James R. Harris
Position: Senior Partner
Contact: jharris@harris-greenwell.com
Born:
Crawfordsville, Indiana, May 9, 1931
Education:
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana(B.S. 1953)
Legal Education:
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (LL.B. 1959)
Honors:
Winner, Moot Court Competition, University of Texas, 1957-58
Best Lawyers in America® (Commercial Litigation)
Super Lawyer® 2004
Martindale Hubbell® (AV)
Admitted to Practice:
All trial and appellate courts of the State of Texas (1959)
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Court of Appeals—5th Circuit
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Professional Memberships:
State Bar of Texas
Nueces County Bar Association
Corpus Christi Bar Association
Member, American College of Trial Lawyers
Professional Experience:
HARRIS & GREENWELL f/k/a HARRIS & GREENWELL, L.L.P.,
Corpus Christi, Texas
HARRIS & THOMAS, Corpus Christi, Texas
Area of Practice:
Civil Trial and Appellate Practice
Andrew M. Greenwell
Position: Managing Partner
Contact: agreenwell@harris-greenwell.com
Born:
Caracas, Venezuela, November 5, 1959
Education:
University of Texas, Austin, Texas
School of Engineering (B.S.M.E. 1981)
Graduate School of Business (M.B.A. 1988)
Legal Education:
Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
J.D. 1992, Magna Cum Laude
Class Rank: No. 2
Honors:
1st Place, Moot Corp Competition, University of Texas, 1984
Southwestern Law Journal (1991-92)
SMU Law Review Association Managing Editor (1991-92)
Order of the Coif (1992)
Barristers Service Organization (1992)
Best Lawyers in America® (2005-10) (Commercial Litigation)
Best Lawyers in U.S. (2009)
Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) (2010)
Member Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2010)
Member Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum (2010)
Martindale Hubbell® (BV)
Admitted to Practice:
All trial and appellate courts of the State of Texas (1992)
U. S. Supreme Court (2000)
U. S. Court of Appeals—5th Circuit (1998)
U. S. Court of Appeals—6th Circuit (2006)
U. S. District Court, Southern District of Texas (1993)
U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas (2000)
U. S. District Court, District of Columbia (2000)
Professional Memberships:
State Bar of Texas
Bar Association for the Fifth Circuit
Nueces County Bar Association
Corpus Christi Bar Association
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Member, Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Editors, Corpus Christi Lawyer (2005-2006)
Non Legal Experience:
MBank, Dallas, Texas
Credit Trainee and Loan Officer (1984-1987)
First National Bank, Corpus Christi, Texas (1987-1989)
Vice President
Professional Experience:
HARRIS & GREENWELL, f/k/a HARRIS & GREENWELL, L.L.P.,
Corpus Christi, Texas
HARRIS & THOMAS, Corpus Christi, Texas
Area of Practice:
Civil Trial and Appellate Practice
Languages:
Fluent in Spanish
(Photographs by Dustin Ashcraft)