Background
Cotton, James Alexendre was born on November 22, 1939 in Fort Riley, Kansas, United States. Son of James and Myrtle (Lallis) Cotton.
Cotton, James Alexendre was born on November 22, 1939 in Fort Riley, Kansas, United States. Son of James and Myrtle (Lallis) Cotton.
Associate of Arts, Mesa College, 1961. Bachelor, Colorado College, 1963. Juris Doctor, University Colorado, 1970.
Attorney, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Armonk, New York, 1970-1973; staff attorney, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1973-1975; staff attorney, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Boulder, Colorado, 1975-1978; area counsel, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Tucson, 1978-1981; senior attorney, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Armonk, 1981-1992; corporation staff counsel, International Business Machines Corporation Corporation, Armonk, 1992-1996; professor of law, Texas Southern U., Houston, since 1996. Visiting professor Thurgood Marshall School Law, Houston, 1981-1982, Adjunct Professor, since 1982.
Board of directors National Urban League, Tucson, 1978-1979, chairman 1979-1980. Captain district Yorktown (New York) Democrats, since 1982. Served to captain United States Army, 1963-1967.
Member American Bar Association.
Married Margaret A. Davis, August 15, 1965 (divorced December 1978). Children: Lallis A., Allison M. Married Marjorie Evangeline Keene, March 15, 1980.
1 child, William J.K.