an identical twin and spends a fair amount of time explaining to and convincing those who do not know his identical twin brother, John, also lives in Roswell. (Or perhaps he is pretending to be his brother, for a laugh…just ask Andy Williams about his experience with it…