Trusted Litigation For Clients Throughout The Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area For Two Decades

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James Joseph Doyle III

  • Founder and Partner

Contact Me:

  • Contracts
  • Civil Litigation
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration
  • Partition
  • Business and Commercial Controversies
  • Real Estate Disputes

Biography

Experience and Accomplishments

Successful defenses of international electronics manufacture in products liability litigation involving claims that products caused fires and ensuing property loss via summary judgment and, on another occasion, negotiated settlement

Successful defense of international corporation in premises liability action via special exceptions, prior to the expenditure of significant defense costs

Successful settlement reached for employer in claims brought under the federal Fair Legal Standards Act alleging unpaid overtime

Successful defense of national charitable organization in various personal injury lawsuits

Successful defense of local construction companies and general contractors in various lawsuits alleging fault relating to workplace injuries

Obtained defense verdict for client, a professional engineer, in residential construction defect suit

Successful prosecution of multi-million dollar subrogation action between various insurance companies, receiving favorable settlement for client

Successful prosecution of bad faith claim against insurer via substantial settlement

Defended health supplement manufacturer in products liability litigation

Handled defense of insurance companies in multimillion dollar coverage disputes

Lead attorney in complex copyright litigation

Personally investigated, drafted, and successfully filed complex patent litigation claim

Successfully defended corporation in trademark lawsuit, achieving favorable settlement via mediation

In a Collin County trial, after the verdict was read by the Judge, but before dismissal of the jury and parties, the Judge stepped down from bench, came to Plaintiff's table, and personally shook James' hand, congratulating him on a job well done and for being the first attorney in the particular Judge's Court to successfully prosecute a personal injury case

Representation Experience

  • First chair trial experience in Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin County State District Courts
  • First chair arbitration experience in commercial disputes including those involving residential construction defect as well as employment related and contractual disputes
  • Successfully briefed and argued numerous motions before various Texas courts
  • Litigated complex multimillion dollar trademark and copyright disputes
  • First chaired countless mediations
  • Appellate briefing experience and oral argument experience

Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas
    • J.D. - 2002
    • Honors: cum laude
  • Southern Methodist University Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas
    • Masters of Theological Studies - 2000
    • Honors: Dean's List
  • CFN Bible Institute, Dallas, Texas
    • Practical Degree in Theology - 1994
  • Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
    • B.A. - 1992
    • Honors: Dean's List
    • Major: Economics and Communication

Bar Admission

  • Texas, 2002
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2003
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2003
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2003
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2003
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 2007

Honors

  • Texas Rising Stars - 2010
  • Texas Rising Stars - 2009
  • Texas Rising Stars - 2007
  • SuperLawyers - 2007

Classes & Seminars

  • Emerging Issues in Commercial Property Insurance, Cooper & Scully PC, 2007
  • An Overview of Intellectual Property Rights, Cooper & Scully PC, 2007

Past Positions

  • The Doyle Law Firm, Owner, 2009-2019
  • Cash, Klemchuck, Powers, Taylor, Associate Attorney, 2007 to 2009
  • Cooper & Scully PC, Associate Attorney, 2002 to 2007
  • CDI Corporation, Account Executive, 1995 to 1999

Fraternities or Sororities

  • Phi Delta Phi
  • Phi Kappa Alpha

Professional Associations

  • Dallas Bar Association, Member, 2002 to 2008
  • Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, Member, 2002 to Present
  • Phi Delta Phi