James L. Elliott

General information

Founded by former Superior Court Judge Gus Elliott and the late Oris Blackburn, the firm has a long tradition of integrity and excellence.

Our attorneys have over 75 years of combined experience providing exceptional legal representation to businesses, individuals and local governments. Our experienced trial lawyers represent clients in civil litigation in state and federal courts. They serve as strong advocates and work diligently to favorably resolve court cases in an honest and ethical manner.

Our commercial lawyers have over 30 years of experience serving as outside and in-house counsel to business clients in a broad range of areas, including business formations and general representation, acquisitions and divestitures, real estate, and finance.

Our lawyers focus on timely, cost-effective legal solutions. Elliott, Blackburn & Gooding works with its clients to provide the highest quality of legal representation in South Georgia. We achieve success by committing the firm’s resources to help resolve your unique issues and will pursue your legal goals in a cost effective, ethical, and diligent manner.

We are unique among South Georgia law firms in that each of our active partners previously practiced with major law firms, including two lawyers who were partners with national law firms.