James Kennedy

James B. Kennedy was born in El Paso in 1968 and has been practicing law since 1994. He is certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, an honor held by fewer than 3% of Texas attorneys. He is licensed in five states: Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada, and has tried cases in Texas and New Mexico state courts as well as United States federal courts. His practice covers serious injury and death cases, including automobile accidents, truck and commercial vehicle wrecks, defective product claims, workplace injuries (including construction and oil and gas refinery accidents), and wrongful death. He earned a B.A. with Special Honors in History and Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, and a J.D. Cum Laude from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1994. He has served as President of the American Board of Trial Advocates El Paso chapter and has been recognized by Super Lawyers every year since 2011. He has secured millions of dollars in personal injury settlements, including a $6.5 million wrongful death settlement in an industrial accident and multiple seven-figure recoveries in trucking and defective-tire cases. The firm is bilingual and serves clients throughout west Texas, southern and northern New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada.