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About Jim Hart

Jim Hart is a partner at Williams Hart & Boundas and a native Texan with decades of experience representing individuals wrongfully injured by negligent corporations. He graduated with honors from Texas Tech School of Law in 1991 and has built an impressive record of courtroom victories involving toxic torts, product liability, trucking collisions, and work-related injuries and deaths, with many cases involving fires and explosions at chemical plants and refineries. Jim was a four-year football letterman at Texas Tech University and served as Co-Captain his senior year, values he says carry into his approach to client representation. He believes strongly in client involvement as a component of case success and strives to ensure clients feel informed throughout the process.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$12.45 millionVerdict

Jim Hart won a $12.45 million jury verdict for a Houston couple severely injured when a New Prime tractor-trailer rear-ended their sedan on I-45, though the Texas Supreme Court later reversed on procedural grounds and remanded for a new trial.

129th District Court of Harris County, Texas (Alonzo v. John, No. 14-20-00148-CV, affirmed Fourteenth Court of Appeals March 29, 2022) · 2019Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Texas Tech School of Law
J.D., 1991
Texas Tech University
Undergraduate, 1983

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Texas

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Sutliff & Stout
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$6.09 million · Wrongful Death Truck Case Settles for $6.09 Million, Ranked Ninth Among All Texas Settlements in 2019