Certified in Civil Trial Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1989 – Present

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

713-626-1200

jmayer@rossbanks.com

Licensed to Practice:

• All Texas State Courts
• U.S. District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas
• Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• U.S. Supreme Court

Bar Admissions:

• Texas, 1973
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1973
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1970
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Publications:

• Article 2 Cases and Excuses, University of Texas Schol of Law, Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments Course, 2010
• Asset Searches, Lorman Education Services, Judgment Enforcement in Texas, 2012
• Bankruptcy and Probate Matters, Lorman Education Services Collection Law for the Health Care Industry Seminar 2001
• Bankruptcy: Attorney Liability and Malpractice, National Business Institute Teleconference Seminar 2010
• Bankruptcy Strategies for Creditors, Texas Bar Collections and Creditors’ Rights Course 2009 and 2019
• Business Records as Evidence, Stromar Educational Services Evidence Seminar, 1999 and Stromar Educational Services Civil Litigation for General Practitioners Seminar 2000 and 2001
• Chapter 7 or 13: Selecting the right Chapter for Your Client, National Business Institute seminar on Consumer Bankruptcy: The Basics of Chapters 7 and 13, 2010
• Classical Ethics and the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Stromar Education Services General Practice Seminar 2001
• Classical Ethics and the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and True Life Ethics, Houston Bar Association All Day Ethics Program 2010
• Collection Law Update in Texas, Lorman Education Services telephone seminar 2015
• Collection of Out of State Judgments, National Business Institute seminar on Seeking and Collecting a Judgment 2012
• Commercial Evictions, Commercial and Residential Evictions Seminar, Sterling Education Services, 2003
• Creditors’ Defenses During Bankruptcy, National Business Institute Seminar on Consumer Bankruptcy from Start to Finish 2011
• Creditors Rights Update, National Business Institute Seminar on the Prudent Creditor: Protecting Your Right to Get Paid During a Bankruptcy in Texas 2006
• Default Judgments Under Rule 503 Rules of Practice in Justice Courts, Harris County Justices of the Peace Judicial Conference, 2014
• Demand and Notice Letters – Complying With Statutory Requirements; Drafting Letters that Work, University of Houston Law Center Collecting Debts and Judgments Institute, 1997, 2000-2003 and 2005 and Stromar Educational Services Creditor’s Rights Seminar, 2000 and 2001
• Dischargeability Actions in Bankruptcy, National Business Institute seminar on Dischargeability Actions in Bankruptcy, 2010
• Drafting Petitions for Collection Suits, University of Houston Law Center Drafting Documents for a Collection Practice Institute, 1991, 1992 and 1993
• Effects of Bankruptcy On The Collection Process, Lorman Education Services Collection Law Seminar, 1994 – 2001 and Stromar Educational Services Collection Law Seminar, 1999 – 2002
• Ethical Issues Related to Debt Collection and Enforcement of Judgments, Rossdale CLE, Recovering Assets and Judgments Teleconference Seminar, 2011
• Ethical Obligations for Debtors’ Counsel, National Business Institute seminar on Consumer Bankruptcy: The Basics of Chapters 7 and 13, 2010
• Ethics for Collection Attorneys and Their Staff, University of Texas School of Law, Mastering the Art of Collecting Debts and Judgments Course, 2012
• Extraordinary Remedies – Sequestration, Receivership, Garnishment, Attachment and Distress Warrants, Texas Center for the Judiciary, College for Judicial Studies 2003
• Fair Debt Collection Practices, College of the State Bar Summer School, 2014
• Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, National Business Institute seminar on Seeking and Collecting a Judgment 2012
• Fraudulent Transfers, State Bar of Texas Collections and Creditors’ Rights Course, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010, , 2011, 2012, and 2016 and University of Houston Law Foundation course on Collecting Debts and Judgments, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and National Business Institute seminar on Seeking and Collecting a Judgment 2012
• How to Offer and Exclude Evidence, Stromar Educational Services General Civil Practice Seminar 1999
• Impact of Bankruptcy on Judgment Enforcement, Lorman Education Services, Judgment Enforcement in Texas, 2012
• Introducing Physical Evidence at Trial, National Business Institute Seminar on How to Lay a
• Foundation to Get Your Evidence Introduced in Texas 2022
• Jury Issues and Instructions in Collections Cases, Texas State Bar Advanced Creditors’ Rights Course 1990
• Limits of Self-Help Repossession Under Section 9-503 of the Uniform Commercial Code, Texas State Bar Advanced Creditors’ Rights Course, 1985 and 1986 and Stromar Educational Services Creditor’s Rights Seminar, 2000 and 2001
• Making Your Judgment More Than Just a Judgment, South Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Litigation Institute 1989
• Mediation and Settlement Strategies for Collection Lawyers, Texas State Bar Collections and Creditors’ Rights Course 2008
• Prejudgment Remedies – Garnishment, Attachment, Sequestration, Distress Warrants, Temporary
• Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions, Texas State Bar Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 and Texas State Bar Debt Collection Institute, 1987
• Prejudgment Remedies, South Texas College of Law Collection Strategies for Lawyers’ Seminar 1991
• Prejudgment Remedies – Sequestration, Receivership, Garnishment, Attachment, Temporary
• Restraining Orders and Temporary Injunctions, Texas Center for the Judiciary, College for Judicial Studies 2006
• Post Judgment Discovery, State Bar of Texas Collections and Creditor’s Rights Course 2005
• Post Judgment Remedies, Houston Bar Association Seminar 1993
• Post Judgment Remedies, University of Houston Law Center Collecting Debts and Judgments Course 2006
• Post Judgment Remedies: Tips for Litigators From a Creditors’ Rights Attorney, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course 2006 (oral presentation only)
• Proper Closing Procedures, NBI National Business Institute on Texas Real Estate Closings From Start to Finish 2024
• Real Property Foreclosure: An In-Depth Walk-Through With Legal Considerations, National Business Institute Seminar on Real Property Foreclosure 2009
• Strategies on Enforcing Judgments – Judgment Liens, Execution, Garnishment, Rossdale CLE telephone seminar on Judgment Enforcement, Debt Collection & Bankruptcy 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2020
• Summary Judgments, State Bar of Texas, Legal Assistants Division, Advanced Civil Trial Law Seminar 1995
• Ten Commandments of Ethical Collections, Houston Bar Association, All Day Ethics Program, 2012, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Collections and Creditors’ Rights Course 2013, 2014 and 2015, and College of the State Bar Summer School, 2014
• Using the UCC in Litigation, State Bar of Texas, Advanced Collections and Creditors’ Rights Course, 2017
• Venue and Special Issues in Collection Cases, Texas State Bar Advanced Creditors’ Rights Course 1987
• What Is a Payment in the Ordinary Course of Business? – Preference Defense of Section 547(c)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, 94 Commercial Law Journal 358, Fall, 1989
• When the Tenant Files for Bankruptcy, Sterling Education Services Seminar on Commercial Leases — Drafting, Enforcing and Litigating, 2003

Representative Cases:

• Freeman v. Northwest Acceptance Corp., 754 F.2d 553 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1985)
• Silver Threads, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America, 530 S.W.2d 874 (Tex Civ App.- Hous. (1 Dist.) 1975)
• In re Mark D. Smith, 397 B.R. 810 (Bankr. E.D. Tx 2008)
• In re Triplex Marine Maintenance, Inc., 258 B.R. 659 (Bankr. E.D. Tx 2000)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Member, Commercial Law League of America, 1974 – Present
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Houston Bar Association