As your coach, Jim integrates the tenacity that has fueled his legal career, wisdom forged in divorce battles, and a desire to meet and serve clients on the highest level.  Jim is a present and active listener.  Good listening produces good questions and Jim knows how to ask them. Good questions produce life changing answers - your answers!

Jim’s life purpose is to help people in hard places find ease. Coaching aligns with Jim’s purpose. Jim likes the freedom to coach candidly and freely, without the constraints that come with lawyering. Jim has received coach training from Co-Active Training Institute (CTI), Shizard Chamin, and Dr. Barbara Fredrickson at UNC Chapel Hill.  Jim has learned deeply and profoundly from his own coaches.  Jim is always learning and growing.

Jim is a divorce lawyer in Western North Carolina practicing since 1994.  Jim is happy leading and protecting clients through difficult times to brighter futures.  Jim is drawn to confront and challenge hard facts for the benefit of his clients.  His legal work has been well recognized by peers and clients.  His wins at trial and on appeal speak for themselves.  Visit Siemens Family Law Group for more on Jim’s divorce practice.

Jim has lived in Winnipeg, Toronto, Buffalo, New York, Chapel Hill, London, New Orleans, Eugene, and presently Asheville.  He has degrees from UNC Chapel Hill and Tulane University Law School.  He is certified as a family law specialist by the North Carolina State Bar and certified as a family law mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission.  

Jim presently lives in Asheville with his wife, teenage daughter and a sweet black lab named Porter.  When he is not coaching or lawyering, there is a good chance he is on a bike (road, mountain, and gravel).  Jim loves music, mountains, and a beautiful circle of friends and family.  Jim is grateful for his life and the people in it!