Highland Village Parents have retained environmental attorney James Blackburn of Houston as counsel in the dispute over the route for Section 4 of FM 2499. Mr. Blackburn, a noted environmental attorney, is also representing the City of Frisco in the dispute over toll rates on SH 121. Blackburn, a partner in the Blackburn & Carter, specializes in urban quality of life, toxic torts litigation and community group representation. He has practiced environmental law in Houston for more than 30 years. His work with grassroots organizations has included a variety of cases, ranging from wetland, flooding, dam, hazardous waste, landfill, wastewater and air emission controversies. An environmental activist, he has participated in land use planning and design studies, taught environmental law and planning courses at Rice University and the University of Houston, and helped establish several conservation groups, including the Galveston Bay Foundation and the Matagorda Bay Foundation. Recently, he has written a book about the wonders and protection of the Texas coast, The Book of Texas Bays .
In 2003, for his work on urban quality of life he was granted honorary membership in the American Institute of Architects. Among his honors, he received the Robert C. Eckhardt Lifetime Achievement Award, for coastal preservation efforts, from the General Land Office of the State of Texas in 1998, the Jesse L. Walls award for work in preserving waterways and the Herman Rudenberg Coastal Protection Award by the Sierra Club in 1999. In 2001 he was awarded the Conservation Achievement Award in the Legislative/Legal category for extraordinary contributions to the conservation of wildlife and natural resources by the National Wildlife Federation.
The Book of Texas Bays, which focuses upon the current environmental health of bays in Texas and the efforts undertaken to protect them, has been published by Texas A&M press and is now in bookstores. Blackburn received both a B.A. in History and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Environmental Science at Rice University
Judgements Blackburn won in his clients' favor include an August 2000 $17 million dollar judgement on asbestos in James Blackburn, Et Al. V. Swan Transportation Company - Dallas County, Texas.
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