James L Branton

Branton & Hall, PC

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Attorney James Branton is a Member of Branton & Hall, PC, a law firm in San Antonio, TX. As a lawyer in San Antonio, Texas, attorney Branton serves Bexar County, as well as clients throughout Texas.

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Areas of Practice

Aviation And Aerospace
Personal Injury

Products Liability

Contact Information

Phone: (210) 224-4474
Fax: (210) 224-1928

Admitted to Practice Law

1962, Texas; 1970, US Supreme Court and US Court of Military Appeals; US Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; US District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas

Education

College: US Air Force Academy; University of Texas at Austin, BA, 1961
Law School: University of Texas at Austin, JD, 1962
Graduated Law School: 1962

Professional Memberships

San Antonio (President, 1982-1983) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1994-1996) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Director, 1984-1987, President-Elect, 1993-1994, President, 1994-1995); Texas Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1975-1976); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member: Board of Governors, 1976-1979 and 1981-1982; Executive Committee, 1978-1979 and 1981-1982); William S. Sessions Inn, American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench, 1986-1992); San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1973-1974); Founding Member of Texas-Mexico Bar Association, 1994; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Catholic Lawyers' Guild; Fifth Circuit Bar Association. Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation (Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1989-1990); Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chair, 1996-1998); International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, San Antonio Chapter, 1990-1991); International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.

Biographical Information

Phi Eta Sigma; Pi Sigma Alpha; Phi Delta Phi. Associate Editor, University of Texas Law Review, 1961-1962. Recipient: "Trial Lawyer of the Year" Award, 1994, Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Selected top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, 2003, Texas Monthly magazine (only personal injury trial lawyer from San Antonio selected among Top 100). Featured in Texas Bar Foundation's "Concurrent Interests," March 1992. Featured on Cover of San Antonio Monthly Magazine, January, 1991. Listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" in Personal Injury. Author of over 100 articles delivered at CLE seminars. Speaker and Mock Mediation Participant, Texas ABOTA Seminar for Mexican Lawyers and Judges, Monterrey, Mexico, 1994. Co-Author: of 10 Volume Trial Lawyer's Series, Knowles Publishing, Inc. (1981-1992). Co-Editor, Federal Practice Guide, Lawyers Coop. (1996). Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, St. Mary's Law School, 1982-1983. Chairman, Lawyers Involved for Texas, 1973-1974. Director, 1986—, and Member, Executive Committee, 1989—, Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange. Member, State Bar Grievance Committee, 1973-1977; Participant, Million Dollar Arguments, Professional Techniques Library; Pattern Jury Charge Committee, 1977-1981, Drafters of Volume 3, Pattern Jury Charge, including Products Liability and Medical Malpractice; Chairman, State Bar Liaison Committee with Texas Medical Association, 1979-1980; Texas Supreme Court Rules of Evidence Committee that drafted the Texas Code of Evidence; Texas Supreme Court Committee that drafted the "Texas Lawyer's Creed: A Mandate for Professionalism," 1989. Treasurer and Trustee, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, 1990-1993; Trustee, 1996-2000. Director, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1990-1993. Member, Joint Committee of Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel which drafted Professionalism Code adopted by both organizations, 1989. Founding Member, National Board of Trial A

Born: Albany, Texas, April 19, 1938
Military Service: U.S.A.F.R., J.A.G.C., active duty, 1962-1965, 1968