JAMES CORNELL

Attorney at Law / Mediator / Arbitrator
2727 Allen Parkway, Suite 1675, Houston, Texas 77019
Tel. No.: 713-526-0500 Fax No: 713-526-7974

jcornell@cornell-pardue.com

Awards

  • Who’s Who Legal: Texas Leading Business Lawyers 2007, 2011
  • Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers 2006-2011
  • Texas Super Lawyer 2005-2011

Professional Activities

  • Cornell & Pardue, 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 2007-2011
    • Annotated Texas Insurance Code – Editor In Chief, LexisNexis 2007-2009
    • Cornell’s Texas Insurance Law Digest – Author, James Publishing Co. – 1998, 1999 and 2000
    • Journal of Texas Business Law, Fall 2007—“What Every Business Lawyer Should Know About the Insurance Carrier’s Duty to Defend and the Policyholder’s Right To Select Counsel”
    • 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 General Counsel Forum - “What Every General Counsel Needs to Know About Insurance”, October 2005 and October 2006
    • Texas Journal of Insurance Law – Winter,1999 – Coverage For Trade Dress Infringement
    • Texas Lawyer, November, 1999 – Insurance and IP Infringement

 

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
  • Treasurer – Insurance Law Section 2000-2001
  • “Stowers Doctrine” – Advanced Insurance Law Seminar March, 2009
  • Webcast: Hurricane Ike: How To Prepare, Submit and Win Your Insurance Claim — Oct. 22, 2008
  • Webcast: Triple Play – Three Important Insurance Law Decisions from the Texas Supreme Court – September 24, 2008
  • Texas Journal of Business Law: Spring 2008 – What Every Business Lawyer Should Know About The Duty to Defend and Your Client’s Right to Select Counsel
  • Advanced Insurance Law Seminar 2008 – Significant Recent Cases
  • Stock Option Backdating: Implications for Director and Officer Liability Insurance
  • Advanced Business Law Seminar 2006—Disaster Planning and Business Interruption
  • 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, 2004-2011
  • 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

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