JAMES Smith

Background

Smith, JAMES was born on October 17, 1939 in Shreveport, Louisiana, United States.

Education

Centenary College (Bachelor of Science, 1963). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1967). Phi Alpha Delta.

Career

Working as a partner of Smith & CONNER, Professional Corporation JAMES PATRICK Smith, bom Shreveport, Louisiana, October 17,1939. Admitted to bar, 1967, Texas. Education: Centenary College (Bachelor of Science, 1963).

University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1967).

Phi Alpha Delta. Author: Current Problems in Labor Law, Chapter Seven, The Union Power to Discipline Under the Taft-Hartley and Landrum-Griffin Acts: Two Gaps," University of Houston, pp. 58-73, 1966; "Not Unlike a Felon," Baylor Medicine, January, 1968.

Company-Author with John R. Finch, Doctor of Medicine, Psychiatric and Legal Aspects of Automobile Fatalities, Springfield, Charles C. Thomas, February, 1970. The Subsequent Treating Physician - Whose Witness?," Trial Lawyers Forum, Volume 23, Number.

2, 1989; "Psychological Evidence in Probate Cases," Probate Law Journal 1987.

Lecturer: "Effective Utilization of Legal Assistants," Houston Bar Association, October, 1985, Houston, Texas. "Insurance and the Texas Tort System: Where Will the Crash Occurs?," Texas Bar Foundation, November, 1986, Austin, Texas. "Psychological Evidence in Probate Cases," National College of Probate Judges, May, 1987, Naples, Florida.

"Preparing Witnesses for Deposition: Plaintiffs Perspective," Pretrial Tactics and Techniques for the Experienced Litigator: A Performance Enhancement Course, State Bar of Texas, May, 1987, Houston, Texas.

"How Clergy Can Try to Avoid a Law Suit," Galveston Convocation, February, 1989, Friendswood, Texas. The Current Status of Psychiatric Malpractice in the United States," Baylor College of Medicine, February, 1989, Houston, Texas.

"Preparing the Expert Witness for Deposition and Trial," Advanced Strategies in Obtaining and Using Evidence, August, 1989, Dallas, Houston, Texas. Assistant Professor of Medical Law, 1967-1970 and Adjunct Professor of Law, since 1970, Baylor College of Medicine.

Clinical Professor of Law, University of Houston College of Law, 1973-1976.

Member:. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Texas.

Achievements

• JAMES Smith has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Houston and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member: College of the State Bar, since 1989. District 4 Grievance Committee, 19771981.

Director, 1982-1985.

Vice-Chairman, Coordination with Medical Profession Committee, 1981-1982. Member, Committee on Selection, Compensation and Tenure of State Judges, 1982. Chairman, Fact Finding Committee, 1985.

Chairman, State Bar Journal Committee on Legal Articles, 1985.

Vice Chairman, Coodination with other Professions, 1981. General Counsel Advisory Committee, 1983.

Policy Manual Committee of the State Bar Board of Directors. Board Advisor to the Professional Efficiency and Economic Research (PEER) Committee, 1984-1985).

Houston Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1977-1979.

Chairman, Judiciary Committee, 1980). Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1976-1986. Chairman, Family Law Committee, 1985).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Law Science Academy of America. American Judicature Society.

Texas Association of.