Background
Perdue, Jim Mac was born on December 6, 1938 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Otis Lloyd and Juanita (Percy) Perdue.
Perdue, Jim Mac was born on December 6, 1938 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Otis Lloyd and Juanita (Percy) Perdue.
University of Houston (Bachelor of Science, 1961. Juris Doctor, 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Secretary/Treasurer, University of Houston Law Alumni, 1968-1969.
Vice President, 1972-1973.
Outstanding Alumnus, University of Houston College of Law, 1977. Honorary Member, Distinguished Alumnus Order of the Coif, University of Houston College of Law, 1986.
Author, Professional Papers and Presentations: "How to Avoid the Malpractice Explosion," Harris County Medical Association, 1973. "Pre-Trial Tactics and Procedure in Injury Cases," Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Houston, 1974.
Tresenting Direct Evidence," Houston Bar Association, 1976.
"An Overview of Texas Medical Malpractice Law," State Judicial Conference, 1976. "An Overview of Nursing Liability for Malpractice," Texas Nurses Association, Houston, 1976. "Personal Injury Trial Tactics," Houston Bar Association, 1977.
Troof and Submission of a Strict Liability Action," State Judicial Conference, El Paso, Texas, 1977.
"An Overview of Product Liability Law," Lubbock County Bar Association, 1977. "Understanding Medical Malpractice Litigation," Harris County Medical Society, 1977.
"Medical Malpractice," State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1977. Troduct Liability Law as lieutenant Applies to Engineers," American Society for Metals, Houston, 1977.
"Professional Malpractice," State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Course, Houston, 1978.
The Legal Significance of Medical Records," Doctor of Medicine Anderson Hospital Medical Faculty, Houston, 1978. "The Role of the Expert Medical Witness in Malpractice Cases," University of Texas Health Saence Center, Austin, 1978. "Recent Developments in Torts," Houston Young Lawyers Association, 1978.
The Court’s Charge in a Product Liability Case," Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, 1978.
Torts and the Family," State Bar Advanced Family Law Course, Houston, 1978. "A Case Study in Medical Malpractice," American Medical Association, Denver, Colorado, 1978.
"Understanding the Law of Medical Malpractice," Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1978. "Recent Developments in Medical and Legal Malpractice," Lubbock County Bar Association, 1978.
"Patient’s Rights," Texas Society of Patient Representatives, Houston, 1978.
"Resident Ipsa Loquitur in Medical Malpractice Cases," Texas Technical College of Law Malpractice Symposium, Lubbock, 1979. The Significance of Medical Records," Texas Nurses Association, Houston, 1979. "Nursing Liability," Texas Women's University, Houston, 1979.
"Professional Malpractice," State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1979.
"New Frontiers in Medical Malpractice," American Medical Association, Palm Beach, Florida, 1979. "Evaluating the Malpractice Claim," University of Colorado College of Law Conference on Medical Malpractice, Denver, Colorado, 1979.
"Lawyers Professional Responsibility and Contingent Fees," A Conference on Medical Malpractice, Denver, Colorado, 1979. Settlements Problems in Personal Injury Cases," Houston Bar Association, 1980.
Professional Liability," State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Course, San Antonio and Dallas, 1980.
"The Practicalities of Medical Malpractice," Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, Houston, 1980. "Plaintiffs Development and Presentation of Hospital Corporate Liability Case," Texas Hospital Association, Houston, 1981. "Screening Malpractice and Product Liability Cases," Beaumont Young Lawyers Association, 1981.
The Nurse’s Role as a Patient Advocate," Association of Operating Room Nurses, Houston, 1981.
"Professional Liability," State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, 1981. "Enterprise Liability,” American Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981.
"Obstetrical Malpractice," Houston Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Houston, 1981. Tresenting Evidence Persuasively," State Bar of Texas, Evidence Tactics Program, Amarillo, Lubbock and Beaumont, Texas, 1981.
"Understanding the Legal Concepts of Medical Malpractice," Houston Association of Legal Secretaries, 1981.
"Holding the Texas Physician to a Standard of Good Medical Practice,” University of Houston College of Law, First Texas Institute on Health Care, Houston, 1981. "Effective Presentation of Evidence," Houston Bar Association, 1981. "Proof of Medical Negligence," State Bar Medical Malpractice Program, Dallas, 1982.
The Plaintiffs Perspective to Medical Malpractice," North Branch, Harris County Medical Society, Houston, 1982.
"Professional Malpractice for the Engineer," Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, San Francisco, California, 1982. Trofessional Liability," State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Program, San Antonio and Dallas, 1982.
"Malpractice Liability for the Plastic Surgeon," Faculty John Sealy Hospital, Galveston, Texas, 1982. "Nursing Liability in the Critical Care Unit," The Association of Critical Care Nurses, Houston, 1982.
"Understanding the Legal Standard of Medical Malpractice," University of Houston Health Law Program, Second Annual Texas Institute, Houston, 1982.
"Principles of Argument - Plaintiffs View," Houston Bar Association, 1982. "Legal Considerations of the Plaintiff in Injury Cases Regarding Judgments," Houston Bar Association Insitute on Judgments, Houston, 1982. "An Outline of the Legal Concepts of Medical Malpractice," Houston Legal Assistants Association, Houston, 1983.
"Anesthesia Malpractice," American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Houston, 1983.
"Special Issues - The Lawyers Roadmap to Success," Houston Bar Association, 1983. "Hospital Liability," Saint Mary"s College of Law and Texas Technical College of Law Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, 1983.
Trofessional Liability," State Bar of Texas Advances Civil Trial Course, Dallas and Houston, 1983. The Misconceptions of Medical Malpractice," Western Branch Harris County Medical Society, Houston, 1983.
"Evidentiary Matters - What Establishes the Standard of Care, University of Houston College of Law Third Annual Texas Health Care Law Institute, 1983.
The Standard of Care in Malpractice Cases," State Bar of Texas Malpractice Program, Houston, 1984. "Using Hospital Rules and Standards," Saint Mary"s University and Texas Technical University Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1984. The Victim’s Perspective of Medical Malpractice," Texas Medical Association, Fort Worth, Texas, 1984.
"Medical Malpractice," State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Program, Dallas and San Antonio, 1984.
Tsychiatric Malpractice," Houston International Hospital Malpractice Program, Houston, 1985. "Medical Malpractice," State Bar of Texas Advances Personal Injury Institute, Houston and Fort Worth, 1985.
"New Theories and Fact Patterns in Malpractice Cases," American Bar Association Malpractice Conference, Houston, 1985. Trinciples of Closing Argument in Injury Cases," Houston Bar Association, 1985.
"New Theories in Medical Malpractice," Saint Mary"s University and Texas Technical University Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1986.
"Medical Malpractice," State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Institute, Dallas and San Antonio, 1986. "New Theories and Fact Patterns in Malpractice Cases," State Bar of Texas Malpractice Program, San Antonio, 1986. "Voir Dire-Plaintiffs View," Saint Mary"s University and Texas Technical University Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1987.
"Medical Malpractice," State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Trial Law Course, Austin and Houston, 1987.
"Voir Dire in Malpractice Cases," University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1987. "Emergency Medicine," Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Incorporated., Emergency Medicine: Legal Environment, Medicine’s Response, San Diego, California, 1987.
"Pitfalls to Avoid in Physician’s Liability," Saint Elizabeth Hospital, Education, Research and Library Committee, Beaumont, 1988. "Closing Argument in Malpractice Cases: A Primer from the Plaintiffs Perspective," Saint Mary"s University and Texas Technical University Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1988 and Houston Bar Association, 1988.
"Emergency Medicine,” Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Incorporated., Emergency Medicine: Legal Environment, Medicine’s Response, Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, 1988.
"Medical Malpractice,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Institute, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston (Moderator) 1988. "Liability Concerns of Texas Health Care Providers-Plamtiff Perspective," Texas Health Law Conference, Austin, 1988. "Persuasive Techniques-- Including Opening Statement in Malpractice Cases from the Plaintiffs Perspective," University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1988.
"Final Argument - The Plaintiffs Perspective," South Texas School of Law, Houston, 1988.
"Medical Malpractice," State Bar of Texas, Advanced Personal Injury Institute, Dallas, San Antonio, 1988. "Technique for Jury Persuasion in Malpractice Cases," State Bar of Texas Health Law Section, Austin, 1988.
"Recent Developments in Trends in Medical Malpractice," University of Houston Law AJumni Association, Houston, 1989. "Persuasive Techniques for Plaintiffs Argument," Harris County Bar Association, Houston, 1989.
"Closing Argument in Malpractice Cases," Saint Mary"s University & Saint Mary"s Texas Technical University, Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1989.
Techniques in Making Closing Argument Interesting & Entertaining," State Bar of Texas Institute on Persuasive Techniques, Houston and El Paso, 1989. The Opening Statement,” State Bar of Texas Institute on the Ultimate Trial Notebook, State Bar Convention, San Antonio, 1989. "Medical Malpractice," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Institute, Houston and Fort Worth, 1989.
The Art of Persuasion," University College of Law, Houston, 1989.
"Causes of Malpractice Suits - The Victims Perspective," American Group Practice Association, Minnesota Minnesota, 1989; The Use of Experts in Litigation," Harris County Medical - Legal Society, Houston, 1989.
"Medical Malpractice," Harris County Civil District Judges Meeting, Dallas, 1989. The Use of Experts in Malpractice Litigation," State Bar of Texas Seminar on Experts in Trial Practice," Dallas, 1989.
The Use of Experts in Malpractice Litigation," 13th Annual University of Texas Products Liability Conference, Austin, 1989.
Tersuasive Techniques - Effective Use of the Opening Statement," University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation Conference, Houston, 1989. "Recent Developments in Opthamalogic Medical Malpractice," Texas Opthamalogical Society, Houston 1990. "Effective Persuasive Techniques in Litigation," University of Houston Continuing legal education, Use of Experst, Dallas, Texas 1990.
"Handling Jury Bias," Texas Technical/Saint Mary"s College of Law, Medical Malpractice Program, San Antonio, Texas, 1990.
"Understanding the Concept of Persuasion," American Trial Lawyers Association Rising Stars Seminar, New Orleans, 1990. "The Jury’s View of Persuasion," Texas Trial Lawyers, Litigation Techniques, Houston, 1990.
The Effective Use of the Opening Statement," State Bar of Texas, The Ultimate Trial Notebook II, Dallas, Texas 1990. "Recent Developments in Texas Medical malpractice," State Bar of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Course, San Antonio and Houston, 1990.
Tersuasion in the Opening Statement," American Trial Lawyers Association Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass 1990.
"Legal Publication: Applicability of the Guest Statute to Suits Based Upon Negligent Entrustment," Volume 3, Houston Law Review, p. 91-103, 1965; "Negligent Entrustment of Automobiles," Volume 6, Houston Law Review, p. 129-147, 1968; "Negligent Entrustment - Another String in Your Bow," Volume 3, Number.
3, Texas Lawyers Forum, January-February, 1969, pp.
11, et seq.; The Texas Guest Statute - Hit it Head On,” Volume 6, Number. 3, Trial Lawyers Forum, April-June, 1972, pp.
11, et seq. The Use of the Economist in Court," Volume 36, Number.
4, Texas Bar Journal, April 22, 1973. "Resident Ipsa Loquitur: Applicability to Malpractice Cases in Texas,” Volume 10, Number.
2, Texas Technical Law Review, p. 371, 1979; "Is Your Case Worth Pursuing," Volume 85, Number.
6, Case & Comment, p.
31, November-December, 1980. "An Analysis of the Physician’s Professional Liability for Radiation of the Fetus," Volume 18, Number. 4, Houston Law Review, p.
801, May, 1981.
"Direct Corporate Liability of Hospitals," Volume 24, Number. 3, South Texas Law Journal, p. 773, 1983; "Recovery for a Lost Chance of Survival: When the Doctor Gambles Who Puts Up the Stakes," Volume 28, Number.
1, South Texas Law Journal, pp.
37-68, September, 1986. "Medical Malpractice 1987: New Faces, New Facts, New Fundamentals," Volume 18, Number.
3, Saint Mary"s Law Journal, p. 995, 1987; "Arguing Comparative Negligence for the Plaintiff," 50 Texas Bar Journal 11, pg.
1209-1213, December, 1987.
"Comparative Negligence," 24 Trial 5, pg. 61-64, May, 1988; "Words for the Wise - Boosting Your Linguistic Firepower," 26 Trial 7, pp 74-76, July, 1990. "Final Arguments in Premises Cases," 26 Trial 8, pp 50-55, August 1990.
"Medical Issues Presented through Retinopathy of Prematurity: The Standard of Care Issue," Chapter 7 of Retinopathy of Prematurity, McPhearson, Hittner, Kretzler, Education 1986.
The Law of Texas Medical Malpractice, 1975 and Supp. 1978, Houston Law Review.
With J. Sales, The Law of Strict Tort Liability, 1977 and Supp. 1981, Houston Law Review.
The Law of Texas Medical Malpractice, 2nd educated
1985, Houston Law Review. "Medical Malpractice Handbook," 1988, Houston Law Review. "Who Will Speak Foreign The Victim," - A Treatise on Plaintiff’s Jury Argument, State Bar of Texas, 1989.
Director, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1988-1989.
Adjunct Professor, University of Houston, Bates College of Law, 1973-1981, 1988-1990. Chairman, Texas Trial Lawyers Malpractice Committee, 1975-1976.
Associate-in-Law, American (This Card Continued) College of Legal Medicine, 1979. Member, University of Houston College of Law Health Law Board, 1987-1989.
Worked at Perdue & Clore, Limited liability partnership (Houston, Texas) specializing in Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Personal Injury, Toxic Torts. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Texas. Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa.
Diplomat and Charter Member of the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, 1976.
Adjunct Professor, University of Houston College of Law, 1973-1981, 1988-1990. Outstanding Committee Chairman of the Year, Houston Bar Association, 1974-1975.
Outstanding Alumnus, University of Houston College of Law, 1977. Honorary Member, Distinguished Alumnus Order of the Coif, University of Houston College of Law, 1986.
Gene Cavin Award for Outstanding Contribution to Legal Education, State Bar of Texas, 1995.
Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1st through 5th Editions. President, Houston Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates, 1984-1985. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 1988-1995.
Professional Activities: Chairman, Texas Trial Lawyers Malpractice Committee, 1965-1976.
Associate-in-Law, American College of Legal Medicine, 1979. Member, University of Houston College of Law, Health Law Board, 1987-1995.
Member: Houston Bar Association (Grievance Committee, 1971-1973. Outstanding Committee Chairman of the Year, 1974-1975.
Special Committee on Professionalism, 1988-1989).
State Bar of Texas (Committees: Professional Ethics, 1985. Continuing Legal Education, 1988-1989. Pattern Jury Charge III Revision, 1988-1993.
Judicial Qualifications, 1988-1991.
Qualifications, Tenure and Compensation of State Judiciary, 1988-1991). Supreme Court Task Force on standardized discovery in malpractice cases, 1993-1994.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1988-1991). Houston Medical Legal Society (President, 1995-1996).
Books: The Law of Texas Medical Malpractice, Houston Law Review, 1975.
Supp, 1978. The Law of Strict Tort Liability, J. Sales and J. Perdue. 1977; Supp. 1981; The Law of Texas Medical Malpractice, Houston Law Review, 2nd educated, 1985.
"Medical Malpractice Handbook," Houston Law Review, 1988.
"Who Will Speak for the Victim," A Treatise on Plaintiff"s Jury Argument, State Bar of Texas, 1989. Book Chapters: Chapter 7, "Medical Issues Presented through Retinopathy of Prematurity: The Standard of Care Issue," Retinopathy of Prematurity, McPhearson, Hittner, Kretzler (Education), 1986. Law Review and Journal Articles: "Applicability of the Guest Statute to Suits Based Upon Negligent Entrustment: Fees," A Conference on Medical Malpractice, Denver, Colorado, 1979.
" Houston Law Review, Volume 3, p.
91-103, 1965; "Negligent Entrustment of Automobiles," Houston Law Review, Volume 6, p. 129-147, 1968; "Negligent Entrustment-Another String in Your Bow," 3 Texas Lawyers Forum 3, p.
11, et seq., January-February 1969. "The Texas Guest Statute-Hit it Head On," 6 Trial Lawyers Forum 3, p.11, et seq.
April-June 1972; "The Use of the Economist in Court," 36 Texas Bar Journal 4, April 22, 1973.
"Resident Ipsa Loquitur. Applicability to Malpractice Cases in Texas, 10 Texas Technical Law Review 2, p. 371, 1979; "Is Your Case Worth Pursuing," 85 Case and Comment 6, p.
31, November-December 19 and Commend 6, p.
31, November-December 1980. "An Analysis of the Physician"s Professional Liability for Radiation of the Fetus," 18 Houston Law Review 4, p. 801, May 1981; "Direct Corporate Liability of Hospitals, 24 South Texas Law Journal 3, p.
773, 1983.
"Recovery for a Lost Chance of Survival: When the Doctor Gambles Who Puts Up the Stakes," 28 South Texas Law Journal 1, p.37-68, September 1986. "Medical Malpractice 1987: New Faces, New Facts, New Fundamentals," 18 Saint Mary"s Law Journal 3, 1987. "Arguing Comparative Negligence for the Plaintiff," 50 Texas Bar Journal 11, p.1209-1213, December 1987, "Comparative Negligence," 24 Trial 5, p.61-64, May 1988.
"Words for the Wise-Boosting Your Linguistic Firepower, 26 Trial 7, p.74-76, July 1990.
"Final Arguments in Premises Cases," 26 Trial 8, p. 55-5_, August 1990; "Jury Bias: Ruminations on Identifying, Handling and Defusing Jury Bias," 28 The Houston Lawyer 2, p 38-45, September-October 1990.
"Defusing Jury Bias," 27 Trial 4, p. 50-55; "A Practical Approach to Jury Bias," 54 Texas
Bar Journal 9, p. 936-41, October 1991.
"The Plaintiff"s Appeal to the Religious Conservative," Texas Lawyer, October 12, 1992, pp. 14-15; "The Five-Question Rule: Cross-Examination Simplified," 29 Trial 10, pp. 40-43, October 1993; "Oysters and a Beer Two Buckinghamshire," Lawyers Then and Now Symposium, 31 Trial 1, pp.
22-23, January 1995.
"The Petard Objection," Trial, Volume 31, Number. 7, 1995, pp. 50-54; "Cutting Costs Cutting Care: Can Texas Managed Care Systems and HMOs Be Liable for the Medical Malpractice of Physicians?" 17 Saint Mary"s Lord Justice 1, pp. 23-67 (1995); "The Difference Between Good Enough and Safe Enough," Opening Statement Symposium, 32 Trial 3, pp.
45-47, 1996.
"I Had My Heroes," Association of Trial Lawyers of America 50-Year Symposium," 32 Trial 7, pp. 58-59, 1996. Professional Papers and Presentations: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, 1977-1994. State Judicial Conference, 1977.
Harris County Medical Society, 1977.
American Medical Association, Denver Colorado, 1978. Texas Society of Patient Representatives, Houston, 1978.
Texas Technical College of Law Malpractice Symposium, Lubbock, 1979. Texas Nurses Association, Houston, 1979.
American Medical Association, Palm Beach, Florida, 1979.
University of Colorado College of Law Conference on Medical Malpractice, Denver, Colorado, 1979. Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, Houston, 1980. Texas Hospital Association, Houston, 1981.
Association of Operating Room Nurses, Houston, 1981.
American Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981. Houston Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Houston, 1981.
University of Houston College of Law, First Texas Institute on Health Care, Houston 1981. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Houston, 1983.
Saint Mary"s College of Law and Texas Technical College of Law Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, 1983.
American Bar Association Malpractice Conference, Houston 1985. Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Incorporated. Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California, 1987, Saint St. Petersburg, Florida 1988.
State Bar of Texas Health Law Section, Austin, 1988.
American Group Practice Association, Minn, Minnesota., 1989. Texas Ophthalmological Society, Houston, 1990.
University of Texas Medical School and Southwest Memorial Hospital, Houston, Texas, January, 1993. South Texas College of Law.
Advanced Medical Malpractice Program, Houston, Texas, 1994.
Fifth Annual Medical/Legal Symposium on Birth Trauma, Saint Joseph Hospital, 1995. Sixth Annual Medical Malpractice Symposium, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1995. Texas Technical/Saint Mary"s Malpractice Institute, 1996.
PRODUCT LIABILITY: "Proof and Submission of a Strict Liability Action," State Judicial Conference, El Paso, Texas, 1977.
"Product Liability Law as it Applies to Engineers," American Society for Metals, Houston, 1977. "Professional Malpractice for the Engineer," Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, San Francisco, California, 1992.
PSYCHOLOGY AND JURY SELECTION: Saint Mary"s University and Texas Technical University Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1987, 1992, 1994-1995. Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, 1993.
New Mexico Trial Lawyers, Sante Fe, New Mexico, June, 1993.
New Mexico Trial Lawyers and Texas Trial Lawyers, Sante Fe, New Mexico, June 1994. University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1987. Texas Technical/Saint Mary"s College of Law, Medical Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, Texas 1990.
Saint Mary"s/Texas Technical Medical Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, 1992.
Texas Trial Lawyers Institute on JuryTrials, Houston, Austin, Dallas, 1992. American Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, August, 1993.
State Bar of Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 1994. Texas Trial Lawyers, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July 1994.
South Texas College of Law, July 1994.
Westlaw Jury Selection Program, Houston, 1995. Texas Trial Lawyers Association, White Fish, Montana, 1995. Westlaw, Houston, 1995.
State Bar of Texas, Houston, 1996.
EXPERT WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE: State Bar of Texas, Evidence Tactics Program, Amarillo, Lubbock, Beaumont, Texas, 1981. University of Houston Continuing legal education, Use of Experts, Dallas, Texas, 1990.
Saint Mary"s/Texas Technical Trial Techniques Program, San Antonio, Texas, 1991. The Anatomy of a Trial, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, Texas, 1991.
Saint Mary"s/Texas Technical Law School, San Antonio, Texas, 1994.
Texas Trial Lawyers, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July, 1994. Texas Trial Lawyers Fifth Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, Houston, Texas, October, 1994. The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Florida, November 1994.
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, San Francisco, 1996.
THE OPENING STATEMENT: State Bar of Texas Institute on the Ultimate Trial Notebook, State Bar Convention, San Antonio, 1989. Dallas, 1990; Houston, 1991.
Corpus Christi, 1992. Fort Worth, 1993; Austin, 1994.
University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation Conference, Houston, 1989.
American Trial Lawyers Association, Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990. Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Techniques Program, Houston, Texas, 1991. American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1991.
California Trial Lawyers Association, Lake Tahoe, California, March, 1993.
South Texas College of Law, 1994. State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Institute, San Antonio, Texas, 1994.
Litigation Training Program, State Bar of Texas, Austin, 1996. University of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, 1996.
Health Law Section, University of Houston College of Law, Houston, 1996.
PERSUASION: State Bar of Texas Institute on Persuasive Techniques, Houston and El Paso, 1989. University of Houston College of Law, Houston, 1989. Harris County Bar Association, Houston, 1989.
American Trial Lawyers Association, Rising Star Seminar, New Orleans, 1990.
Texas Trial Lawyers, Litigation Techniques, Houston, 1990. Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Big Fork, Montana, 1991.
Advanced Civil Trial, State Bar of Texas, Houston, Texas, 1991. The Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, Amelia Island, Florida, 1993.
American Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, August, 1993.
Alabama Trial Lawyers 43rd Annual Mid-Winter Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, January 1995. Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Montana, 1995. TTLA Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, Dallas, 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS: "Torts and the Family," State Bar Advanced Family Law Course, Houston, 1978.
"Legal Considerations of the Plaintiff in Injury Cases Regarding Judgments," Houston Bar Association Institute on Judgments, Houston, 1982. "The Most Unpopular Person in Town The Plaintiff"s Trial Lawyer," New Mexico Trial Lawyers, Albuquerque, April 1995.
Creating a Powerful Closing Argument," 8th Annual Advanced DTPA/Consumer/Insurance Law Course, San Antonio, 1995. (Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy).
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Member, University of Houston College of Law, Health Law Board, 1987-1995. Member: Houston Bar Association (Grievance Committee, 1971-1973. Outstanding Committee Chairman of the Year, 1974-1975.
Special Committee on Professionalism, 1988-1989).
State Bar of Texas (Committees: Professional Ethics, 1985. Continuing Legal Education, 1988-1989.
Pattern Jury Charge III Revision, 1988-1993. Judicial Qualifications, 1988-1991.
Qualifications, Tenure and Compensation of State Judiciary, 1988-1991).
Supreme Court Task Force on standardized discovery in malpractice cases, 1993-1994. Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Director, 1988-1991). Houston Medical Legal Society (President, 1995-1996).
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation, 1988-1995.
Professional Activities: Chairman, Texas Trial Lawyers Malpractice Committee, 1965-1976. Associate-in-Law, American College of Legal Medicine, 1979.
Member, University of Houston College of Law, Health Law Board, 1987-1995.
Married Carole Diane Phillips, November 27, 1966 (divorced August 1989). Children: Jim M. Junior, Joe N., William Jeffrey.