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Akin Offices
111 LOUISIANA STREET, 44TH FLOOR
HOUSTON, TX 77002
TEXAS
United States
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James Wetwiska
Work Department
Partner; Disputes & Investigations
Position
Trial lawyer focusing on high stakes litigation in federal and state courts and before arbitration panels. He routinely represents companies in the energy; waste and recycling; transportation and logistics; and heavy equipment industries. He also advises health care entities in a variety of litigation matters, including antitrust and complex commercial matters.
He has litigated in matters involving business torts, venture agreements, breach of contract, breach of sale agreements, intellectual property disputes and antitrust. He is similarly experienced in intellectual property litigation within the chemical, oil and oil service industries.
To learn more about Jim, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/james-r-wetwiska.
Memberships
Member, American Board of Trial Advocates; Member, State Bar of Texas; Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.
Education
J.D., University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1992; B.A., University of Oklahoma, with distinction, 1989
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization