The Law Offices of James N. Bostic were established in June 1997 as a firm devoted primarily to the practice of Oil & Gas Law, with a strong focus on a practice before Texas regulatory agencies, such as the Railroad Commission and the General Land Office. The Austin, Texas location of the firm facilitates continuous interaction with such agencies, and the personnel who run them.

The firm's solo practitioner attorney, Jim Bostic, has been continuously involved in such a practice since his graduation from the University of Texas School of Law, with Honors, in 1991. Prior to the founding of the firm, Jim had practiced law as an associate with two other law firms in Austin.

In addition to being Board Certified in Oil, Gas & Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Jim Bostic is also a Texas Registered Professional Engineer. Following his 1974 graduation, with honors, from the Petroleum Engineering College of the University of Texas, Jim practiced petroleum engineering as his sole and full time profession until commencing law school in 1988. During those "engineering years," Jim's primary areas of expertise were in reservoir engineering, pressure transient analysis, economic and acquisition evaluation, and regulatory affairs.

The firm's guiding principles are personal and professional service, integrity, competency, and responsibility. These attributes are more easily maintained by the firm's solo practitioner orientation.

Jim Bostic's 30-plus year involvement in myriad areas of the oil and gas industry, enable him to bring a wide-ranging perspective to the cases in which he participates. In particular, the highly technical nature of many of the oil and gas cases that come before the State agencies charged with regulating the industry makes Jim's technical expertise a significant asset to the handling of such cases.

The firm's practice is not, however, limited to handling only regulatory cases before State agencies. As noted above, Jim Bostic is Board Certified in Oil, Gas & Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and he has extensive experience in contract negotiations and the preparation and review of oil and gas documents and instruments, and most other oil and gas issues. While the firm does not directly handle title examinations or courthouse litigation, it associates with other attorneys who do handle such matters when that becomes necessary in a particular case. Litigation support on oil and gas law issues, as opposed to the direct handling of the litigation itself, is an additional area of the firm's core competency.