Mr. James Daniel Payne

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Shareholder at Waddell Serafino Geary Rechner Jenevein, PC
1717 Main Street, 25th Floor, Dallas, TX 75201-7274
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Mr. Payne, a fifth generation Texan, is a seasoned trial attorney. Mr. Payne has been the lead attorney for plaintiffs (no personal injury) and defendants in hundreds of lawsuits, and he has tried numerous jury, bench, and administrative cases to verdict. Mr. Payne regularly handles high stakes, multi-party litigation and has successfully defended clients against claims with an aggregate of liquidated damages exceeding one billion dollars. He also serves as a mediator in Dallas County. Mr. Payne is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Payne has been selected as a “Top Rated Lawyer” in “Litigation,” “Commercial Litigation,” and “Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources” by American Lawyer Media.

Mr. Payne has been lead trial counsel in cases filed in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico, California, Kansas, Wyoming, Missouri, Illinois, and New York, and he has handled lawsuits in many diversified areas including the following:

Construction defects and accidents

Oilfield accidents

Insurance defense including wrongful death, medical malpractice, construction, products liability, DTPA, and trucking and automobile accidents

Commercial litigation

Soil, groundwater, and air contamination cases

CERCLA, RCRA, and the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act

Environmental citizens’ lawsuits

Environmental enforcement actions

Remediation of contaminated properties

Toxic torts including asbestos, silica sand, benzene, pesticide, chemical and “black mold” exposure

Condemnations

Collections

RECOGNITION

AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell

Selected as a “Top Rated Lawyer” in “Litigation,” “Commercial Litigation,” and “Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources” by American Lawyer Media.

Business Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Civil Litigation, Negligence, and Tort Liability
Construction Law
Arbitration
Environmental Law
Personal Injury
Commercial Real Estate

University Attended:

Baylor University, B.A., Political Science, 1988

Law School Attended:

Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., Honors: Order of Barristers, Texas Tech Board of Barristers, Officer, National Mock Trial Team, Outstanding Trial Advocate Award for Class of 1991, American Jurisprudence Award in Trial Advocacy, 1991

Year of First Admission:

1991

Admission:

1991, Texas; 1992, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1998, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2008, U.S. Supreme Court

Memberships:

Dallas (Member, Environmental Law Section, Executive Committee), Tarrant and Rockwall County Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Defense Counsel; American Bar Association (Member, Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Law Section); Million Dollar Advocates Forum.

Birth Information:

Fort Worth, Texas, April 7, 1965

Reported Cases:

Appellate Decisions: Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, No. 07-11247, 2008 WL 5243638 (5th Cir. Dec. 17, 2008); Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, 529F.3rd 519 (5th Cir. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 418, 172 L.Ed2d288 (2008); Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, 2007 WL 4165917 (N. D. Tex. Nov. 20, 2007); Environmental Conservation Organization v. City of Dallas, 516 F.Supp2d 653 (N.D. Tex. 2007); K-7 Enterprises, L.P. v. Jeswood Oil Co., 2005 WL 182947 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 2005, no pet.).

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