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James T. Evans Evans & Fair 2103 Commonwealth Street Houston, TX 77006-1805 |
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Jim Evans earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center and at age 26 became the youngest sitting judge in Texas.
- Areas Of Practice:
- Business and Corporate
- Real Estate
- Civil Litigation
- Wills
- Probate
- Consumer Law
- Construction Law
- Contracts
- Bar Admissions:
- Texas, 1968
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1970
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1972
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1974
- U.S. Tax Court, 1972
- U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals, 1990
- Education:
- University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1968
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Graduated 3rd in Class
- Honors: Order of the Barons
- Honors: Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Fraternity
- Honors: Prentice Hall Award in Taxation
- Honors: Honors Internship, Regional Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
- Honors: Grey's Order
- Law Review: University of Houston Law Review
- University of Houston, Houston, Texas, 1965
- B.B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Major: Accounting
- Published Works:
- Where Liberals Go to Die, Great American Publishing Company, 1994
- Editorial Series, Houston Post, 1990-1991
- EduCrisis! -- What To Do When Public Schools Fail, West Eagle Publishing, 2000
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Houston Bar Association
- Texas Bar Association
- American Judges Association
- Former Member
- American Judicature Society
- Former Member
- Houston Bar Foundation
- Putting Children First, Houston's Read Commission for Adult Literacy
- Former Board Member
- Center for the Study of Popular Culture
- Board Member
- Selective Service System
- Local Board Chairman
- Past Employment Positions:
- Brittan Communications International Corporation, Co-Founder and Vice Chairman and General Counsel, 1994 - 1997
- Nautilus Environmentals, Inc., Chairman, 1981 - 1982
- Doctor on Duty, Inc., Founder and President, 1983 - 1985
- Evans & Birnberg, Attorneys (Williams, Birnberg & Anderson, Successor Firm), Co-Founder and Senior Partner
- Late Hon. Norman Black, Associate, 1969 - 1970
- Texas Senate Committee on Reduction of Paperwork, 1981
- City of Friendswood, Presiding Judge, 1970 - 1978
- U.S. Army, Adjutant General Corps, 1968 - 1969
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Delta Phi
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Alpha Phi Omega
- Birth Information:
- August 10, 1943, Tulsa, Oklahoma