Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

14 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Corporate Law Health Care Law

Biography

Jim Wall represents entrepreneurs and businesses in a wide array of transactions and governance issues. He has significant experience representing health care providers and other clients in the health care field including owners and managers of long-term care facilities, management service organizations, providers of clinical research and local management entities. He has extensive experience helping providers and MSOs navigate North Carolina’s corporate practice of medicine doctrine. He also has assisted health care entities address recapitalization and insolvency issues. Additionally, Jim assists executives in connection with their employment relationships, including negotiation of employment and separation agreements.

Prior to being a founding member of Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC, Jim founded and managed Wall Babcock LLP. Prior to that, Jim practiced as a partner with Kilpatrick Stockton in its corporate and health care departments. Earlier in his career, Jim was a shareholder and director of Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. where he practiced in the firm’s corporate, health care and insolvency sections.

Jim is a 1986 graduate of the College of William and Mary, where he was elected to Beta Gamma Sigma, the national business honor society. He is a 1989 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law. He is admitted to practice in North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia.

Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC

14 Best Lawyers awards

Waldrep Wall Babcock & Bailey PLLC logo

Overview

  • College of William & Mary, B.B.A., Accounting, graduated 1986
  • University of Virginia, J.D, graduated 1989

  • Virginia, Virginia State Bar, 2014
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association, 1991
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia, 1989

  • Young Lawyers Division - Executive Council, 1995-97
  • Bankruptcy Law Section - Council, 1995-98; Treasurer, 1996-97
  • Business Law Section - Member
  • Health Law Section - Chair, 2014-15; Vice Chair, 2013-14; Council, 2008-2015
  • Virginia, Virginia State Bar, 2014
  • North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association, 1991
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia, 1989
  • Young Lawyers Division - Executive Council, 1995-97
  • Bankruptcy Law Section - Council, 1995-98; Treasurer, 1996-97
  • Business Law Section - Member
  • Health Law Section - Chair, 2014-15; Vice Chair, 2013-14; Council, 2008-2015
  • College of William & Mary, B.B.A., Accounting, graduated 1986
  • University of Virginia, J.D, graduated 1989

Client Testimonials

I have known Jim since I was in residency at Wake Forest. I have trusted him for all of my employment and legal questions, and he has never led me astray. I have recommended him to my peers and professional associations. He always goes above board in fully understanding my situation and needs before rendering his advice.

Stephen Hsieh (High Rock Internal Medicine)

Lexington, NC

Jim Wall is all that I could ask for in an attorney: smart, skilled, careful, available, and, as an added bonus, a pleasure to be with. He has assisted the establishment and growth of my company in more ways than I can list, suffice to say he has been instrumental to our company.

We have worked with Jim Wall for over 10 years. Jim has never once let us down by not delivering on a commitment to respond to and resolve our varied business needs and opportunities. Mr. Wall has unwavering ethics, vast legal knowledge and wisdom, and he is artful in communicating complex concepts to a layman.

Jim Wall is everything a good attorney should be, knowledgeable, articulate, available, and a straight shooter. He has provided me with invaluable service over the past four years.

Doug Pierce (Clinical Ink, LLC)

Winston-Salem, NC

Jim not only knows health care law and the corporate practice of medicine law inside and out, he is easy to work with and provides practical legal counsel that makes good business sense.

Our company has been working with Mr. Wall for over five years on many different projects. He provides quality expertise and personalized service. His honest and ethical advice has helped our company make the right decisions.

Chris Herman, M.D. (Physicians ElderCare, P.A.)

Jim not only provides us with general corporate law services, he provides strategic advice, guidance, and support in a timely and cost-effective manner. Jim has a genuine desire to participate in the success and growth of our business.

Mike Sweeney (Integrated Solutions, LLC)

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2012 - Corporate Law
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Corporate Law, Greensboro (2012)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Corporate Law
  • Health Care Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Corporate Governance Law
Special Focus:
  • Finance
  • Fraud and Abuse
  • Joint Ventures
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Physicians
  • Practice Acquisition

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