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

James K. Spivey