Hall, James H.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

James Hall's practice focuses on commercial and civil litigation, including contracts, business torts, unfair business practices, and consumer credit reporting. He has previously represented clients in a wide variety of commercial, intellectual property, and insurance coverage disputes. He has experience in virtually every aspect of complex commercial litigation at the trial and appellate levels, and he has appeared before various state and federal courts.

Before studying law, James worked as a petroleum refinery process engineer in Arkansas and Texas, where he gained extensive experience in refining operations.

James is a member of the state bars of Texas and Arkansas and the Houston Bar Association.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice

Representative Cases

• Cooper Industries resolves liability insurance dispute over contaminated ground water , (2009)
• Dyna-Drill successfully defends against $60 million damages claim for alleged trade secret misappropriation, tortious interference and breach of contract , (2009)
• Firm donates 1,586 hours preparing disaster response best practices after Hurricane Katrina , (2006)
• Halliburton defends against lawsuit by family members of convoy drivers killed and injured in Iraq war , (2009)
• PathFinder Energy defends against claims including trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract, tortious interference, breach of fiduciary duty, and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act , (2009)
• PathFinder Energy Services wins summary judgment in misappropriation of trade secrets action , (2009)
• Union Pacific Railroad successfully defends against action involving insurance coverage of contractor's employee
• Union Pacific Railroad wins summary judgment in subrogation action by RLI Insurance relating to Houston light rail accident
• W-H Energy defends claims of tortious interference and aiding and abeting

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Arkansas
• Texas

Education

• U of Arkansas - Fayetteville
• U of Houston - Houston (Main)

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3760 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com