J. Hans Barcus - Huntsville, TX

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Baylor University School of Law, Waco, Texas, 1995
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, California, 2005
    LL.M.

• Non Legal Education

  • Millsaps College, 1988
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: English and History
    Minor: Business Administration

Past Positions

• West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry, College Station, Texas, 1996 - 2001
• Engvall & Hlavinka, Houston, Texas, 2001 - 2004
• Cantrell, Ray & Barcus, Huntsville, Texas, 2005 - 2017

Pro Bono Activities

• Oaks Dad’s Club

Representative Cases

• Parver v. Jet Blue Airlines Corp., 649 F. App’x 539 (9th Cir. 2016)
• Tom Wright Constr., LLC v. JDM Steel Constr., LLC, 2017 Tex. App. LEXIS 9551 (Tex. App.—Waco 2017, no pet.)
• Vargas v. Applied Mach. Corp., 2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 1151 (App.—Beaumont 2016, no pet.)
• Craine v. Home Depot U.S.A., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181473 (S.D. Tex. 2015)
• Russell v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 143882 (S.D. Tex. 2014)
• Arthey v. Schlumberger Tech. Corp., 398 S.W.3d 831 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2012, rev’d 435 S.W.3d 250 (Tex. 2014))
• In re Adams, 2013 Tex. App. LEXIS 10116 (App.—Tyler 2013, no pet.)
• Russell v. Altom, 546 F. App’x 432 (5th Cir. 2013)
• Russell v. Waterwood Improvement Ass’n, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 9116 (App.—Beaumont 2011, no pet.)
• Ontiveros v. City of Rosenberg, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 112564 (S.D. Tex. 2008)
• Scherer v. Angell, 253 S.W.3d 777 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2007, no pet.)
• Noland v. State, 264 S.W.3d 144 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2007, no pet.)
• Green v. State, 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 10658 (App.—Waco Dec. 13, 2006, no pet.)
• Russell v. Sam Hous. Elec. Coop., 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 10009 (App.—Beaumont 2006, no pet.)
• In re Penn-America Ins. Co., 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 9399 (App.—Waco 2006, pet. dism’d by agr.).
• Allen v. Connolly, 158 S.W.3d 61 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2005, no pet.)
• Mato v. Baldauf, 267 F.3d 444 (5th Cir. 2001)
• Morse v. Delgado, 975 S.W.2d 378 (Tex. App.—Waco 1998, no writ).

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1995
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, pro hac vice
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, pro hac vice
• Louisiana
• Mississippi

Specialties and Certifications

• Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2002
• Mediation Training Certificate-40 Hour Level- University of Houston Law Center, 2017

Other Affiliations

• Walker County Bar Association (Member)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Member)
• Harris County Trial Lawyers’ Association (Member)
• Seven Coves Home Owners Association (Past President)
• Post Oak Park Townhomes Home Owners Association (Vice-President)
• Texas Bar College (Member - 2017)