Justin Bishop is the President and owner of Pounders & Associates, Inc., the Shoals area’s leading commercial real estate firm.In 2003, while pursuing a business degree from the University of North Alabama, Justin Bishop started a small business to provide graphic design and web development services to a wide-ranging clientele that included non-profit organizations, churches, and companies across North Alabama. After graduating in 2006, Justin began his real estate career and affiliated with Coldwell Banker®, a global and local leader in residential real estate. It was during these early years of selling homes learning the real estate business that he began to realize a passion for commercial and investment real estate.In 2011, Justin Bishop joined Pounders & Associates to pursue commercial real estate on a full-time basis. In 2014, Bishop became a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), a professional designation that is awarded to the most highly skilled and competent commercial and investment real estate practitioners in the industry. After successfully completing 200 hours of extensive graduate-level coursework, Justin assembled a qualifying portfolio of commercial real estate transactions, demonstrating proficiency not only in theory, but also in practice. CCIMs are recognized experts in commercial real estate brokerage, leasing, asset management, valuation, and investment analysis. He is also a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).Justin and his wife, Heather, have two daughters and live in the town of St. Florian, where Justin volunteers as an EMT and board member for the Mid-Lauderdale Fire Department. Justin and his family attend the Shoals campus of Church of the Highlands.