James M. Garner
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James M. Garner
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.Total Records: 1Biography
Mr. Garner, a Member of the firm is a trial lawyer specializing in commercial, complex and class action litigation. He has been lead counsel in cases in New Mexico, California, West Virginia, Kansas, Arizona, Indiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, involving litigation ranging from insurance coverage, asbestos exposure, benzene exposure, mass closings of big box retailers, noise pollution, commercial, banking, bankruptcy and financial litigation. He is admitted to practice before the federal courts in Arkansas and all courts in Texas and Louisiana. He serves as regional counsel for several companies.
Mr. Garner has extensive appellate argument experience by regularly arguing before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, the Louisiana Courts of Appeal and the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was unanimously appointed by the Tulane Faculty to Adjunct Professor of Law in the Fall 2020 semester, and teaches Advanced Appellate Advocacy at Tulane University School of Law, along with Contemporary Issues in Legal Ethics in the Spring Semester.
While attending Tulane Law School, Mr. Garner served as a member of the Board of Editors for 1987-1988 and managing editor of the Tulane Law Review for 1988-1989. He is also a member of the Order of the Coif. As an undergraduate at Tulane, he was a member of the Tau Beta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, Omega Chi Epsilon, and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary societies.
Professional and civic activities include: American (member); Louisiana (member) and Federal (Director, Membership Chair, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, President Elect and Vice-President, President and National Council Delegate, member) Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute (member); Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (member); Louisiana Bankers Association (member); Holy Cross High School (Board Member); Our Lady of Holy Cross College (Development Board); Tulane University (Admissions Council and Externship Committee); Tulane Law Review Board of Advisory Editors; St. Catherine of Siena Cub Scout Pack 230 Den Leader.
Bar Admission
Louisiana, 1989
Texas, 1994
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana, 1989
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana, 1989
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana, 1989
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1992
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas, 1992
U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas, 1992
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1989
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2018
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 2017
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2009
Federal Claims Court, 2006
U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
Other Affiliations
Forekids Foundation Board of Directors, Member, 2020 to Present
Tulane Law School, 2020 - Present (Adjunct Professor of Law)
Tulane Law School, 2014 - 2020 (Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law)
Louisiana Bar Foundation, 2016 - 2017 (Education Committee)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2009 - 2010 (Immediate Past President and National Council Delegate)
Tulane Alumni Association Board, 2009 - Present (Board Member)
Class Action, Mass Tort & Complex Litigation Section -- Louisiana State Bar Association, 2009 - Present (Vice Chair)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2008 - 2009 (President and National Council Delegate)
Fore!kids Foundation, September 29, 2011 - Present (Associate Member)
Xavier University of Louisiana, 2007 - 2011 (Board of Trustees)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2007 - 2008 (President-Elect and First Vice-President)
Xavier University Board of Visitors, 2006 - Present (Member)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2006 - 2007 (Treasurer)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2005 - 2006 (Recording Secretary)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2004 - 2005 (Membership Chair)
Federal Bar Association, New Orleans Chapter, 2001 - Present (Director)
Tulane Law Review Board of Advisory Editors, 2001 - Present
Holy Cross High School, 1997 - 2004 (Director)
American Lung Association of Louisiana, 1998 - 2002 (Director)
Tulane University Internship Committee, 1991 - Present
Tulane University Admissions Committee, 1991 - Present
Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Environmental Quality Counsel
Hazardous Waste and Solid Waste Subcommittees
Environmental Law Committee for the Defense Research Institute
Our Lady of Holy Cross University Internship Committee
A.P. Tureaud American Inn of Court
Fellow, Louisiana Bar Foundation
Achievements
- Other Sources of Feedback About James M. Garner
- Included on the 2023 Louisiana
Past Lists
- 2022 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2011 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2010 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2009 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2008 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
- 2007 Louisiana Super Lawyers list
Education
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Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1989 J.D.
Honors: magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Law Review: Tulane Law Review, , 1987 - 1989
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Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1986 B.S.E.
Honors: summa cum laude, Valedictorian, With Honors, Major: Chemical Engineering
Honers
- Louisiana Super Lawyers (2007-2023), recognized in the New Orleans Top 50 (2013-2023), and Louisiana Top 50 (2007-2023)
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigator in America, 2022
- Best Lawyers in America since 2006 with special designations, during 2023 or a prior year, in Appellate Practice, Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law, Litigation – Construction, Litigation – Environmental, Litigation – Securities, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions, Medical Malpractice Law, Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law, 2021-2022
- Chambers and Partners 2007 - 2020 USA Rankings in Litigation – Key Individuals: “Market commentators consider James Garner of Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert LLC to be “phenomenally responsive” and a “strong advocate” for his clients. He has a solid trial practice with extensive experience defending clients at state and federal level."
- Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2006-2022
- Lawdragon Legend, 2016
- Lawdragon's 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know
- New Orleans Magazine, Top Lawyers, 2016
- Global Law Experts Oil & Gas Tort Litigation Attorney of the Year in the USA
- Top Rated Lawyer for Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Martindale-Hubbell, 2013
- Benchmark: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, Local Litigation Star
- Gerson Lehrman Group, GLG Leader
- New Orleans City Business Power Generation
- New Orleans City Business Leadership in Law Honoree
- Top Rated Lawyer for Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources, Martindale-Hubbell
- 2023 Best Lawyers Award