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James B. Harris

James B. Harris

Partner
 
Thompson & Knight LLP
One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
Dallas, Texas  75201
(Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.)

Telephone: 214.969.1102
Fax: 214.880.3247
http://www.tklaw.com



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Practice AreasLitigation; Environmental Law; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Property Tax
 
EducationUniversity of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1978, Southern Methodist University, B.A.S., with high honors, 1975
 
Admitted1978, Texas; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
 
MembershipsAmerican Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice; Urban, State, and Local Government Law; Natural Resources; Energy; Environmental Law); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Administrative and Public Law; Appellate and Advocacy; Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Co-Chair, Environmental Law Institute Planning Committee, 1988).
 
BiographyPhi Delta Phi. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 1983-2010 (Environmental Law); The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Environmental Practice, 2004-2005. The 250 Best Lawyers in Dallas/For Worth (one of four environmental attorneys); Texas Super Lawyers (Environmental, Administrative Law, Tax), 2003-2004, 2006-2009. Named to "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," (Environmental Law) Chambers & Partners, Chambers USA, 2004—. Listed in Who's Who Legal: Texas (Environment), 2007 and 2008. Member: Ad Hoc Stormwater Panel, Water Resources Council, North Texas Council of Governments; Scribes, The American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects. Former Director, Mental Health Association of Dallas.
 
Reported CasesIn re Bell Petroleum Services, Inc., 3 F.3d 889 (5th Cir. 1993);Goodner Brothers Aircraft, Inc. v. U.S., 966 F.2d 380, cert. denied, 506 U.S. 1049 (1993); Methodist Hospitals of Dallas v. Texas Industrial Accident Board, 798 S.W.2d 651 (Tex. App. - Austin 1990, writ dism'd w.o.j.); U.S. v. Core Laboratories, Inc., 759 F.2d 480 (5th Cir. 1985);Skelton v. Camp, 234 F.2d 292 (5th Cir. 2000);Bland Independant School District v. Blue, 34 S.W.3d 542 (Tex. 2000);Comdesco, Inc. v. Tarrant County Appraisal Dist., 927 S.W.2d 325 (Tex. App. - Ft. Worth 1996, writ ref'd).
 
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