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Teater, James S.

Jones Day
717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712
Phone: 1.832.239.3777 (Business Phone)
Fax: 1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)
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Websites associated with this firm:http://www.jonesday.comSummary
Current Employment Position(s)
Partner
Lawyer Overview
Jim Teater has a broad trial practice involving commercial, oil and gas, trade secret, product liability, regulatory, shareholder, antitrust, and other actions. He has extensive experience with cross-border disputes, multidistrict litigation, scientific experts, arbitrations, and trials in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies.
Examples of Jim's major cases include an FTC action to enjoin a merger of refining and marketing companies; litigation over oil and gas rights at Prudhoe Bay; tort and contract claims involving oil production in Nigeria; an injunction action to enforce a major chemical supply contract; shareholder actions challenging the valuation of worldwide oil reserves; an inventory dispute on a major oil pipeline; the environmental permitting of a major petrochemical complex in Texas; attorney general lawsuits against electric utilities concerning global warming; a nationwide class action challenging the safety of air bags; environmental enforcement actions against automotive assembly plants; a contract suit over the design of hydroelectric facilities; municipal and neighborhood suits alleging groundwater contamination in Hawaii; patent and trade secret rights to a major agricultural product; municipal public nuisance suits against the gun industry; and defense of thousands of toxic tort claims brought in the U.S. and several other countries.
Before law school, Jim worked as an engineer at a petrochemical complex in the Houston area. He heads the Houston Office Trial Practice.
Areas of Practice
- Trial Practice
- International Litigation & Arbitration
- Construction
- Environmental, Health & Safety
- Energy
- Energy Dispute Resolution
- Latin America
Representative Cases
- Occidental Chemical Corporation v. Equistar Chemicals LP , (2009)
- Comer v. Murphy Oil, USA, et al., C.A. No. 1;05 CV436-LTS-RHN (S.D. Miss.)
- Connecticut v. AEP and Open Space Institute v. AEP (SDNY)
- Air Bag Safety
- Automotive Products Cases
- DBCP Litigation
- Global Warming (S.D. N.Y.)
- Gun Distribution
- Hawaii Residents Exposure
- Hydroelectric Facility Design
- Intellectual Property
- Merger Dispute
- NGL Ownership
- Nigeria Production
- Offshore Production
- Oil Pipeline Disputes
- Paint Shop Emissions
- Petrochemical Plant Permit
- Public Water Supply
- Refinery Cases
- Shareholder Cases
- Tender Offer
- Western Refining Merger , (2007)
West Practice Categories
Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Clean Air Practice, Cleanup & Superfund, Complex Litigation, Environmental Law, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Hazardous Waste, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Permits, Regulatory Compliance & Auditing, Solid Waste, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Water Pollution, Wetlands & Wild Lands
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas
Education
- U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)
Articles
Published Works
- PFOA Litigation: More to Come? Also printed in Mealey’s Emerging Toxic Torts, May 5, 2006, 2006
Office Information
Address
717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712
Phones
1.832.239.3777 (Business Phone)
Faxes
1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)
Emails
Contact Us (Business Email)