PRACTICE AREAS
Meet the Attorney
Jim D. Childress, III
Experience:
- Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney, Pittsylvania County
- Special Assistant US Attorney, Western District of Virginia
- Supervising Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney, City of Danville
- Private Practice handling many types of cases
- Internship with the Honorable Phillip A. Wallace (retired), Bedford Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court
Jim Childress is a native to the Lynchburg Area. He graduated from Brookville High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from Lynchburg College.
After law school, Jim worked for years a Virginia prosecutor (commonly referred to as DA or Assistant DA in other states) and handled lots of complex cases.
Jim has litigated thousands of trials in front of judges and taken
numerous jury trials successfully to verdict. He has argued cases from speeding tickets to larcenies and serious felonies like rape, robbery, murder, and upper-level possession with intent to distribute narcotics. He also has successfully represented his clients in countless civil cases including: separation agreements, divorces, child custody, adoptions, contract disputes, personal injury, wills, deeds, power of attorneys, drafting contacts, convicted felon restoration of rights.
Awards and Memberships
- 2017 Lynchburg Bar’s Pro Bono Award – Virginia Legal Aid Society
- Campbell County Bar Association – member
- Lynchburg Bar Association – member
- Pittsylvania County Bar Association – past President
- 2017 Best of Lynchburg –
Recipient by Lynchburg Living Magazine - Lynchburg Community Action Group (Lyn-CAG) - Board of Directors representing Campbell County Board of Supervisors
