2011 Super Lawyers Pro Bono Award
Attorney Profile

James R. Boston, Jr.

James Boston, Jr.

Boston & Hughes, P.C.
8584 Katy Freeway, Suite 310
Houston, TX 77024

Houston

Texas (TX)

Contact Contact James R. Boston, Jr.
T: 713-961-1122
F: 713-965-0883

Visit: www.bostonhughes.com
Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice (80%), Professional Liability: Defense (10%), Civil Litigation Defense (10%)

Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice

Professional Liability: Defense

Civil Litigation Defense

Profile

For nearly 30 years, Mr. Boston has defended physicians in medical liability cases. He also represents them before the state medical board. He is AV-rated, an ABOTA member, and a Texas Bar Foundation and Houston Bar Foundation fellow. He is in The Best Lawyers in America, Texas' Best Lawyers, the Texas Super Lawyers list, H Texas Magazine's Houston's Top Lawyers, H Magazine's Top 100, A.M. Best's Directory, and is listed among Newsweek's top attorneys. His firm is in U.S. News-Best Lawyer's First Tier of Houston Medical Malpractice defense firms, 2010 and 2011.  He has spoken at law schools and seminars on medical liability issues.

Selected To

Texas Super Lawyers 2011
Texas Super Lawyers 2010
Texas Super Lawyers 2009
Texas Super Lawyers 2008

About James Boston, Jr.

Admitted: 1982, Texas

Professional Webpage: www.bostonhughes.com/attorneys.htm

Honors and Awards:

  • Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow.  Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow.  Member, College of the State Bar of Texas.  Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Listed in Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminant Lawyers.  Listed among H-Magazine's Top Lawyers. Listed in H-Magazine's Top 100. Listed in A.M. Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys.  Listed in Who's Who in American Law. His firm is in U.S. News-Best Lawyer's First Tier of Houston Medical Malpractice defense firms, 2010 and 2011.

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • State Bar of Texas, College of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association, American Board of Trial Advocates, Defense Research Institute. Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Attorney-Mediator Institute

Educational Background:

  • University of Texas at Austin, BA      South Texas College of Law, JD
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