Jim Aycock is a trial attorney whose practice includes a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts, as well as domestic and international arbitrations, for both plaintiffs and defendants. Jim’s practice focuses primarily on financial litigation, energy matters, real estate disputes, and general business disputes. Jim commonly represents national and regional banks, private and publicly-held energy companies, as well as private corporations and partnerships. Jim’s broad based litigation practice allows him to understand the client’s business and practices in a wide range of industries. In financial litigation, his experience includes intercreditor disputes, lien enforcement, complex collection matters, lender liability claims, and asset seizures for various financial institutions and mezzanine lenders. Jim’s financial legal acumen is complimented by his previous career as Vice President at Compass Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, where he provided lending, investment and trust services to commercial and private banking clients. Jim’s energy litigation experience includes upstream disputes such as surface owner claims, lease and gas purchase contract interpretation, AMI disputes, operator removal and royalty disputes. Other commercial litigation matters include complicated partnership disputes and business tort litigation as well as premises and product liability cases. Additionally, Jim is a certified mediator, having completed his mediation training at the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center. FINANCIAL ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL GENERAL COMMERCIAL “The Painfully Slow Return to Commercial Jury Trials“, AM Law Alert, March 2020 “The Often Forgotten, but Extremely Powerful Real Estate Broker’s Lien,” AM Monthly Law Alert, October 2019 “Limitation Waivers – Exactly How Specific Does “Specific” Need to Be?” AM Monthly Law Alert, May 2019 “Foreign Cos. Can Escape ERG Suit, Texas High Court Says,” Law360Houston Trial Attorney, Business Litigation Lawyer - Jim D. Aycock
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