James B. Sales serves as counsel in Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.'s Houston office. He's devoted his practice to defense of a variety of complex products liability cases. He has handled and tried numerous general liability, products liability, and general commercial liability cases in both the state and federal courts. Mr. Sales has held numerous key leadership positions in the ABA and is also a former chair of the Board, past president, and a member of the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas. In addition to speaking and writing on litigation and liability issues, Mr. Sales has published in excess of 40 law review and legal treatise articles.
J. Hadley Edgar earned his B.A. from Texas A&M University in 1949 and his J.D. from the University of Texas in 1956. He retired as a professor at Texas Tech University School of Law in 1991 after twenty years of service on the faculty as a teacher of torts, procedure, and trial advocacy. He is a major contributor to Texas tort law and procedure in Texas courts. The law school currently honors Professor Edgar's dedication to the law with a professorship in his name, as well as a trial excellence award.