Jim Hordern’s practice concentrates on litigation and arbitration of complex commercial cases, including insurance coverage issues, fiduciary liability, commercial contracts, and collections.

He has handled numerous commercial general liability and property policy matters including litigation of several long-tail liability coverage and allocation cases for major national insurers and litigation of disputes concerning issuance of policies and alleged violations of the Texas Insurance Code and Deceptive Trade Practices Act.

He has also tried fiduciary litigation against a major bank and others related to their failure to accept responsibilities to a mentally incompetent ward. He has arbitrated claims involving contracts for construction of gas compressor plants and provision of supplies to offshore platforms. He has represented a national concern for over 15 years in collections on debts, including proceedings in bankruptcy court and foreclosures.

• Counsel for property insurer on church's multi-million dollar Hurricane Ike claim for property damage, business interruption, and bad faith.
• Counsel for an insurance company concerning insurance coverage and allocation for decades of asbestos-liability exposure.
• Counsel for a major insurance company concerning insurance coverage and allocation for multi-year pollution liability.
• Represented a guardian of an estate of an incapacitated person in claims against the trustees and attorneys for breach of fiduciary duty.
• Represented an engineering firm in arbitration against its partner firm regarding project charges and expenses.
• Houston counsel for a national lending company collecting accounts and notes on real, commercial, and other types of property; conducting foreclosures; and handling bankruptcy matters.

• American Bar Association
• Fort Bend County Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association

• Misrepresentation, Fraud, and Other Extra-Contractual Claims - Panelist, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update 2010, Thompson Coe Houston Seminar, April 2010.
• Stowers Today:  Settlement Demands & Settlement Responses, Texas Insurance and Tort Law Update 2009, Thompson Coe Houston Seminar (2009)
• Coverage Issues Most Likely to Arise from Credit Crisis Claims - Including the Application (or Not) of Various Exclusions and Limitations to Coverage, Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims, University of Houston Law Foundation, April 2009.
• The Changing Landscape: Allocation and Trigger of Coverage in Texas, Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims, University of Houston Law Foundation, June 2008. 
• Allocation of Coverage, Triggers and Their Effect on Both Claimants and Insureds, Advanced Insurance and Tort Claims, University of Houston Law Foundation, June 2007.