Background
Farris, James E. was born on September 17, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
Farris, James E. was born on September 17, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States.
University of Missouri, Kansas City (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Author and
Worked at Farris & Green, Limited liability partnership (Austin, Texas) specializing in Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, Texas. 1976, United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas.
1988, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Listed in The Best Lawyers In America, 1993-1998, Family Law. Author and Lecturer: "Reimbursement and Alternative Theories of Recovery," New Frontiers in Texas Marital Property Law, State Bar of Texas, 1996.
With Janice L. Green, "Hidden, Disguised or Deceptively Valued Assets and Liabilities," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1996.
"Discovery Without Tears," Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, 1996. "Reimbursement Claims: Understanding & Solving," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1995.
"Collateralizing, Securing, And Clarifying Property And Liability Judgments," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1994. "Unusual Assets: Copyrights, Royalties, Intellectual Properties, Incentive Stock Options and Certain Employer-Employee Rights," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1993.
"Interstate Divorce and Property Issues-Texas Traps Foreign The Unwary," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1992.
"Enforcing, Maintaining and Clarifying The Property Judgement," Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, 1992. "Reimbursement Law In The Nineties," Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, 1991. "Basic Principles of Texas Characterization of Marital Assets: Their Impact On Characterization Of Personal Injury Damages Recoveries.
And A Discussion Of Possible Considerations in Interspousal Tort Recoveries," Annual Symposium, Family Law Council of Community Property States, 1991.
"Vehicles Foreign Enforcement of Property Judgments," Biennial Specialists Symposium on Texas Family Law and Community Property, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1991. "Partition Or Division of Property Not Divided On Divorce Or Annulment," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1990.
"ReimbursementWhat Was, Is, Could Be And/Or Should Be The Law In Texas," Marriage Dissolution Institute, State Bar of Texas, 1990. "Principles of Reimbursement and of Proof of Reimbursement Claims," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1989.
"Interspousal TortsProblems and Possibilities," Southern Methodist University School of Law Specialists Symposium on Texas Family Law and Community Property, 1988.
"Enforcement of Suits Affecting Parent-Child Relationship Orders," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1987. "Principles of Evidence and Procedure in a Family Law Case," Family Law for Legal Assistants and Attorneys, State Bar of Texas, 1987. "Division of Property (Techniques, Money Judgements, Stock Redemptions, Owelty, et cetera)," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1986.
"Trying Marital and Family Law Torts After Price," Annual Family Law Seminar, University of Texas School of Law, 1987.
"Contempt," Advanced Family Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1985. "Jensen Proof Regarding Separate Business Entities," Annual Family Law Seminar, University of Texas School of Law, 1985.
Company-Author: "Repeal of the Interspousal Immunity: Torts Come To Family Law," (West/Karl O. Bayer), Marriage Dissolution Course, State Bar of Texas, 1988. Member: Travis County (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1989.
President, 1986-1987, Vice President, 1985-1986 and Secretary-Treasurer, 1979-1981, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, Family Law Section, Family Law Council, 1990-1995, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists. Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Fellow,Texas Bar Foundation.
(Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Member: Travis County (Member, Board of Directors, 1986-1989. President, 1986-1987, Vice President, 1985-1986 and Secretary-Treasurer, 1979-1981, Family Law Section) and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member, Family Law Section, Family Law Council, 1990-1995, Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists.
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Fellow,Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Fellow,Texas Bar Foundation.
(Board Certified, Family Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).