James L. Cornell

Who's Who Legal: Texas Leading Business Lawyers 2007
Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers 2006 and 2007
Texas Super Lawyer 2005, 2006, and 2007

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

 

 

Cornell & Pardue L.L.P. 2004 to present
Haynes and Boone, L.L.P. 1997 to 2004
Gilpin, Paxson & Bersch, L.L.P. 1987 to 1997
Porter & Clements 1983 to 1987
Fellow - The Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow - The Houston Bar Foundation
Member - State Bar of Texas: Insurance Law Section, Consumer Law Section, Litigation, Appellate, Construction Sections
Graduate - Attorney-Mediators Institute August, 1993
Graduate - Advanced Mediator Training, Attorney-Mediator Institute December, 1993

PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS

 

Cornell & Martin's Texas Insurance Law Digest, co-author, Texas Lawyer Publishers 2006

Annotated Texas Insurance Code – Editor In Chief, LexisNexis 2007

Cornell’s Texas Insurance Law Digest - Author, James Publishing Co. – 1998, 1999 and 2000

Business Interruption Coverage in the 21st Century, National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters June, 2006

Business Interruption and Texas Supreme Court Update - RIMS, July, 2006

Texas Journal of Insurance Law - Winter,1999 - Coverage For Trade Dress Infringement

Texas General Counsel Forum - "What Every General Counsel Needs to Know About Insurance", October 2005 and October 2006

State Bar of Texas:

  Chair of Insurance Law Section 2003-2004
Co-Founder and Council Member of Insurance Law Section 1998-2000
Chair Elect - Insurance Law Section 2002-2003
Secretary - Insurance Law Section 2001-2002
Treasure - Insurance Law Section 2000-2001
Advanced Insurance Law Seminar 2005—Selection of Counsel and Referral Fee Rules
Co-author - Class Actions After Bernal, The Advocate, Vol. 19 No. 3, Fall 2000
Author - A Roadmap of Coverage: Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Coverage Texas Bar Journal, Vol 62, No. 4, pp. 342-348, April 1999
Author - Piercing the Iron Curtain of Silence: The Doctrine of Offensive Use Waiver, Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 304-309
Co-author - Insurance Law Update, The Advocate, Vol. 15 No.4, Winter 1996
Author - Insurance Law Update, The Advocate, Vol. 15 No. 3, Fall 1996
Co-author - Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course - Evidentiary Privileges Under State Statutes 1991

Houston Bar Association:

 

 

Seminar March 2006 – Corporate Counsel Section -- What Every General Counsel Should Know About Insurance
Seminar April 2005 – What Every General Counsel Should Know About Insurance
Chair - Continuing Legal Education Committee - 1999-2000
Chair - Continuing Legal Education Institutes Committee- 1998-1999
Chair - Insurance Institute, Everything You Need to Know About Insurance Law - May, 1998 and May 1999
Director - Board of Directors, Litigation Section - 1997-1999
Member - Continuing Legal Education Committee - 1995-2000
Member - Bench Book Committee - 1995-2000
Member - Editorial Board Committee - The Houston Lawyer, 1992-1994, 2000-2001

South Texas College of Law :

 

  Presentation: The Application of Art. 21.55 to the Duty to Defend,
January, 2006
Presentation: Late Notice and Prejudice - When Is Late Too Late?
January 2005
Presentation: Insurance Law Update: Ten Key Cases January, 2003
Presentation: Class Actions in Insurance Cases November 2000
Planning Committee Member Texas Insurance Law Symposium, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005
Chair - Texas Insurance Law Symposium, 1997 and 1998

University of Houston Law Center:

 

  Author and Speaker: Primary and Excess Insurance – Advanced Personal Injury Seminar – 2003 and 2004
Author - Disputes Among Insurance Carriers- Advanced Personal Injury Seminar; June-August, 1996, July-August, 1997 and August, 1999
Author and speaker - The DTPA In Business Litigation Insurance Law Seminar, 1993
Co-author and speaker - The Interaction of the DTPA and the Insurance Code Insurance Law Seminar, 1993

The Houston Lawyer:

 

  Case Note: Offer to Repair Was Unreasonable as a Matter of Law - Jan./Feb. 1997, Vol. 34, No. 4, p. 43
Case Note: Insurance Carrier Does Not Owe Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing to Its Insured In Third-Party Action - Jan./Feb. 1997, Vol. 34, No. 4, p. 24
Case Note: Bifurcated Settlement Demands Partially Within Policy Limits Sufficient to Create Stowers Duty - Nov./Dec. 1996, Vol. 34, No. 3, p. 13

Texas Lawyer, November, 1999 - Insurance and IP Infringement

International Association of Drilling Contractors - Affiliate Member

ADMITTED:  
 

Texas Supreme Court
Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Southern District of Texas
Northern District of Texas
Western District of Texas
Eastern District of Texas

EDUCATION:

 

 

B.A. in English with Honors, Houston Baptist University, 1974
M.A. in English, University of Houston, 1977
J.D. University of Houston - Order of the Barons, 1983


         

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