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James McGraw

 
Member - Dallas - Looper Reed & McGraw
 
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Company Name : Looper Reed & McGraw
 
Company Website : www.lrmlaw.com
 
Company Address : 1300 Post Oak Blvd.
Ste. 2000, Houston, TX,
United States,
 
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James McGraw Biography :

AREA OF PRACTICE Arbitration and ADR Class Actions Litigation - Commercial Litigation - General In a career spanning over 23 years of litigation, James has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in the trial and appeal of complex civil business cases in state and federal courts. He has successfully prosecuted and defended anti-trust actions and breach of contract claims as well as business tort, personal injury and insurance cases. He has led the defense of several clients in actions caused by oil spills and pipeline ruptures. REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE The successful representation of a Defendant in its defense of a $20 million breach of contract and business tort claim. After a week of trial the case settled with no recovery for the Plaintiff. The successful representation of a Defendant in its federal court defense of a complex Uniform Commercial Code claim arising from a $5 million oil trade. The successful defense of an oil company in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to recover clean up costs associated with an oil spill upon the navigable waters of the United States. The successful representation of two members of a joint venture in their suit against their joint venture partner for breach of fiduciary duty and fraud. The case settled after two weeks of trial with a recovery in excess of $1 million. The successful representation of a group of companies, as plaintiffs, involving claims arising from an offshore pipeline rupture in the Gulf of Mexico. In connection with that lawsuit, also defended the plaintiff companies in a third-party action which claimed in excess of $10 million as a result of the rupture. The plaintiff companies successfully avoided liability, recovered all of the damages sought and avoided any liability on the third party action. The successful representation of a plaintiff in a complex anti-trust case involving the pharmaceutical industry. The successful representation of a pipeline company in the defense of claims related to a pipeline explosion as well as the recovery of over $1 million from third-parties and insurance companies. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS State Bar of Texas. Houston Bar Association. U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth Circuit); U.S. District Court (Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts); U.S. Claims Court. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1972 - B.A., University of Texas at Austin 1979 - J.D., University of Houston College of Law, Summa Cum Laude 1980 - Adjunct Professor, University of Houston College of Law While attending law school James was the executive editor of the Houston Law Review.

 
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