James Knowles is a Senior Associate at Alexiou, Knowles & Co. He has over 40 years experience as an attorney and his practice groups include Conveyancing, Mortgages, Probate, Labour/Employment, Corporate, and Divorce and Matrimonial matters. Mr. Knowles has been with the firm of Alexiou Knowles & Co. since 2002.

He was called to The Bahamas Bar on the 5th July 1967 after completing his Articles of Clerkship with the late Sir Stafford L. Sands at the law firm of Stafford L. Sands & Co. Following this he practiced law at the firm of Carson, Lawson, Levine whose name and partners changed from time to time in the ensuing years finally becoming Carson, Lawson, Klonaris, Sawyer & Knowles which firm he left in 1985 to form James F. Knowles & Co. where he practiced until joining the Government in 1997.

Prior to joining Alexiou, Knowles & Co. Mr. Knowles served as a Minister in the Government of The Bahamas and was a Member of Parliament for 25 years having been returned in five consecutive elections between 1977 and 1997 as the Member of Parliament for Long Island. He was appointed a Government Minister in 1997 and served until 2002 as the Minister of Transport, Minister of Public Works and Transport, and Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Mr. Knowles is a former member of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, and currently a member of The Bahamas Bar Association and the Long Islanders’ Association.