Overview
Jim Windsor has 40 years of experience in a broad range of counseling, negotiation, mediation, and civil litigation focused on real estate, title insurance, mechanic’s liens/construction, local government, legal malpractice defense, and creditor’s rights.
Jim is an AV® Preeminent rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, a dedicated, zealous, and strong advocate for his clients, and is the Chairman of the firm’s Real Estate Claims & Title Insurance Solutions Group. He was named 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America for the Norfolk metropolitan area, which includes the cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, and the Town of Smithfield. In addition, Jim has been selected by peers and recognized by Best Lawyers in America from 2018-2026 in the area of Real Estate, and in Litigation – Construction from 2022-2026, and has received many recognitions and honors including being listed in Virginia Business Magazine, CoVaBiz Magazine, and Virginia Super Lawyers. In 2024, Jim received the Traver Scholar Award from the Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar and in 2015 he received the Distinguished Service Award from the Virginia Land Title Association.
In addition, Jim is currently working with a team of K&C lawyers representing numerous Virginia localities with respect to claims against pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors and others connected with the opioid addiction epidemic, as a continuation of his long track record of representation of local governments in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Jim has maintained a very active litigation practice involving primarily real estate and construction matters for over 40 years and has been involved in numerous reported or published cases, (JLW Case Summaries (1985-2024).
Recognition & Honors
Honors & Recognitions
Norfolk Real Estate Law "Lawyer of the Year;" Best Lawyers in America, 2026
Selected to Boyd-Graves Conference, 2025
Best Lawyers in America, Litigation-Construction, 2022-2026
Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate, 2018-2026
Traver Scholar Award; Real Property Section of the Virginia State Bar, 2024
Top Lawyer; CoVaBIZ, 2017-2025
Virginia Super Lawyers, Real Estate; Law & Politics, 2006, 2010-2018, 2020-2025
Virginia’s Legal Elite, Construction Law; Virginia Business Magazine, 2007–2014, 2016-2025
Top Rated Lawyer in Litigation; The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel Magazine, 2022
Top Rated Lawyer in Insurance Law; The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel Magazine, 2013, 2018-2019
Top Rated Lawyer in Construction Law; The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel Magazine, 2018
Top Rated Lawyer in Litigation Law; The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel Magazine, 2018
Distinguished Service Award; Virginia Land Title Association, 2015-2016
Virginia’s Legal Elite, Real Estate and Construction Law; Virginia Business Magazine, 2003–2004
Phi Delta Phi; President, 1984
Moot Court Board, 1984–1985
AV® Preeminent; Martindale-Hubbell
The Order of Barristers
Press & Publications
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Community & Professional
Associations
Phi Delta Phi; President, 1984-1985
Moot Court Board, 1984–1985
AV® Preeminent; Martindale-Hubbell
The Order of Barristers
Virginia State Bar
Virginia State Bar; Board of Governors, Young Lawyers Conference, 1991-1994
Virginia State Bar; 7th Circuit Representative, Young Lawyers Conference, 1989-1991
Virginia State Bar; Board of Governors, Construction Law and Public Contracts Section, 1998–2001
Virginia State Bar; Co-Chair, Real Estate Programs Committee, 2023-present
Virginia Land Title Association
Virginia Beach Bar Association
Christopher Newport University, School of Business and Economics; Dean’s Advisory Board, 1989–1990
The Salvation Army of the Virginia Peninsula; Advisory Board, 1989–2000
Coliseum Hampton Rotary Club, 1988-1996; Board of Directors, 1988-1990
Peninsula Rotary Club, 1996-1998
Leadership Institute of the Virginia Peninsula, 1991
United Way of the Virginia Peninsula; Fund Raising Campaign Chairman, Newport News Attorneys’ Division, 1993
United Way of the Virginia Peninsula; Fund Raising Campaign Chairman, Peninsula Attorneys’ Division, 1994
Leadership Institute of the Virginia Peninsula; Program Chairman, State Government Day, 1994-1997
Future of Hampton Roads, Inc.; Board of Directors, 1994–1997
Virginia Peninsula Economic Development Council; Board of Directors, 1994–1997
Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce; Board of Directors, 1997–1999
Credentials
Education
James Madison University; B.S., cum laude, 1982
University of Richmond School of Law; J.D., 1985
