J. James Cooper

Conflict, Mediation
1000 Louisiana, Suite 3400
Houston, Texas 770025007


Conflict

Admitted

1984, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas

Law School

Tulane University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1984

Law School Graduation Year

1984

College

Wabash College, B.A., 1981

Memberships

Houston and American (Co-Chair, Products Liability Insurance Subcommittee, Litigation Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Maritime Law Association of the United States, Proctor.

Biographical

Managing Editor, The Maritime Lawyer, 1983-1984. Author: Note, Attorney's Fees are Governed by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(c) in an Action for Willful and Arbitrary Failure to Pay Maintenance and Cure—Holmes v. J. Ray McDermott & Co., 7 Maritime Lawyer 328 (1982). Co-Author: Weathering the Storm: International Loss of Hire Policies and the Problem of Unchartered Rigs, 17 Houston Journal International Law 203 (1994); Recovery of Economic Damages for Delayed Offshore Productions, 28 Journal Marine Law & Commerce 323 (1997). (Resident)

Military