Attorney Profiles

James M. Heidelberg
San Antonio, Texas
Of Counsel
phone 210-225-0001
888-700-7557 (Toll Free)
fax 210-225-0041
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Jim Heidelberg focuses his practice in the area of Litigation concentrated on employment, education, civil rights and contract matters. He has represented numerous school districts and governmental entities during the course of his practice, including independent and college districts, public housing authorities, and the development authorities.

Mr. Heidelberg has enjoyed a very successful record of success for his clients, both at the trial court levels and also at Courts of Appeals. Mr. Heidelberg’s reported cases can be accessed by electronic legal research or upon request to the Firm.

Areas of Practice:
Civil Litigation
Labor & Employment
School Law
Civil Rights
Bar Admissions:
Texas
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1969

J.D.

University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1968

B.A.

Representative Cases:
187 F.3d 521, cert. denied, 146 L. Ed. 2d 314, 120 S. Ct. 1423, 238 F.3d 667 (5th Cir. 2001)
Owsley v. San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist., 187 F.3d 521, 146 L. Ed. 2d 314, 120 S. Ct. 14 (2000)
Saltzman v. San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist., 212 F.3d 595 (5th Cir. 2000)
Rendon v. AT&T Technologies, 883 F.2d 388 (5th Cir. 1989)
Moreno v. Sterling Drug, Inc., 899 F.2d 389 (5th Cir. 1990)
Smith v. Kerrville Bus Co., Inc., 748 F.2d 1049 (5th Cir. 1984)
Everitt v. City of Marshall, 703 F.2d 207 (5th Cir. 1984)
IMAGE of Greater San Antonio v. Brown, 570 F.2d 517 (5th Cir. 1978)
De Volld v. Bailar, 568 F.2d 1162 (5th Cir. 1978)
United States v. Texas Education Agency, 532 F.2d 380 (5th Cir. 1976)
Zamora v. New Braunfels Indep. Sch. Dist., 519 F.2d 1084 (5th Cir. 1975)
Balderas v. La Casita Farms, Inc., 500 F.2d 195 (5th Cir. 1974)
Arvizu v. Waco Indep. Sch. Dist., 496 F.2d 1309 (5th Cir. 1974)
Rodriguez v. East Texas Motor Freight, 505 F.2d 40 (5th Cir. 1974)
Ochoa v. Monsanto Co., 473 F.2d 318 (5th Cir. 1973)
Vigil v. American Telephone and Telegraph, 305 F. Supp. 44, affA'd, 455 F.2d 1222 (10th Cir. 1972)
Barela v. United Nuclear Corp, 317 F. Supp. 1217, affA'd, 462 F.2d 149 (10th Cir. 1972)
Cogdill v. Comal Indep. Sch. Dist., 630 F. Supp. 47 (W.D. Tex. 1985)
Roman v. Reynolds Metal Co., 368 F. Supp. 47 (S.D. Tex. 1973)
San Antonio Indep. Sch. Dist. v. McKinney, 40 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 166 (1996)
McConnell v. Southside Indep. Sch. Dist., 814 S.W.2d 247 (Tex. App. 1991)
McConnell v. Southside Indep. Sch. Dist, 36 Tex. S. Ct. J. 787 (1993)
Valadez v. Ramirez, 574 S.W.2d 748 (1978)
Rosow v. City of San Antonio, 734 S.W.2d 659 (1987)
Alamo Community College Dist. v. Obayashi Corp., 980 S.W.2d 745 (Tex. App 1998)
Boone v. Bexar County (Court of Appeals for the Fourth District)
Millett v. Lloyd Electric Co., Inc, 767 S.W.2d 476 (Tex. App. 1989)
Xarin Real Estate, Inc. v. Gamboa, 715 S.W.2d 80 (Tex. App. 1986)
McPherson v. Weissgarber, Inc., 733 S.W.2d 639 (Tex. App. 1986)
Carter v. Service Life & Cas. Inc., 703 S.W.2d 349 (Tex. App. 1985)
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Employment Law Section


State Bar of Texas, School Law Section


State Bar of Texas, Civil Rights Section


State Bar of Texas, Construction Law Section


State Bar of Texas, Labor Law Section


Texas Bar Foundation


San Antonio Bar Association
Mentoring Committee


Federal Bar Association



With offices in San Antonio, Dallas, Laredo, and Houston, Texas, as well as Mexico City, Mexico, the minority-owned law firm of Escamilla, Poneck & Cruz, LLP, offers a wide range of legal services to governmental agencies, private corporations, and individuals throughout the state of Texas including the cities of Jourdanton, Floresville, Seguin, New Braunfels, Boerne, Laredo, Macdona, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Grapevine, Colleyville, South Lake, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Denton, Plano, Richardson, and Flower Mound, and throughout the counties of Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, Guadalupe, Comal, Kendall, Tarrant, Fort Bend, Harris, Wise, Hays, Williamson, Webb, Live Oak, Nueces, Austin and Cameron.