Jim Mitchell - Dallas, TX
Attorney at Payne Mitchell Ramsey Law Group
Personal Injury Lawyers in Dallas, TX
3500 Maple Avenue Suite 1250 Dallas, TX 75219
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- 1 Super Lawyers®
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39
Years
Experience
Dallas Personal Injury Lawyer
Updated: 02/16/2026
Areas of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
Attorney Information
Overview
Jim Mitchell has extensive experience in representing clients seeking to recover damages in significant personal injury and wrongful death cases. Before joining Andy Payne in 2007, Jim was a partner in other major personal injury firms in the Dallas area. He started his career at a large defense firm, but quickly found that his passion was in helping injured claimants rather than insurance companies, so he began representing victims in 1991. Jim’s practice areas include product liability, medical malpractice, general negligence, nursing home negligence and class actions. His years of experience have made him adept at helping clients deal with not only the legal issues but also the personal challenges that come with a life-changing event.
Over the course of his 30 years as a trial lawyer, he has handled all types of catastrophic injury and death cases and tried dozens to jury verdict. He has achieved several landmark verdicts including a 38 million dollar verdict against General Motors for a defective airbag case — the first of its kind in the country. And, another monumental case against Honda for a defective seatbelt that resulted in his client being a quadriplegia. Jim received a 36 million dollar verdict against Honda which was the first ever verdict with a roof mounted retractable double latch seatbelt system. Jim has proved that he is willing to take a case to court in order to bring justice to injured victims, and has helped hundreds of families in serious cases over his profession.
Jim is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, a designation only a small number of lawyers achieve by taking cases to court. He is also licensed in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He is a statewide leader of the Plaintiff’s trial bar, previously serving as the president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and as president of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. TTLA exists to protect the 7th Amendment and the right to trial by jury with a vision that everyone deserves access to our courts. Jim is also a member of the prestigious national trial lawyer organization, American Board of Trial Advocates. His leadership in the trial bar is unmatched.
Jim is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the American Association for Justice. He has been a Director of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (1998-2014) and a Director and Fellow of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (1999-2014). Jim has been elected President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (2015), Treasurer of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (2014-2015), has been on the TTLA Executive Committee for the last several years, and has been Chair of Continuing Legal Education for TTLA since 2011. He is a highly regarded speaker and has made influential presentations at universities, foundations and other legal organizations, as well as publishing articles in a number of professional journals. He has served on the State Bar Grievance Committee and as Chair for numerous Bar Association committees. Jim has been selected as a Texas Monthly Texas Super Lawyer every year since its inception in 2003, an honor less than 5% of lawyers statewide receive. He has also been selected as one of the best lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine several years and for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America®. Over the last three years, Jim has served as the Chairman of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education Committee. In that position, Jim is in charge of organizing all legal education for members of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association statewide and has chaired and moderated numerous legal seminars and conferences across the country.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2003–present
- Best Lawyers, D Magazine, 2011–present
- The Best Lawyers in America®, 2016–present
Other Sources of Feedback About Jim Mitchell
Included on the 2026 Texas Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2024 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2023 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2006 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2004 Texas Super Lawyers list
- 2003 Texas Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
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Non Legal Education
- The University of Texas at Austin
Current Employment Position(s)
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Attorney
Classes and Seminars
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"Motion and Hearing Advocacy"
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"Shadow Juries, Focus Groups, and Other Methods for Evaluating Your Approach", University of Houston Law Foundation
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"Capturing, Creating & Presenting Persuasive Demonstrative Evidence"
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"Screening Automotive Products Liability Cases"
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"Paralegals' Role in Products Liability Cases"
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"What is a Focus Group?"
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Privileges: How to Get Information; How to Protect It", Texas Trial Lawyers Association Evidence Seminar
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"Testimony From Your Own Witnesses: Direct Examination Strategies", Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway, and Premises Liability Section, AAJ Annual Convention
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"Cross-Examination", Texas Trial Lawyers Association
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Voir Dire: The Art and Science of Jury Selection", University of Houston Law Center "Litigation and Trial Tactics"
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"Taking and Defending Depositions", University of Houston Law Center
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"Dealing with Obstreperous Witness or Counsel", University of Houston Law Center
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"How to Organize and Manage Your Personal Injury Practice", State Bar of Texas
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"How to Avoid the Grievance Committee", Advanced Personal Injury and Insurance Law, University of Houston Law Foundation
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"Privileges: How to get Information; How to Protect It", How to Offer and Exclude Evidence, University of Houston Law Foundation
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"Injury Causation in Products Cases", Products Liability Seminar, Texas Trial Lawyers Association
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"Truck/Car Accidents", Personal Injury Law and Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law
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"Auto Defect Cases", Personal Injury Law and Automobile Injury Conference, South Texas College of Law
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"Proving Difficult Damages: Soft Tissue Injuries", Handling Insurance and Tort Claims, University of Law Foundation
- "Taking Depositions Under the New Rules of Discovery", University of Houston Law Foundation
Bar Admissions
- Oklahoma
- Arkansas
Specialties and Certifications
- Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law
Other Affiliations
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association; President, Treasurer, Director, Fellow
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; President and Treasurer
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association; Director
- Continuing Legal Education for TTLA; Chair
- American Board of Trial Advocates; Member
- Dallas Bar Association; Member
- American Bar Association; Member
- American Association for Justice; Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association; Executive Committee
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Contact
3500 Maple Avenue
Suite 1250
Dallas, TX 75219
Phone: 469-213-2713
Fax: 214-252-1889
Email: Send a message
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