James K. Spivey
Top rated Eminent Domain attorney in San Antonio, Texas
Practice Areas:
Eminent Domain
Education Qualification:
The University of Texas School of Law
Practice Areas:
Eminent domain
9601 McAllister Freeway, Suite 130San Antonio, Texas, 78216
First Admitted: 1995, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.spivaltx.com/jim_spivey
Bar/Professional Activity:
- United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association, 2012 – Present
- San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, Director, 2000-2002
- Texas, 1995
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- State Bar of Texas, Council of Chairs, Vice Chair, 2002-2003
- San Antonio Bar Association, 1995 – Present
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Director, 2008-2011
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- William S. Sessions American Inn of Court, Member, 2002-2010
- State Bar of Texas, Antitrust and Business Litigation Section, Chair, 2002-2003
- Defense Counsel of San Antonio, Director, 1999-2003
Pro bono/Community Service:
- San Antonio Bar Foundation
Honors/Awards:
- S.A. Lawyers: Best of 2014 (Eminent Domain, Business Litigation, Real Estate Litigation) a publication of the San Antonio Scene Magazine
- S.A. Lawyers: Best of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (Eminent Domain) a publication of the San Antonio Scene Magazine
- Selection for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers – 2017 – Eminent Domain, a Thomson Reuters Service
- Chambers USA, Leader in their Field, 2006-2007 and 2009-2012
- Selection for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2004; 2014-2018 –Commercial Litigation, a Thomson Reuters Service
- Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent TM Peer Review Rating
- Selection for inclusion in 2017 Best Lawyers in America – Commercial Litigation, a publication by Woodward/White, Inc. (honored consecutively since 2010)
- S.A. Lawyers: Best of 2018 (Eminent Domain, Business Litigation, Commercial Litigation) a publication of the San Antonio Scene Magazine, 2018
Educational Background:
- Texas A&M University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1992
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- “Cross Examination of Experts In Eminent Domain Cases” (CLE International, 2013 Annual Eminent Domain/Condemnation Seminar, Austin, Texas, March 2013)
- "Eminent Domain and Compensation," Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Ag Law in the Field Podcast, hosted by Tiffany Dowell Lashmet
- "Texas Tour: Preparing for Condemnation and Protecting Your Property Rights" (with Soledad Valenciano, Refugio, San Antonio, Brackettville, Cotulla and Alice, Texas, November 2019)
- "Eminent Domain for Texas Land Owners" (Texas Farm Credit Lunch and Learn Seminar, Gonzales, Texas, August 2019)
- "Eminent Domain for Texas Land Owners" (Texas Farm Credit Lunch and Learn Seminar, Pleasanton, Texas, August 2019)
- "Because It's Your Land" (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service seminar series “Owning Your Piece of Texas: Top Laws Texas Landowners Need to Know," Palo Alto College, San Antonio, Texas, June 2019)
- "Texas Tour: How to Protect Your Rights When Facing Eminent Domain," (with Soledad Valenciano New Braunfels, McAllen, Round Rock, 2018)
- "Protecting Your Land from TxDOT" (with Soledad Valenciano, Schertz, Texas, December 2017)
- "TxDOT and SH 46" (with Soledad Valenciano, Bulverde, Texas, February 2017)
- "Because It's Your Land," (with Soledad Valenciano, Goliad, Texas, June 2016)
- "AEP Texas: PUC Routing and Eminent Domain" (with Soledad Valenciano, Goliad, Texas, July 2015)
- “Towers, Trenches and TxDot: Strategies from the Landowner’s Perspective” (with Jim Spivey to San Antonio Real Estate Discussion Group, January 2012)
- “Recent Developments in Eminent Domain Proceedings” (with Jim Spivey at 10th Annual Gas and Power Institute, Houston, Texas, September 2011)
- “Coming Soon to a Town Near You: Eminent Domain, the CREZ Project, the Shale Oil and Gas Boom and Other Takings” (with Jim Spivey to San Antonio Bar Association Natural Resources Section, September 2011)
Industry Groups:
- Oil & Gas Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
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