James H. Frazier Email & Phone Number

I am the Managing Member of McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC, a position I have held for the past 18 years. My practice focuses on real estate, bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate practice with special emphasis on mineral and energy law. I have extensive experience in coal transactions (including leases, permitting, coal sales contracts, asset purchases, equity interest transactions, transportation agreements, overriding royalty agreements, consulting contracts, and contract mining agreements). In addition to my law practice, I also serve as the Master Commissioner of the Fayette Circuit Court. Prior to being appointed Master Commissioner, I held the office of Chief Deputy Master Commissioner of the Fayette Circuit Court from 1992-2008. In 2011, I was appointed by Lexington Vice Mayor Linda Gorton to the Redistricting Committee to examine the 2010 United States Census numbers for Fayette County and recommend new Council District boundary lines based on the new population.In the past few years, I have represented several national student housing developers in the acquisition and development of real estate for projects located in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, West Virginia and South Carolina. These projects included my assistance from the beginning with acquisition of real estate, re-zoning of property and development plan approval through the successful lease negotiations with railroad companies, allowing the developers to provide pedestrian bridge access across railroad property to college campuses from the student housing facilities.Specialties: Real Estate Law, Corporate Law, Energy and Mineral Law, Bankruptcy and Bank Litigation

Listed skills include Corporate Law, Bankruptcy, Civil Litigation, Property Law, and 1 others.

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  Managing Partner

  Mcbrayer Pllc

  1979 - Present - Lexington, Kentucky Area

  McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC is a general practice law firm with offices in Lexington, Louisville, Frankfort and Greenup, Kentucky with 45 highly experienced attorneys offering full legal services. At McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC we have been meeting and exceeding the legal needs of our clients since 1963 and are proud members of the State Capital Law Firm Group. For more information about our attorneys, our offices and our areas of practices, please visit us at www.mmlk.com.