Retired from Bank of America as Senior Vice President, Risk Management (Chief Residential & Commercial Appraiser). Past president of the largest Residential Realtor Association in Michigan, Birmingham, Bloomfield, South Oakland, Rochester Association of Realtors or BBRSOR.

For 15 years he chaired the Realtor Association Scholarship Fund, a 5013c charitable organization which awarded 22-24 college scholarships ($1-2,000) to Michigan high school students who will be attending Michigan colleges or universities.

James began his work in the Film Industry in 2002 and in 2011 and 2012 he performed in his first motion picture.

As of late, his work includes being an Executive Producer of several short films and in 2012-13 he was Executive Producer for the feature film “Jack”.