Jim Hart, Partner
Areas of Practice
- Board Certified in Labor & Employment
- Personal Injury
- Toxic Torts
- Product Liability
- Work-Related Injuries
- Fires and Explosions at Chemical Plants and Refineries
Professional Experience
- 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. He practiced labor and employment law in Houston with Andrews & Kurth, until making the move to Williams Kherkher in 1995.
Education
- Juris Doctorate degree, with honors Texas Tech School of Law in 1991
Member of Phi Delta Phi and Order of the Coif - Texas Tech University B.B.A. in Finance in 1984
Four-year varsity letterman on the football team and a captain his senior year
Legal Memberships and Professional Affiliations
- Texas State Bar Association
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Professional Honors
- Jim was named a Super Lawyer® in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, as selected by practicing attorneys in Texas
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