James B. Greer Email & Phone Number

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Recent Victories • Obtained dismissal of preemptive declaratory judgment action on behalf of national bank in Northern District of Texas seeking to invalidate 7.8 million-dollar aircraft loan ― Dismissal affirmed by Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after oral argument.• Obtained complete summary judgment on behalf of national bank in Texas state court on Texas UCC (§ 3.420) conversion and breach of contract claims premised on accountholder failure to provide written notice of account statement error within 30 days of receipt of statement which included error as required by deposit agreement ― Dismissal affirmed by Fifth Court of Appeals after oral argument.• Obtained voluntary dismissal of multimillion-dollar strict products liability and breach of warranty claims in District of Nevada premised on faulty and provably false allegation that client assumed liabilities of predecessor manufacturing company incident to corporate transaction.• Obtained denial of critical Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in Western District of Texas which sought global dismissal of client’s extra-contractual claims in 4.4 million-dollar insurance dispute involving extensive damage to commercial property.Honors• Selected D Magazine "Best Lawyers in Dallas" - 2018 • Selected Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Super Lawyers magazine - 2017, 2021

Banking and Finance Industry• Represented major U.S. financial institution in prominent class action involving the assessment of bank overdraft fees pending – on MDL transfer – in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Conducted examination of each named plaintiff and the pivotal plaintiff expert at deposition.• Represented major U.S. financial institution in complex multi-million dollar forged endorsement check fraud scheme.• Successful defense of class certification in financial services case (Finley v. Washington Mut. Bank, F.A., 2008 WL 2008850) (E.D.Tex. May 08, 2008) (“… the Court agrees with Defendant that Plaintiff has failed to show how individual issues will not overwhelm this case… Moreover, Defendant has submitted a detailed and comprehensive predominance analysis to show the many individualized issues implicated by Plaintiff’s claims.”). Oil and Gas Litigation• Obtained significant favorable settlement for clients in oil and gas investment fraud dispute involving complex “bait and switch” scheme with recurrent changes in title ownership of subject mineral interests.• Successful defense of working interest owners in putative class action brought by royalty interest owners alleging failure to reasonably develop mineral acreage in the Rosewood Cotton Valley formation of Upshur County, Texas.• Successful defense of independent oil and gas operator/primary working interest owner in dispute with non-operator working interest owners seeking appointment of receiver operator for 40 oil and gas wells in the Permian Basin.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Order of the Barristers

Ba, Magna Cum Laude, Political Science, History

Activities and Societies: Kappa Sigma Fraternity