Shockley & Ransom, Attorneys

James Ransom has been licensed to practice law in Alabama since 2001, and admitted to practice before the Federal Court since 2002. He opened his first law office in Alabaster, AL in 2001 but left private practice in 2006 to join the District Attorney’s Office for the 4th Judicial Circuit. After nine years gaining extensive trial experience as an Assistant District Attorney he returned to private practice. Mr. Ransom focuses on Criminal Defense with a focus on DUI, as well as Family Law in the areas of Divorce/Post Divorce, Child Custody and Support. Closely related to both these areas of law he also handles Juvenile Court issues. He has successfully tried hundreds of bench and jury trials in these areas.

Before becoming an attorney, Mr. Ransom served as a police officer for seven years. He was certified by the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, as well as by the State of Alabama in the Draeger and Intoxilyzer 5000 breath alcohol testing devices. He was certified in these areas of DUI detection and prosecution, and used this training daily in my real world work as a police officer on the street, and a prosecutor in the courtroom.

Mr. Ransom is a member of the prestigious National College for DUI Defense. He has completed the NCDD’s courses in Mastering Scientific Evidence, and the intensive Summer Session in DUI law conducted at Harvard Law School. He is a member of the Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar.