James Mains was born in Sacramento, California in March 1994 and moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 2008. He graduated from Trinity High school in 2012. In 2016, he graduated from the University of Kentucky obtaining a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. James continued his education at the University of Louisville where he obtained his Juris Doctorate and Masters in Urban Planning in 2020.

James is an Associate Attorney at Goldberg Simpson and a member of Troy DeMuth’s Family Law team. His team’s family law practice comprises of divorce, child custody, child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, child support, and adoption.

University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, J.D.

University of Kentucky, B.A. Political Science