Jim Hart, Partner
Jim is Board Certified in Labor & Employment Law. He has handled various matters before most state and federal employment and labor related agencies. Additionally, Jim has tried numerous personal injury lawsuits in Texas and Pennsylvania. A majority of his personal injury cases have involved toxic torts, product liability, and work-related injuries, with numerous cases involving fires and explosions at chemical plants and refineries.
Jim is married to Susan Mackey, a 1983 graduate of Texas Tech. They have five daughters.
Education
- Graduated from Texas Tech University with a B.B.A. in Finance in 1984
- Four-year varsity letterman on the football team and a captain his senior year
- Received a Juris Doctorate degree, with honors, from Texas Tech School of Law in 1991
- Member of Phi Delta Phi and Order of the Coif
Memberships
- Texas State Bar Association
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Labor and employment law
Licensed to practice
- Texas
- Pennsylvania
- U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Past experience
- Jim practiced labor and employment law in Houston with Andrews & Kurth, until making the move to Williams Kherkher in 1995
- Jim was named a Super Lawyer® in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, as selected by practicing attorneys in Texas