Jim Wilson retired from his legal practice at the end of 2024, concluding a distinguished career dedicated to serving businesses and individuals throughout the region.

Jim asks that past clients or new clients referred to him contact Amy Fitzhugh, leader of Ward and Smith’s Professional Licensing Team, for assistance.

As a veteran professional licensing attorney, Jim had a long history of helping clients protect their livelihoods and careers.

He represented health care professionals in obtaining licenses, defended licensing board disciplinary investigations and charges, in hospital privilege disputes, HMO and other health insurance credentialing and de-selection, DEA registration and show cause proceedings, Medicare exclusion, NPDB reporting and disputes, and military medical credentialing.

Jim had been lead counsel in more than 2,500 professional licensing cases involving physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, perfusionists, CRNA, nurses, nurse midwives, pharmacists, dentists, optometrists, psychologists, physical therapists, respiratory care professionals, speech and language pathologists, audiologists, addiction specialists, dietitians, and many others.

Although Jim primarily defended health care professionals, he also serves as a prosecutor and hearing officer in hospital privileges cases at various hospitals throughout North Carolina and in other states.

Prior to joining the firm, Jim was a solo practitioner for twenty-one years and, before that, was the first in-house lawyer for the North Carolina Medical Board.