Biography
Kent Schuster was born in Nacogdoches, Texas on March 23, 1962.
He graduated from Bryan High School in 1980. He is a long time member
of the United Methodist Church.
James Kent Schuster, PLLC was founded in October
1998. The office is in downtown Bryan, Texas in a historic Victorian
home located at 308 North Washington Avenue, Bryan, Texas.
Legal Experience
- James Kent Schuster, PLLC, Environmental Law, Civil Litigation,
General Civil Practice, Bryan, Texas, October 1998 to present
- The Texas A&M University System Office of General Counsel, College
Station, Texas, Assistant General Counsel - Environmental Counsel
for the A&M System and Counsel to West Texas A&M University, Baylor
College of Dentistry, Texas Forest Service, and the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service. March 1998 to September 1998.
- Mason & Hanger Corporation, U.S. Department of Energy's Pantex
Plant, Carson County, Texas, Corporate Counsel - Environmental
Law, Permitting and Comliance, Contract Law, Labor & Arbitration,
and Civil Litigation, July 1994 to February 1998.
- Bruchez, Goss, Thornton, Meronoff, Michel & Hawthorne, Bryan,
Texas, Civil Litigation, Wills, Corporate and Real Estate Law,
30 hours per week while attending Graduate School, January 1993
to June 1994;
- Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield & Hensley, Amarillo, Texas Office,
Civil Litigation, Oil & Gas, Wills, Creditor and Debtor's Rights,
August 1990 to August 1992
- West, Adams, Webb & Allbritton, Bryan, Texas, Summer Clerkship,
July/August 1989
- Anderson, Smith, Null & Stofer, Victoria, Texas, Summer Clerkship,
June/July 1989
Non-Legal Experience
- Welltech, Inc., Houston, Independent Contractor, Corporate Consolidated
Income Taxes, May - August 1987;
- Arthur Anderson & Co., Houston, Tax Division, January 1985
to May 1987;
Education
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy - Skills Course, New York
City, August 1996;
- Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, M.S. Range Science;
Major Emphasis Areas: Biogeochemistry, Rangeland and Watershed
Management, Water Quality and Biological Limnology, Graduated December
1994
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, J.D.;
Major emphasis areas: Business and Environmental Law, International
and European Community Law, Graduate May 1990.
- Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, B.B.A.; Double
Major: Accounting and Finance, Graduated December 1984
Memberships
- First United Methodist Church, Bryan
- Rotary International
- State Bar of Texas, Natural Resources and Energy Law Section.
- US Federal District Court, Northern & Southern District of Texas
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