Jim M. Perdue Sr.

Of Counsel

Location:

Houston, Texas

Phone:

713-574-7393
877-833-7475 (Toll Free)

Fax:

713-520-2525

E-mail:

E-mail Me

COURT ADMISSIONS:

U.S. District Court, Southern District 1964.

U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th District 1965.

U.S. Supreme Court 1970.

Areas of Practice

Medical Malpractice
Product Liability

Certified Legal Specialties

Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1990
Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1978

Education

University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas
- J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1963
- Honors: Outstanding Alumnus - 1977
- Honors: Distinguished Alumnus-Order of the Coif - 1986
- Honors: Captain of Debate Team - 1960
- Honors: "Whos Who in Colleges and Universities"
- Honors: Vice President, Omicron Delta Kappa
- Honors: Representative of the University of Houston "Young America Speaks"
- Honors: Recipient, Texaco Scholarship
- Honors: Senator, College of Law to University of Houston Student Government
- Honors: Highest Academic Average of Graduating Seniors - 1963
- Honors: National State Moot Court Teams, 1960-1962
- Honors: President, Student Bar Association
- Honors: Order of the Barons
- Honors: President, Freshman Law Class
- Honors: Debate Coach and Assistant Professor, Dept. of Speech, 1961-1963
University of Houston
- B.S. (Cum Laude) - 1963

Published Works

The Law of Strict Tort Liability, (Co-Author), Houston Law Review
The Law of Texas Medical Malpractice, 2nd Edition, 1985
The Medical Malpractice Handbook, 1988
"Medical Issues Presented Through Retinopathy of Prematurity: The Standard of Care Issue", (Co-Author with McPhearson, Hittner and Kretzler), Retinopathy of Prematurity, 1986
Who Will Speak for the Victim?, State Bar of Texas, 1989
Editor, Who Speaks For Justice?, Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Chapter 37 entitled "Opening Statement" for ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases, West and ATLA, Vol. 3, 2003
I Remember Atticus: Inspiring Stories Every Trial Lawyer Should Know, State Bar of Texas, 2004
Winning With Stories: Using the Narrative to Persuade in Trials, Speeches & Lectures, State Bar of Texas, 2006
"Applicability of the Guest Statute to Suits Based Upon Negligent Entrustment", Hous. L. R., Vol. 3, pp.91-103, 1965
"Negligent Entrustment of Automobiles", Hous. L. R., Vol. 6, pp.129-147, 1968
"Negligent Entrustment-Another String in Your Bow", 3 Texas Lawyers Forum 3, p.11, et. seq., 1969
"The Texas Guest Statute-Hit it Head On", 6 Trial Lawyers Forum 3, p. 11, et. seq., 1972
"The Use of the Economist in Court", 36 Texas Bar Journal 4, 1973
"Res Ipsa Loquitur; Applicability to Malpractice Cases in Texas", 10 Tex.Tech L. Rev. 2, p.371, 1979
"Is Your Case Worth Pursuing", 85 Case and Comment 6, p.31, 1980
"An Analysis of the Physician's Professional Liability for Radiation of the Fetus", 18 Hous. L. R. 4, p.801, 1981
"Direct Corporate Liability of Hospitals", 24 S. Tex. L. J. 3, p. 773, 1983
"Recovery for a Lost Chance of Survival: When the Doctor Gambles Who Puts Up the Stakes", 28 S. Tex. L.J. 1, pp.37-68, 1986
"Medical Malpractice 1987; New Faces, New Facts, New Fundamentals", 18 St. Mary's L. J. 3, 1987
"Arguing Comparative Negligence for the Plaintiff", 50 Texas Bar Journal 11, pp. 1209-1213, 1987
"Comparative Negligence", 24 Trial 5, pp.61-64, 1988
"Words for the Wise-Boosting Your Linguistic Firepower", 26 Trial 7, pp.74-76, 1990
"Final Arguments in Premises Cases", 26 Trial 8, pp.50-55, 1990
"Jury Bias: Ruminations on Identifying, Handling and Defusing Jury Bias", 28 The Houston Lawyer 2, pp.38-45, 1990
"Defusing Jury Bias", 27 Trial 4, pp. 50-55
"A Practical Approach to Jury Bias", 54 Texas Bar Journal 9, pp.936-41, 1991
"The Plaintiff's Appeal to the Religious Conservative", Texas Lawyer, pp.14-15, 1992
"The Five-Question Rule: Cross-Examination Simplified", 29 Trial 10, pp.40-43, 1993
"Oysters and a Beer--Two Bucks", Lawyers Then and Now Symposium, 31 Trial 1, pp.22-23, 1995
"The Petard Objection", 31 Trial 7, pp.50-54
"Cutting Costs--Cutting Care: Can Texas Managed Health Care Systems and HMOs Be Liable for the Medical Malpractice of Physicians?", 17 St. Mary's L. J. 1, pp.23-67, 1995
"The Petard Objection", 31 Trial 7, pp.50-54, 1995
"The Difference Between 'Good Enough' and 'Safe Enough'", Opening Statement Symposium, 32 Trial 3, pp.45-47, 1996
"I Had My Heros", ATLA 50 Year Symposium, 32 Trial 7, pp.58-59, 1996
"Thank God! It Wasn't George Burns", Laughing Matters Symposium, 33 Trial 7, p. 85
"Trial Themes: Winning Jurors' Minds and Hearts", (Co-Author), 34 Trial 4, pp. 34-42, 1998
"What Would Atticus Say?", Keys to Success Symposium, 34 Trial 7, pp. 42-43, 1998
"My Son, The Trial Lawyer", 35 Trial 1, pp. 60-61, 1999
"Touched By An Angel", The Cases We Remember Symposium, 36 Trial 3, pp. 71-74, 2000
"A License To Kill: The Unintended (?) Consequences of Milo on Kramer", (Co-Author), South Texas Law Journal, 2000

Classes/Seminars

Faculty Member, ATLA Ultimate Trial Strategies Program
Faculty Member, Texas Trial Lawyers Advanced Civil Trial Program, 1998 - 2000
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Civil Trial Course, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, 1977 - 1995
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Tech/St. Mary's Symposium, San Antonio, 1996
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, State Judicial Conference, 1977
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Harris County Medical Society, 1977
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, American Medical Association, Denver Colorado, 1978
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Society of Patient Representatives, Houston, 1978
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Tech College of Law Malpractice Symposium, Lubbock, 1979
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Nurses Association, Houston, 1979
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, American Medical Association, Palm Beach, Florida, 1979
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, University of Colorado College of Law Conference on Medical Malpractice, Denver, Colorado, 1979
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, Houston, 1980
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Hospital Association, Houston, 1981
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Association of Operating Room Nurses, Houston, 1981
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, American Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1981
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Houston Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, Houston, 1981
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, University of Houston College of Law, First Texas Institute on Health Care, Houston, 1981
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, Houston, 1983
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, St. Mary's College of Law and Texas Tech College of Law Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, 1983
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, ABA Malpractice Conference, Houston, 1985
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Inc., Emergency Medicine, San Diego, California, 1987
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1988
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, State Bar of Texas Health Law Section, Austin, 1988
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, American Group Practice Association, Minn, MN., 1989
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Ophthalmological Society, Houston, 1990
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, University of Texas Medical School and Southwest Memorial Hospital, Houston, 1993
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, South Texas College of Law
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Advanced Medical Malpractice Program, Houston, 1994
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Fifth Annual Medical/Legal Symposium on Birth Trauma, St. Joseph Hospital, 1995
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Sixth Annual Medical Malpractice Symposium, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1995
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Texas Tech/St. Mary's Malpractice Institute, 1996
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, Advanced Medical Malpractice Conference, State Bar of Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1997
Medical Malpractice: Medical Malpractice and Professional Liability Updates, St. Mary's College of Law and Texas Tech College of Law Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1997
Product Liability: "Proof and Submission of a Strict Liability Action", State Judicial Conference, El Paso, 1977
Product Liability: "Proof and Submission of a Strict Liability Action", American Society for Metals, Houston, 1977
Product Liability: "Proof and Submission of a Strict Liability Action", Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, San Francisco, California, 1992
Psychology and Jury Selection, St. Mary's University and Texas Tech University Medical Malpractice Conference, San Antonio, 1987, 1992, 1994-1995
Psychology and Jury Selection, Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association, New Orleans, 1993
Psychology and Jury Selection, New Mexico Trial Lawyers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1993
Psychology and Jury Selection, New Mexico Trial Lawyers and Texas Trial Lawyers, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1994
Psychology and Jury Selection, University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, 1987
Psychology and Jury Selection, Texas Tech/St. Mary's College of Law, Medical Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, 1990
Psychology and Jury Selection, St. Mary's/Texas Tech Medical Malpractice Seminar, San Antonio, 1992
Psychology and Jury Selection, Texas Trial Lawyers Institute on Jury Trials, Houston, Austin, Dallas, 1992
Psychology and Jury Selection, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, 1993
Psychology and Jury Selection, State Bar of Texas, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1994
Psychology and Jury Selection, Texas Trial Lawyers, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1994
Psychology and Jury Selection, South Texas College of Law, 1994
Psychology and Jury Selection, Westlaw Jury Selection Program, Houston, 1995
Psychology and Jury Selection, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, White Fish, Montana, 1995
Psychology and Jury Selection, Westlaw, Houston, 1995
Psychology and Jury Selection, State Bar of Texas, Houston, 1996
Psychology and Jury Selection, Advanced Personal Injury Course, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dallas/Houston, 1997
Psychology and Jury Selection, South Texas College of Law, 10th Annual Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, Houston, 1997
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, State Bar of Texas, Evidence Tactics Program, Amarillo, Lubbock, Beaumont, 1981
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, University of Houston, Use of Experts, Dallas, 1990
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, St. Mary's/Texas Tech Trial Techniques Program, San Antonio, 1991
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, The Anatomy of a Trial, State Bar of Texas, Dallas, 1991
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, St. Mary's/Texas Tech Law School, San Antonio, 1994
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, Texas Trial Lawyers, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1994
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, Texas Trial Lawyers 5th Annual Medical Malpractice Conference, Houston, 1994
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Florida, 1994
Expert Witnesses and Evidence, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, San Francisco, 1996
The Opening Statement, State Bar of Texas Institute Ultimate Trial Notebook, State Bar Convention, San Antonio, 1989
The Opening Statement, Dallas, 1990
The Opening Statement, Houston, 1991
The Opening Statement, Corpus Christi, 1992
The Opening Statement, Fort Worth, 1993
The Opening Statement, Austin, 1994
The Opening Statement, University of Houston Advanced Medical Malpractice Litigation Conference, Houston, 1989
The Opening Statement, ATLA, Ultimate Trial Advocacy Course, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990
The Opening Statement, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Trial Techniques Program, Houston, 1991
The Opening Statement, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1991
The Opening Statement, California Trial Lawyers Association, Lake Tahoe, 1993
The Opening Statement, South Texas College of Law, 1994
The Opening Statement, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Family Law Institute, San Antonio, 1994
The Opening Statement, Litigation Training Program, State Bar of Texas, Austin, 1996
The Opening Statement, University of Texas Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, 1996
The Opening Statement, Health Law Section, University of Houston College of Law, Houston, 1996
The Opening Statement, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Trial Advocacy for Winners, Houston, 1997
Persuasion, State Bar of Texas Institute on Persuasive Techniques, Houston and El Paso, 1989
Persuasion, University of Houston College of Law, Houston, 1989
Persuasion, Harris County Bar Association, Houston, 1989
Persuasion, ATLA, Rising Star Seminar, New Orleans, 1990
Persuasion, Texas Trial Lawyers, Litigation Techniques, Houston, 1990
Persuasion, Montana Trial Lawyers Association, Big Fork, Montana, 1991
Persuasion, Advanced Civil Trial, State Bar of Texas, Houston, 1991
Persuasion, The Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, Amelia Island, Florida, 1993
Persuasion, ATLA Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, 1993
Persuasion, Alabama Trial Lawyers 43rd Annual Mid-Winter Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, 1995
Persuasion, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Montana, 1995
Persuasion, TTLA Advanced Personal Injury Seminar, Dallas, 1995
Persuasion, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, 1997
Persuasion, Advanced Trial Skills, Orlando, Florida, 1997
Persuasion, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Overcoming Jury Bias, 1997
Miscellaneous: "Torts and the Family", State Bar Advanced Family Law Course, Houston, 1978
"Legal Considerations of the Plaintiff in Injury Cases Regarding Judgments", Houston Bar Association Institute on Judgments, Houston, 1982
"The Most Unpopular Person in Town--The Plaintiff's Trial Lawyer", New Mexico Trial Lawyers, Albuquerque, 1995
"Creating a Powerful Closing Argument", 8th Annual Advanced DTPA/Consumer/Insurance Law Course, San Antonio, 1995

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Alumnus-University of Houston College of Law, 1977
Recipient, First Clarence Darrow Award, 2005
The Best Lawyers in America, 1983 - Present
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Member, International Society of Barristers
Member, The Inner Circle of Advocates

Professional Associations and Memberships

Texas Bar Association, 1976
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
International Society of Barristers
Inner Circle of Advocates
The Law Science Academy
National Health Lawyers Association
American Board of Trial Advocates
American College of Legal Medicine
National Board of Trial Advocacy
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys
Civil Justice Foundation
Houston Bar Association, Director, 1967 - 1968
Houston Law Review, Director
University of Houston Law Alumni Association, Secretary/Treasurer
Advisory Board to the Health Law and Policy Institute
University of Houston College of Law
A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute
Gulf Coast Legal Foundation, Director, 1996 - 1997
Houston Bar Foundation
Texas Bar Foundation
State Bar of Texas, Grievance Committee, 1969 - 1971
State Bar of Texas, Professional Ethics Committee, 1984 - 1985
State Bar of Texas, Special Committee on Professionalism, 1988 - 1989
State Bar of Texas, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1988 - 1989
State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge III Revision, 1988 - 1994
State Bar of Texas, Judicial Qualifications Committee, 1988 - 1994
State Bar of Texas Qualification, Tenure and Compensation of State Judiciary, 1988 - 1989
Houston Medical Legal Society, President, 1995
Texas Trial Lawyers Committee on Medical Malpractice
American Association for Justice, Committees on Qualities of Science in the Courtroom and Birth Trauma
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1995 - 1996
Houston Bar Association, Chairman, Outstanding Committee, 1974 - 1975
American Board of Trial Advocates, Houston Chapter, President, 1984
Houston Bar Association Supreme Court of Texas, 1963
American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys, Charter Member and Diplomat, 1976