MEET THE TEAM
James Albert Jennings
"AV" PEER-REVIEW RATED FOR OVER 25 YEARS IN A ROW
Born: Patras, Greece.
Bar Admission: Texas 1978.
Courts: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for Northern and Eastern District of Texas.
Education: University of Texas (B.A. with high honors 1975; J.D.1978). Phi Beta Kappa (junior year); Phi Eta Sigma. Junior Fellow. 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.
Legal Organizations: Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1995.
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association (Corporate Counsel Section - Member 1990-2005, Officer 2000-2004, Chairman 2004-2005; Legal Ethics Committee - Member 1999-2001; Employment Law Section - Officer 2002-2005); State Bar of Texas (Labor and Employment Law Section Member).
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.
Born: Patras, Greece.
Bar Admission: Texas 1978.
Courts: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court for Northern and Eastern District of Texas.
Education: University of Texas (B.A. with high honors 1975; J.D.1978). Phi Beta Kappa (junior year); Phi Eta Sigma. Junior Fellow. 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.
Legal Organizations: Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1995.
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation; American Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association (Corporate Counsel Section - Member 1990-2005, Officer 2000-2004, Chairman 2004-2005; Legal Ethics Committee - Member 1999-2001; Employment Law Section - Officer 2002-2005); State Bar of Texas (Labor and Employment Law Section Member).
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.
Kenneth B. Tomlinson
Born: Lakewood, California.
Bar Admission: Texas 1987.
Courts: U.S. District Court for Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Education: University of Houston Law Center (J.D. 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).
Legal Organizations: Dallas Bar Association (litigation section); Texas Bar Association (litigation section).
Practice Areas: Complex Business/Commercial Litigation, including Construction, Energy, Toxic Tort, Insurance, Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate, Probate and Banking Litigation.
Bar Admission: Texas 1987.
Courts: U.S. District Court for Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Education: University of Houston Law Center (J.D. 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).
Legal Organizations: Dallas Bar Association (litigation section); Texas Bar Association (litigation section).
Practice Areas: Complex Business/Commercial Litigation, including Construction, Energy, Toxic Tort, Insurance, Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate, Probate and Banking Litigation.
Teresa Holland
Bar Admission: Texas, New York, District of Columbia.
Courts: U.S. Supreme Court; All state courts in the State of Texas; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, First, and Second Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, and the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Education: University of Texas (B.A.); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D.; Law Review).
Background Highlights: Teresa Holland, a native north Texan, has returned to her home state after an extensive career in New York City as a major law firm senior partner and 9 years in-house as Chief Employment Counsel nationwide, for Pfizer Inc.Her background includes substantial litigation in state and federal courts across the country, as well as advice and counsel regarding all aspects of employment-related liabilities. As a successful litigator, she focused on careful and candid evaluations of the law and existing facts. Likewise, she developed special expertise in evaluation of witnesses and their candor.
These critical skills were recognized and put to use when she was selected to serve on Pfizer’s compliance development team, which dealt with all aspects of the company’s compliance requirements. Particularly too, Teresa has lead, or participated in, investigations in a wide range of disciplines, from employee-related complaints, to whistleblower issues, Sarbanes Oxley matters and the like. Her involvement in finance-related investigations often helped to avoid escalation and retaliation claims.
Teresa now focuses her practice on internal investigations. To them she brings not only her extensive experience and expertise, but also her unique ability and position to act as a neutral. This enables her to make fair and unbiased assessments for the client’s benefit. Her investigatory scope also includes, and welcomes, out-of-state and foreign assignments.
Legal Organizations: Dallas Bar Association (labor and employment law section); State Bar of Texas.
Practice Area: Internal investigations.
Courts: U.S. Supreme Court; All state courts in the State of Texas; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, First, and Second Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the District of Columbia, and the Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Education: University of Texas (B.A.); Albany Law School of Union University (J.D.; Law Review).
Background Highlights: Teresa Holland, a native north Texan, has returned to her home state after an extensive career in New York City as a major law firm senior partner and 9 years in-house as Chief Employment Counsel nationwide, for Pfizer Inc.Her background includes substantial litigation in state and federal courts across the country, as well as advice and counsel regarding all aspects of employment-related liabilities. As a successful litigator, she focused on careful and candid evaluations of the law and existing facts. Likewise, she developed special expertise in evaluation of witnesses and their candor.
These critical skills were recognized and put to use when she was selected to serve on Pfizer’s compliance development team, which dealt with all aspects of the company’s compliance requirements. Particularly too, Teresa has lead, or participated in, investigations in a wide range of disciplines, from employee-related complaints, to whistleblower issues, Sarbanes Oxley matters and the like. Her involvement in finance-related investigations often helped to avoid escalation and retaliation claims.
Teresa now focuses her practice on internal investigations. To them she brings not only her extensive experience and expertise, but also her unique ability and position to act as a neutral. This enables her to make fair and unbiased assessments for the client’s benefit. Her investigatory scope also includes, and welcomes, out-of-state and foreign assignments.
Legal Organizations: Dallas Bar Association (labor and employment law section); State Bar of Texas.
Practice Area: Internal investigations.
Susan Jane Stedman Jennings (Of counsel)
Born: Providence, Rhode Island
Bar Admission: Texas 1978.
US Supreme Court; 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).
Editor: Trial of Employment Torts. Co-Author: "ERISA and the Surety Bond," 1995.
Member: Dallas Bar Association (Corporate Counsel Section - President 1996-1997; Probate and Trust Section - Board of Directors 1981-1983); American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practices Law Section; TIPS Publication Editorial Board; Taxation Section); State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI).
Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance; Corporate Law; ERISA Litigation
Bar Admission: Texas 1978.
US Supreme Court; 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).
Editor: Trial of Employment Torts. Co-Author: "ERISA and the Surety Bond," 1995.
Member: Dallas Bar Association (Corporate Counsel Section - President 1996-1997; Probate and Trust Section - Board of Directors 1981-1983); American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practices Law Section; TIPS Publication Editorial Board; Taxation Section); State Bar of Texas. Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI).
Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance; Corporate Law; ERISA Litigation