James Shelnutt:
CLASS OF 1990
Newnan High SchoolClass of 1990
Newnan, GA
Cumberland Law SchoolClass of 2002
Birmingham, AL
James's Story
I live in Southside, Alabama, which is in northeast Alabama near Gadsden(a little less than 2 hrs from Newnan and about an hour north of Birmingham ). My wife and I have 2 sons. One is 7 and the other is 8 months (as of 07-2008). My 7 year old plays every sport known to man and most of my spare time is spent taking him to practice or coaching his teams (I use the term "coach" very loosely).
After High School I went into law enforcement (yes, even I was shocked). I worked for several years with Newnan P.D. as a patrol officer and eventually went to work as a Detective with Union City Police Department. By this time, age and life had matured me and I started back to college and finished my bachelors degree while working in law enforcement.
Shortly afterwards, I attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham. After graduating law school, I started a law pr...Expand for more
actice in Gadsden, Alabama and just simply never left. I now manage that firm and personally practice in the areas of Automobile and Trucking Accident Litigation, Criminal Defense and Real Estate.
All of my family still lives in Newnan and I get back to Newnan every few months. Each time I come home, I'm always thinking about how very different Newnan is now compared to when I was a teenager cruising around town and hanging out in K-Mart Parking Lot (yes, I admit it). In a way, it's nice to see the economic growth but I miss the days when it was a small town where everybody knew everybody (usually by the car that they drove) and life was much simpler. We were all very fortunate to grow up in the decade that we did and as I get older, I realize how important the memories and friends of those years are to me. I look forward to seeing everyone at the next class re-union. James
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