Jim Mitchell

About

Jim Mitchell has extensive experience in representing clients seeking to recover damages in significant personal injury and wrongful death cases. Before joining Andy Payne in 2007, Jim was a partner in other major personal injury firms in the Dallas area. He started his career at a large defense firm, but quickly found that his passion was in helping injured claimants rather than insurance companies, so he began representing victims in 1991. Jim’s practice areas include product liability, medical malpractice, general negligence, nursing home negligence and class actions. His years of experience have made him adept at helping clients deal with not only the legal issues but also the personal challenges that come with a life-changing event. Over the course of his 30 years as a trial lawyer, he has handled all types of catastrophic injury and death cases and tried dozens to jury verdict. He has achieved several landmark verdicts including a 38 million dollar verdict against General Motors for a defective airbag case — the first of its kind in the country. And, another monumental case against Honda for a defective seatbelt that resulted in his client being a quadriplegia. Jim received a 36 million dollar verdict against Honda which was the first ever verdict with a roof mounted retractable double latch seatbelt system. Jim has proved that he is willing to take a case to court in order to bring justice to injured victims, and has helped hundreds of families in serious cases over his profession. Jim is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law, a designation only a small number of lawyers achieve by taking cases to court. He is also licensed in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He is a statewide leader of the Plaintiff’s trial bar, previously serving as the president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and as president of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association. TTLA exists to protect the 7th Amendment and the right to trial by jury with a vision that everyone deserves access to our courts. Jim is also a member of the prestigious national trial lawyer organization, American Board of Trial Advocates. His leadership in the trial bar is unmatched. Jim is a member of the Dallas Bar Association, the American Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and the American Association for Justice. He has been a Director of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (1998-2014) and a Director and Fellow of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (1999-2014). Jim has been elected President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (2015), Treasurer of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (2014-2015), has been on the TTLA Executive Committee for the last several years, and has been Chair of Continuing Legal Education for TTLA since 2011. He is a highly regarded speaker and has made influential presentations at universities, foundations and other legal organizations, as well as publishing articles in a number of professional journals. He has served on the State Bar Grievance Committee and as Chair for numerous Bar Association committees. Jim has been selected as a Texas Monthly Texas Super Lawyer every year since its inception in 2003, an honor less than 5% of lawyers statewide receive. He has also been selected as one of the best lawyers in Dallas by D Magazine several years and for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America®. Over the last three years, Jim has served as the Chairman of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Continuing Legal Education Committee. In that position, Jim is in charge of organizing all legal education for members of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association statewide and has chaired and moderated numerous legal seminars and conferences across the country.

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