About Steven C. James

Email address: Steven C. James | Phone: 915-543-3234

Proud to be an El Paso Attorney

I appreciate a complex problem, because I enjoy the challenge of solving it. I began my legal career with Mesa Petroleum Co. and T. Boone Pickens, Jr., one of six lawyers in Amarillo, TX working on multimillion dollar matters. I then joined a large law firm out of El Paso, Texas, running its Midland, Texas offices. I moved to El Paso in 1988 and joined a small litigation firm. In January 1995, I went out on my own as a sole practitioner.

Areas of practice

Admitted to practice

• Texas, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas

Certifications

• Board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
  • Civil trial law
  • Consumer and commercial law

Awards

• AV® Peer Review Ratings^SM by Martindale-Hubbell®
• Texas Monthly Super Lawyers
• Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers™

Education

• University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1979
• New Mexico State University, B. Acctg., with honors, 1976
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Blue Key

Professional memberships

• El Paso Bar Association—President, 2004-2005
• American Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas—Construction Law Section
• State Bar College Board of Directors—Chair, 2007-2008
• State Bar Consumer and Commercial Law Council—Chair, 2005-2006
• El Paso Trial Lawyers Association—Past President
• West Texas Employment Lawyers Association—Chair, 2001

Selected Presentations

• 12th and 13th Annual Civil Trial Seminar, El Paso Bar Association, February 2008 and 2009, Las Vegas Nevada
• "Consumer Law Update," Summer School, State Bar College, July 2008, Galveston, Texas
• "Winning in Arbitration: A Panel Discussion," Advanced Consumer and Commercial Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas, November 2008, Dallas, Texas
• "Attacking 'As Is' Clauses," Consumer and Commercial Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas, September 2007, Houston, Texas
• “Consumer Law: Hey, the Little Guy Still Has Rights in Texas,” State Bar College Spring Training, 2006 (Texas Bar Continuing Legal Education)
• "Lawyers Are Heroes," State Bar Fall 2006 (Texas Bar Continuing Legal Education, Consumer and Commercial Law Course)
• "Arbitration," State Bar Fall 2006 (Texas Bar Continuing Legal Education, Consumer and Commercial Law Course)

Languages

• English
• Spanish

Contact me

For your arbitration, mediation, and litigation needs in civil, commercial and consumer law, contact me in my El Paso, TX office at 915-543-3234 or contact me online.