Jim Reed is a veteran trial lawyer dedicated to protecting the interests of both plaintiffs and defendants when complex business deals go south and give rise to litigation. Through aggressive trial preparation, creative negotiations and powerful storytelling in the courtroom, Jim has achieved numerous successful verdicts, arbitration awards and settlements in a broad range of challenging commercial disputes. More recently, Jim has focused on resolving oil and gas disputes in major and small-town courthouses throughout Texas, with a strong emphasis on royalty and working interest owner class actions involving failure to pay royalties, take-or-pay/manipulation of allowables, breach of express and implied covenants, fraud and other commercial torts.
With more than 40 years of trial practice, Jim has served as lead trial counsel in dozens of complex civil litigation cases across many industries and involving virtually every type of dispute, including breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, conspiracy, anti-trust violations, deceptive trade practices, insurance code violations, partnership disputes, corporate governance/ownership disputes, RICO violations, sexual harassment, constitutional claims, assault, battery, libel, slander, trespass, nuisance, product defect and personal injury.