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James A. Cotton
Joined Faculty 1995 Education: Phone: (713) 313-4471 Fax: (713) 565-4935 Email: James Cotton Biographical Information He graduated from the University of Colorado School of Law and joined the International Business Machines Corporation Law Department in 1970. During his career he has had assignments at the World Headquarters of the IBM company, in Armonk, New York; in Poughkeepsie, New York; Boulder, Colorado; Tucson, Arizona; and Houston, Texas. After Houston he returned to Armonk as Senior Attorney and Securities Law Specialist on the Corporate Legal Staff. In March, 1987 he joined the Real Estate and Construction Division of IBM taking on regional responsibility for IBM's Southeastern and Midwestern Regional Offices. He was promoted to Corporate Staff Counsel in 1990. At his retirement on December 31, 1995 his responsibilities included all commerical leasing for the IBM company in the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii. In 1985 he received the Law Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement as Corporate Counsel from the University of Colorado School of Law. Mr. Cotton has been recognized in Who's Who in American Law (5th Edition 1987/88) to the present. When Mr. Cotton retired on December 31, 1995 from the IBM Law Department he was the first African-American to do so. Since his retirement from IBM he has taken a position as Associate Professor of Law at Texas Sourthern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law. He teeaches Business Associations, Corporate Practice Seminar, Securities Regulation, and Unfair Trade Practices. Mr. Cotton served as Interim Associate Dean of Thurgood Marshall School of Law during academic year 2002-2003. Affiliations Publications |
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