Jim Sales, the former head of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Litigation Department, is currently of counsel in the firm's Houston office. During his 47 years with the firm, his practice has concentrated on litigation of all types, with a heavy emphasis in tort-related litigation matters.  For the last 20 years, he has devoted his practice to defense of a variety of complex products liability cases. He has handled and tried numerous general liability, products liability, and general commercial liability cases in both the state and federal courts.

• The Texas Supreme Court's Access to Justice Commission, Chair
• American Bar Association
  • House of Delegates (1981-2003)
  • Committee on Products, General Liability and Consumer Law, Former Vice-Chair 
• American Bar Foundation, Sustaining Member and Former State Chair
• State Bar of Texas, Former Chair of the Board, and Past President
• Texas Bar Foundation - Board of Trustees, Sustaining Member and Former Chair
• Houston Bar Association, Former President and Member of Board of Directors
• Houston Bar Foundation, First Chair of the Board
• Executive Council of the National Conference of Bar Presidents
• Southern Conference of Bar Presidents
• American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow 
• The American College of Trial Lawyers, State Chair (1994 to 1997)  
• International Association of Defense Counsel, Active Member
• Defense Research Institute (DRI), Active Member
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Former Member 
• Texas Law Review Association, Past President and Former Director 
• The South Texas School of Law Board of Trustees, Trustee (1982 to 2005) 

• National Conference of Bar Presidents’ Fellows Award (2007)
• The Best Lawyers in America
• Who's Who in the World
• Who's Who in America
• Who's Who in American Law
• "Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award," University of Texas Law School (2005) 
• State Bar of Texas
  • "President's Award" (2005)
  • "Judge Sam Williams Award" for overall outstanding contributions to the profession (1995)
  • "Presidential Citation" for developing Planned Giving (1995)
  • "Gene Cavin Award" for outstanding performance of statewide continuing legal education (1989)
• Houston Bar Association
  • "President's and Board of Director's Award" for outstanding contributions to the Bar, the profession and the community (1984)
  • Texas Center for Legal Ethics & HBA Award for Professional Excellence (2000)
• "Leon Green Award," Texas Law Review Association  (2004)
• "One of the one hundred Legal Legends in Texas," Texas Lawyer (1992)

In addition to speaking and writing on litigation and liability issues, Mr. Sales has published in excess of 40 law review and legal treatise articles. Among these are:

• Co-Author, Texas Torts and Remedies, Six-Volume Series, Matthew Bender & Co. (1986) (and Supp.)
• "Product Liability Law in Texas", Houston Law Review, 1985

1960 - LL.B., The University of Texas School of Law
1956 - B.S., HIstory and English, The University of Texas

Mr. Sales was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1960. While in law school, Mr. Sales was a member of the Texas Law Review, the Order of the Coif, and Phi Delta Phi.