Attorney James L. Walker, Jr. has built a distinguished career in the entertainment industry, wearing multiple hats as a legal expert, advocate, and entrepreneur. As the owner of J. Walker and Associates, LLP, a premier law firm in Greater Atlanta, his practice spans entertainment law, television/film/theater contracts, intellectual property, tax, non-profits, real estate, litigation, business, and corporate law.

He also serves as a Board Member and legal counsel for numerous nonprofits, including the Bronze Lens Film Festival, The National Black Arts Festival (NBAF), and The Marquis Grissom Foundation. His extensive work with non-profits and corporations has earned him numerous awards for his contributions.

Throughout his legal career, Attorney Walker has counseled a diverse range of clients, including radio and TV talent, corporations, musicians, filmmakers, athletes, and over 100 churches.

His clientele has been featured on major networks and popular reality shows such as Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives of Potomac, Growing Up Hip Hop, Grown & Gospel, Basketball Wives, American Idol, BET’s Sunday’s Best, and “The Four.”

He has represented high-profile personalities like Soledad O’Brien, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Gordy, DMX, Aretha Franklin, K Camp, Take 6, Koryn Hawthorne, Mikki Howard, Patti Labelle, Keke Wyatt, Shirley Caesar, DJ Jay Knix, DJ Darlene McCoy, and DJ Willie Moore, Jr.

Notably, he resolved a significant dispute involving his artist and Jay-Z over the song “Family Affair” and won the Take 6 vs. H.E.R. settlement in the Southern District of New York.

Attorney Walker’s passion for the theater arts led him to invest in Broadway productions over twenty-five years ago, starting with the adaptation of “Mama, I Want to Sing!“. As an investor and part of the producer investor team with Alia Jones and Stephen Byrd of Front Row Productions, he has invested in numerous Broadway plays and musicals, including “The Temptations,” “Camelot,” “Piano Lessons,” “Sinatra,” “Here Lies Love,” and three showings of “MJ The Musical.”

He also represents The Museum of Broadway, highlighting the profound influence of Broadway on New York City and global theater. Additionally, through JW Consulting and Stillwater Productions, he has promoted or produced about 50 concerts, plays, and events.

Committed to mentoring the next generation, Attorney Walker runs an internship program for law students and teaches at institutions such as the University of Hartford’s Hart School of Music, UCONN Law School, Yale Law School, Harvard Law School, Boston College School of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law at TSU, and George Washington University. He authored “This Business of Urban Music, Published By BillBoard Books” a guide for young entertainment lawyers and musicians.

, Walker has been involved in acclaimed plays like “The Piano Lesson,” “MJ The Musical,” “Ain’t Too Proud: The Temptations Story,” “Cabaret,” “Hell’s Kitchen,” and the upcoming “Sinatra: I Did It My Way.”

Despite his professional achievements and philanthropy, Attorney Walker’s greatest pride lies in his four children. His youngest son Zion, 20, plays baseball at Eastern Connecticut State University while studying sports management.

His daughter Joi, 24, is a Fulbright Scholar, a University of Georgia graduate, and a second-year law student at Howard University School of Law.

His son James, 28, is a practicing lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP in New York City.

His eldest daughter Jordan, 30, is a licensed real estate agent in Washington, D.C.