James Holmes - Dallas, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
    Juris Doctorate
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Law Review: Texas Law Review, Editor

• Non Legal Education

  • Trinity University, San Antonio
    B.S., Bachelor of Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founder

Past Positions

• The Texas Supreme Court, for Associate Justice Nathan Hecht, Judicial Clerk

Classes and Seminars

• “Texas Law on Forum Non Conveniens and H.B. 4’s Changes to It,” sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, January 2004
  
• “Consolidating Cases (Involving One or More Common Questions of Fact) with the Brand New Texas Multidistrict Litigation Procedure,” sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, January 2004
  
• “Multi-Plaintiff Cases Under Section 15.003: Preparing, Litigating and Challenging Plaintiff Joinder and Plaintiff Intervention, and H.B. 4’s Amendments to Section 15.003,” sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, January 2004
  
• “Nuisance, Why Now? Working Up the Case,” 29th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, October 2005
  
• “Effective Depos: Practical Rules and Real-Life Examples,” 30th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, October 2006
  
• “CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery and the Texas Oil and Gas Lawyer: You two should get to know each other,” sponsored by the Dallas Bar Foundation, Dallas, Texas, August 2007
  
• “Removal, Remand, and Federal Jurisdiction: How to Get (and Keep) Your Case in the Forum of Your Choice,” Litigation and Trial Tactics sponsored by the University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Texas, November/December 2007
  
• “Prove and Keep Your Attorney’s Fees Awards: Appreciate the Impact of the Texas Supreme Court’s 2006-2008 Attorney’s Fees Cases,” 32nd Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, October 2008
  
• “Removal, Remand, and Federal Jurisdiction: How to Get (and Keep) Your Case in the Forum of Your Choice,” Litigation and Trial Tactics sponsored by the University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Texas, November/December 2008
  
• “Demonstrative Evidence (on a Budget),” Litigation and Trial Tactics sponsored by the University of Houston Law Foundation, Houston, Texas, April 2009
  
• “Maximizing Contractual Damages: Lessons from Oil and Gas Work,” 33rd Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, October 2009
  
• “Gas Royalties,” 27th Annual NARO Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2009
  
• “The Careful Fee Agreement, and Proving Your Attorney’s Fees in Litigation: Controlling Case Law and Ethics Rules,” Mastering the Art of Collection Debts and Judgment sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, September 2010
  
• “Shale We Dance? Applying Legal Experience to Shale Gas Royalties,” 31st Annual NARO Convention, Long Beach, California, October 2011
  
• “Barnett Shale Gas Royalties by Large Producers,” 32nd Annual NARO Convention, Dallas, Texas, November 2012
  
• “Taking Care of Your Fee Agreements: Creative Approaches for the Small Firm,” 37th Annual Page Keeton Civil Litigation Conference sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, October 2013
  
• “Royalties Litigation: Fundamentals & Practicalities,” sponsored by EUCI of Denver, Colorado, presentation in Houston, Texas, September 2015
  
• “Managing Outside Counsel in Litigation,” sponsored by EUCI of Denver, Colorado, presentation in Houston, Texas, February 2016
  
• “Post-Production Deductions in Gas Royalties,” 2017 NARO Texas Convention, Austin, Texas, July 2017

Pro Bono Activities

• University of Texas System, Chancellor’s Council, Member
• University of Texas System, 1881 Society, Member
• University of Texas System, Ashbel Smith Circle, Member
• University of Texas School of Law, Dallas Steering Committee

Published Works

Articles

• Student Note, “The Disruption of Mandatory Disclosure and the Work Product Doctrine,” 73 TEX. L. REV. 177, 1994
  
• “The Technological Revolution for Legal Services Organizations May Change Your Practice,” TEX. BAR J., June, 2002
  
• “House Bill 4’s Impact on Multi-Plaintiff Joinder & Intervention and on Forum Non Conveniens,” 46 S. TEX. L. REV. 775, 2005
  
• “Superseding Money Judgments in Texas: Four Proposed Reforms to Help the Business Litigant," 51 ST. MARY'S L.J. 69, 2020
  
• The Jury Charge for Chester Carroll and Kerwin Stephens, Fisher County TX), August, 2015
  

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1996

Other Affiliations

• AAJ (Member)
• Dallas Bar Association (Member)
• AAJ, Oil and Gas Litigation Section (Chair)