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James A. Cotton
Associate Professor of Law

Joined Faculty 1995
Education:
A.A., 1961 Mesa College
B.A., 1963 The Colorado College
J.D., 1970 University Of Colorado
Phone: (713) 313-4471
Fax: (713) 565-4935
Email: James Cotton
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the United States Army in 1963.
International Business Machines Corporation - Law Department in 1970.
Senior Attorney and Securities Law Specialist on the Corporate Legal Staff.
The Real Estate and Construction Division of IBM- taking on regional
responsibility for IBM's Southeastern and Midwestern Regional Offices in1987
Promoted to Corporate Staff Counsel in 1990.
Associate Professor of Law at Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall
School of Law.
Interim Associate Dean of Thurgood Marshall School of Law during academic year
2002-2003
TEACHING INTERESTS
Business Associations,
Corporate Practice Seminar,
Securities Regulation
Unfair Trade Practices
AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association
National Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
Research and Teaching Interests
Business Associations,
Securities Regulation,
Unfair Trade Practices
Seminar In Corporate
HONORS AND RECOGNITION
Who's Who in American Law (5th Edition 1987/88) to the present.
Received the Law Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement as Corporate Counsel
from the University of Colorado School of Law In 1985
PUBLICATIONS
Toward Fairness in Compensation of Management and Labor: Compensation Ratios, A
Proposal for Disclosure,18 N. Ill. U. L. rev. 157 (1997)
Another Nail In The Coffin Of The Small Investor: The Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 17 Touro L. Rev. 733 (summer 2001)
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