Biography
Educated and trained originally as a petroleum engineer, Jim is a trial attorney with over 25 years of experience and is located in the firm's Houston office. His practice is focused on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on energy-related matters. He has handled matters in a wide variety of other fields as well, including accounting malpractice, international arbitration, lender liability, product liability, deceptive trade practices/consumer protection, toxic tort, antitrust, construction, qui tam/false claims, and class action litigation. Jim has argued a number of appeals before the Fifth Circuit and various Texas Courts of Appeal.

Jim has handled lawsuits and appeals in state and federal courts located in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Oregon, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, California, Florida, and Mississippi. His Texas state court practice has encompassed matters in more than 65 Texas counties. Jim also has appeared at the Railroad Commission of Texas as an attorney and as a technical witness, and handled matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Minerals Management Service. Jim also has served as an arbitrator and mediator on energy-related disputes.

Jim currently serves as the co-chair of the Firm's Complex Commercial Litigation practice group, as chair of the Firm's Shale and Hydraulic Fracturing Task Force, and as a member of the Firm's Management Committee.