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James  D. Payne

PRACTICES

Business and Commercial Litigation
Civil Litigation, Negligence, and Tort Liability
Construction Law

EDUCATION

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX – 1991
Honors: Order of Barristers, Texas Tech Board of Barristers, Officer, National Mock Trial Team, Outstanding Trial Advocate Award for Class of 1991, American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy

Baylor University, Waco, TX -- 1988
B.A. in Political Science

ADMISSIONS

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

James D. Payne

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  • James D. Payne
    06/15/2022

    • “The Murky Waters of the United States” (May 2019) (Dallas Bar Association environmental issue of Headnotes). 
    • “New Law Shortens Big Stick of Local Governments” (March 2016) (Dallas Bar Association environmental issue of Headnotes).
    • “UM/UIMBI Claims Handling Outline” (September 2014) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for Texas Farm Bureau).
    • “Overview of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan” (September 2013) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association).
    • “Top Ten legal Issues Environmental Professionals Encounter” (March 2013) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for the Dallas Chapter of the Society of Texas Environmental Professionals).
    • “Fracking Update” (May 2012) (Dallas Bar Association Headnotes).
    • “‘Loser Pays’” and Other Texas Tort Reform” (September 2011)(GSF Client Update).
    • “New Federal Procedural Rules Govern Cats in Expert Hats” (August 2011) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for the 23rd Annual Texas Environmental Superconference).
    •  “Turn a Sow’s Ear Into a Silk Purse! How an MSD can Solve Your Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Problems” (May 2011) (joint presentation with M. Goldman, and G. Rogers for seminar for petroleum marketers).
    • “EPA Asserts Fracking Contaminated Water Wells” (April 2011) (Dallas Bar Association Headnotes).
    • “Is the Barnett Shale Bound for the Courtroom?” (2010) (prepared with regard to related speaking engagement for seminar for natural gas producers).
    • “Home on the Range: Environmental Issues Pertaining to Texas Wind Farms” (2009) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for “Blowin’ in the Wind: The Future of Wind Turbine Farms” Conference sponsored by Texas Tech University School of Law).
    • “Home on the Range: Environmental Issues Pertaining to Texas Wind Farms” (2008) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for Wind Law III sponsored by Texas Tech University School of Law, the West Texas Wind Energy Consortium, and the American Wind Energy Association).
    • “Trends in Environmental Litigation” (2007) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds Claims Seminar).
    • “Texas Mold: The Litigation Gusher That Didn’t Hit,... Yet” (2003) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement at the 25th Annual Corporate Counsel Institute; also presented at a meeting of the Dallas Chapter of the American Indoor Air Quality Council).
    • “Slips and Falls, Animals and Employer Liability:  An Overview” (2000) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for Texas Farm Bureau).
    • “Anatomy of a Collision Case:  Trucks, Trains & Automobiles” (1999) (prepared with regard to speaking engagement for Texas Personal Injury and Insurance Law Seminar for insurance adjusters).