Background
Stokes, James Sewell was born on January 24, 1944 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of James Sewell III and Doris Mackey (Smith) Stokes.
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Stokes, James Sewell was born on January 24, 1944 in Englewood, New Jersey, United States. Son of James Sewell III and Doris Mackey (Smith) Stokes.
Bachelor, Davidson College, North Carolina, 1966. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1969.
Worked at Alston & Bird Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Environmental. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Georgia. Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Company-Author: Chapter, "Managing Environmental Risks in Real Estate Transactions," The Real Estate Handbook, 2nd educated, Dow Jones-Irwin, 1989.
Author: "Nationwide Permits and Other Exemptions from Obtaining Individual Section 404 Wetlands Permits," Journal of Environmental Permitting, Winter 1993/1994. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, Guide to the World"s Leading Environmental Lawyers.
Who"s Who in American Law. Assistant to the General Counsel of the Army, 1969-1972.
Member, 1978-1985 and Chairman, 1984-1985, Atlanta Zoning Review Board.
Chairman, Environmental Affairs Committee, Business Council of Georgia, 1987-1992. Member, Governor"s Environmental Advisory Council, 1991. Chairman, Alston & Bird Environmental Group.
Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Environmental Law Section, 1979-1982).
Member Metro Atlanta Chamber Clean Water Initiative, 2000, Georgia Future Forestry Commission, 2005, Atlanta Regional Commission Environmental & Land Use Committee, since 2005. Executive committee Livable Communities Coalition, since 2005. Chairman Metro Atlanta Chamber Water Committee, 2002.
Member Trust for Public Land Georgia Board, 1986-1991. Co-chairman Spotlight on Georgia Artists V, 1986. Member City of Atlanta Zoning Review Board, 1978-1985, chairman, 1984-1985.
Board directors Brookwood Hills Civic Association, 1975-1977, president, 1977. Board directors Nexus Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, 1987-1992, vice chairman capital campaign, 1989, chairman nominating committee, 1988, chairman fundraising committee, 1987-1988. Board directors Butler St. Young Men’s Christian Association Northwest branch, 1973-1975, Dynamo Swim Club, 1988-1991, Arts Festival Atlanta, 1994-1998.
Trustee Institute Continuing Legal Education, Athens, 1980-1981, Trinity School, Atlanta, 1988, 1997-2003, Charles Loridans Foundation, 1994-2005. Member session Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1986-1989, 1997-2000, clerk of session, 1988-1989, chairman community concerns committee, 1987-1988, chairman personnel committee, 1989-1990, 1999-2005, chairman associate pastor search committee, 1991-1992, 2004-2005. Board directors Park Pride, 1992, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, 1998-2005, Hambidge Center, 2000-2003, chairman environmental committee, 1987-1992, environmental legal counsel, 1981-1987.
Member special program Leadership Atlanta, 1979-1980, Leadership Georgia, 1985, Institute Georgia Environmental Leadership, 2004. Captain United States Army, 1969-1972. Member American Bar Association (natural resources section), State Bar Georgia (chairman environmental law section 1979-1982), Atlanta Bar Association, City of Atlanta History Preservation (policy steeering committee 1989), Atlanta Chamber C. (water resources task force 1982-1987, solid waste task force 1989, air quality task force 1993-1997, environmental affairs committee 1998—2005), Georgia Industrial Developers Association (hazardous waste committee 1983-1984), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Esther Moger, August 19, 1967. Children: Jessica Neale, Elizabeth Sewell.