James Edward "Jim" Maloney

James Edward "Jim" Maloney


James Edward Maloney, PLLC

Recognized since 2003

Houston, Texas

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions

Litigation - Securities

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Litigation - Securities
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A trial lawyer, Jim Maloney began his career in 1975 by trying personal injury and products cases for the Southern Pacific Railroad Co., the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies, Bridgestone/Firestone and the Ford Motor Company.

Beginning with T. Boone Pickens and Mesa Petroleum Company in the early 1980’s, he has represented clients in many uninvited or hostile acquisition efforts involving publicly-traded companies. More recently, he has frequently been called upon to advise and to represent special committees in connection with majority/minority transactions and interested party transactions and he routinely defends individual, derivative and class action claims against business institutions and their directors related to public and private securities transactions. He continues to both prosecute and defend against hostile acquisition attempts and represents clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.

In addition, Jim has successfully tried a wide array of complex commercial disputes in a wide variety of industries, including matters related to contracts, taxation, estates, trusts, healthcare, antitrust, ERISA, non-competition agreements, tortious interference claims, employment-related issues, trademarks and trade secret disputes, and executive compensation.

In his thirty years of practice, Jim has tried well over 100 cases to jury and bench verdicts across the Nation. He has disposed of hundreds more by motion or sheer force of will.

Contact & Links
Location
  • The Esperson Buildings, Suite 1150
    815 Walker Street
    Houston, TX 77002
Languages
  • Spanish
Demographics
  • Gender: Male
  • Ethnicity: White
Education
  • Harvard University, J.D., graduated 1975
  • Yale University, B.A., graduated 1972
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas
Affiliations
  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Houston Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Trustee
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
Court Admissions
  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2013 - Litigation - Securities
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Securities, Houston (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Securities
Special Focus:
  • Civil Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Corporate Governance
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • SEC Enforcement
  • Securities
  • Stockholders' Suits
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America, 2003-2025

  • Lawyer of the Year in 2013 in Securities Litigation (Houston), by Best Lawyers
  • Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters (2003-2024)
  • Recognized as a "Local Litigation Star" in Texas by Benchmark Litigation (2013-2022)
  • Chambers & Partners USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers: Profiled as one of the leading Litigation: Securities lawyers in Texas, 2007-2017

  • Profiled as one of the leading Securities Litigation Lawyers in Texas, 2007-2017, Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
  • AV Preeminent rating in Martindale-Hubbell
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Arbitration
  • Corporate Governance Law
  • Litigation - ERISA
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
  • Litigation - Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy)
  • Mediation
  • Personal Injury Litigation
  • Securities / Capital Markets Law
  • Securities Regulation

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