Partner, Austin

Practice Description

James E. Cousar focuses his practice on regulatory and corporate dispute resolution, land use planning and municipal law, state regulatory matters, oil and gas litigation, and federal and state ethics laws and campaign finance regulation.

Representations

• Represented City of Austin in public-private downtown and airport redevelopment projects

• Represented publicly traded multinational oil company in major arbitration

• Provides advice to officeholders, candidates, and corporate political committees on compliance with campaign finance laws

• Counsels and represents major landowners and lenders on development agreements and land use regulations

• Represented acetylene manufacturer in negotiated revisions to city siting ordinance

Distinctions/Honors

• Texas Super Lawyers^® by Thomson Reuters (Land Use/Zoning, International, Administrative Law); 2003-2004, 2008-2009

Press Releases/In the News

• "Rental car companies combining to build consolidated facility near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport," Austin Business Journal; July 30, 2010
  

• "New parking garage at airport?," Austin-American Statesman; March 03, 2010
  

Presentations/Publications

• Client Alert: Impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Decision, How Smart Businesses Can Lawfully Affect Political Campaigns, June 08, 2010
  

• "Anatomy of International Arbitration," Thompson & Knight Annual Energy Industry Symposium, 2009
  

Activities

• Member, American Bar Association

• Member, State Bar of Texas; Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section; Administrative & Public Law Section