James E. Coleman, Jr.
Senior Counsel
Business Litigation, Corporate Governance, Professional Malpractice
Mr. Coleman is senior counsel and a founding member of Carrington Coleman. For more than 30 years he has practiced as a civil trial lawyer representing both plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials involving civil disputes of all levels of complexity and in a wide range of controversial matters.
Mr. Coleman has tried cases in both state and federal courts in Texas, and also acts as arbitrator in business disputes. His involvement in a wide variety of cases ranges from contract and other business disputes, fiduciary relations, legal and accountant malpractice defense, claims against corporate directors and officers, oil and gas disputes, securities law disputes, antitrust, and products liability and personal injury claims.
In the past several years, Mr. Coleman has represented firms and individuals in breach of fiduciary duty and malpractice claims brought by federal agencies and private plaintiffs. He also represents individuals, corporations, banks, partnerships, and joint ventures.
Mr. Coleman has been recognized by Texas Monthly magazine as a "Super Lawyer" in business litigation each year since that award began in 2003, and has been ranked in the top 10 of all Texas Super Lawyers. Mr. Coleman has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America from 1983 to the present and in the 2010 Dallas edition of Texas’ Best Lawyers in commercial litigation, legal malpractice law, Bet-the-Company litigation, and personal injury litigation. He is also listed as a leading individual of Texas commercial litigation in Chambers & Partners 2009 USA Client's Guide andhas been listed by D Magazine as a Best Lawyer in Dallas for 2008.
Education
University of Virginia
LL.B., 1951
Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review, 1950-51
Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., 1948
Admittances
Georgia 1952
Texas 1954
Associations/Affiliations
American Bar Association; Member of the Council of the Litigation Section, 1973-1975; Director of the Litigation Section, 1975-1981.
State Bar of Texas; Chairman of the Antitrust Section, 1977-1978; Member of the Board of Directors, 1988-1991.
Dallas Bar Association; Vice President, 1965; Secretary-Treasurer, 1972.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation.
Member: National Institute for Trial Advocacy Board of Directors (1981-2002; Chairman of Board of Trustees, 1991-1993); American Law Institute; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; American College of Trial Lawyers; Center for American & International Law (Research Fellow, 1976-present, Board of Directors, 1979-1998, Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1995-1998); Board of Trustees of the University of Virginia School of Law Foundation, 1991-2000.
Awards
State Bar of Texas, Presidents' Award, 1997
Dallas Bar Association Trial Lawyer of the Year, 1997
American Inns of Court Foundation, Professionalism Award, 1997
Texas Bar Foundation, Lola Wright Award, 1999
American College of Trial Lawyers, Samuel E. Gates Litigation Award, 2002
Dallas Bar Foundation, Fellows Award, 2002
Texas Bar Foundation, Outstanding 50-Year Lawyer Award, 2005
State Bar of Texas, Litigation Section, Luther H. Soules, III Award, 2008
