Jim Richardson handles complex civil litigation and has done so throughout his professional career. A very active trial lawyer, his practice includes partnership and shareholder disputes, construction defects, fiduciary and probate litigation, and contract and tort claims. Jim is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is also Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 2005, he has served on the Board of Examiners of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a Division of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification. He has twice authored advanced evidence examinations for the certification of civil trial specialists by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, including the 2009 national examination. He has served on the faculty of the Advanced Civil Trial Course of the State Bar of Texas and similar programs on topics of evidence and trial advocacy. In 2005, he was named a Master in the Robert W. Calvert Chapter of the American Inns of Court. A graduate of UCLA, Jim was Editor-in-Chief of the Tulsa Law Review and named Outstanding Law Graduate by the Oklahoma Bar Association. Practicing in Austin since 1985, he was formerly with Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP in Houston, Texas.