ERHARD & JENNINGS
A Professional Corporation


Our Attorneys
James Albert Jennings

"AV" PEER-REVIEW RATED FOR OVER 25 YEARS CONSECUTIVELY.

Born
Patras, Greece, May 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1980, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma; 2009.

Education: University of Texas (B.A., with high honors, 1975; J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa (junior year); Phi Eta Sigma. Junior Fellow, University of Texas, 1973. Instructor, Legal Interviewing, University of Texas Law School, 1978.

Speaker:
CLE Seminars; The Entrepreneur in a Small Firm Context, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, 1985; American Bar Association, 1986.

Member:
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association (Member, Corporate Counsel Section, 1990-2005; Officer, 2000-2004; Chairman, 2004-2005; Member, Legal Ethics Committee, 1983, 1999-2001; Officer, Employment Law Section, 2002-2005); State Bar of Texas (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section). (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1995).

Languages: Spanish and Greek.

Practice Areas:
Employment Law Litigation, including Executive Termination, Sexual Harassment, Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Human Resources, Wrongful Termination, etc.; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Probate Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Construction Law; Real Estate Litigation; Family Law; Intellectual Property; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Legal Malpractice.

Email: jjennings@erhardjennings.com or jajennings@aol.com

Kenneth B. Tomlinson

Born Lakewood, Ca. 1961; admitted to the bar, 1987, Texas; Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 

Education: University of Houston Law Center (1987, Order of the Barons; Associate Editor of Law Review); University of California at Los Angeles (B.S. 1984; Blue Key; Manager of UCLA Varsity Basketball Team). 

Member: Dallas Bar Association (litigation section); Texas Bar Association (litigation section). 

Practice Areas: Complex business/commercial litigation; construction, energy, toxic tort, insurance and banking litigation.

Email: ktomlinson@erhardjennings.com or ken_tomlinson@sbcglobal.net

Susan Jane Stedman Jennings (Of counsel)

Born Providence, Rhode Island, June 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas.

Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1974); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1978); Southern Methodist University (LL.M., Taxation, 1985). Phi Delta Phi.

Editor: Trial of Employment Torts. Co-Author: "ERISA and the Surety Bond," 1995.

Member: Dallas (President, Corporate Counsel Section, 1996-1997; Member, Board of Directors, Probate and Trust Section, 1981-1983) and American (Member: Sections on: Tort and Insurance Practices Law; TIPS Publication Editorial Board, 1993-; Taxation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI).

Practice Areas:
Employment Law; Insurance; Corporate Law; ERISA Litigation.

Email: ejfirm@erhardjennings.com