PRACTICES
Business and Commercial LitigationCivil Litigation, Negligence, and Tort Liability
Construction Law
EDUCATION
Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, TX – 1991Honors: 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 CourtU.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
Mr. Payne has handled cases that have been appealed to the Supreme Courts of Texas and Oklahoma as well as the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Payne’s appellate decisions include the following:
- Pitman Resources, Inc. v. Quinlivan, et. Al. v. Bank of Oklahoma, CJ-2010-2585 (Okla. Dist. Ct. 2014) pet. cert. to review certified interlocutory order denied, Order 113,070 (Okla. Sept. 15, 2014).
- Abdulwahab v. Sam’s Real Estate Business Trust, 2011 WL 2989969 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth July 21, 2011) review denied (Dec. 2, 2011);
- Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, No. 07-11247, 2008 WL 5243638 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2008);
- Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, 529 F.3d 519 (5th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S.Ct. 418, 172 L.Ed.2d 288 (2008);
- Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, 516 F.Supp.2d 653 (N.D. Tex. 2007);
- Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, No. 3-03-CV-2951-BD, 2007 WL 4165917 (N.D. Tex. Nov. 20, 2007);
- Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, No. 3-03-CV-2951-BD, 2005 WL 1771289 (N.D. Tex. July 26, 2005); and
- K-7 Enterprises, L.P. v. Jeswood Oil Co., No. 2-03-312-CV, 2005 WL 182947 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth Jan 27, 2005, no pet.).