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CJCAT General Counsel Receives Prestigious Award

April 2, 2012 by Julie Anderson

Jim Allison Honored by AgriLife Extension     

The Texas AgriLife Extension Service presented its prestigious 2012 Extension Partnership Award to James P. Allison, general counsel for the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas, in early Feb.

“Each year, my office honors those partners whose dedicated collaboration and support have most significantly enhanced the outreach and impact of Extension education programs,” said Dr. Ed Smith, AgriLife Extension director. “These awards are our agency’s way of recognizing the leadership and commitment of organizations and others who work with us outside of the Texas A&M University System, from either the private or public sector.”

Jim Allison (center), general counsel for the County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas, received the 2012 Extension Partnership Award.

Smith presented the award to Allison during the Opening General Session of the agency’s V.G. Young Institute School for County Commissioners Courts conducted Feb. 7-9 in College Station.

“Since 1984, the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas has retained a general counsel to expand its efforts to support effective county government, and Mr. Jim Allison fulfills this role,” Smith said. “He is a legal expert, county government consultant, the son of a county commissioner, and a former county attorney and assistant attorney general.”

Smith noted that in addition to running the business affairs of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas, Allison is the senior partner in the firm of Allison, Bass, and Associates LLP, a statewide law practice focused largely on representing individual counties.

“At the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, our V. G. Young Institute has worked with Jim through the association’s education committee and in the development of a certification program called the Commissioners Court Advanced Curriculum,” Smith noted. “We’re also privileged to have Jim’s participation in the institute’s continuing education schools and Extension’s district-level judges and commissioners trainings. During the last 28 years, Allison has spent countless hours monitoring and protecting the interests of county government in Texas.”

Smith said Allison’s “institutional knowledge and strong relationships with those in state government are priceless, and his knowledge of county government law is immeasurable.”

Upon receiving the award, Allison referenced the shared values of Texas county government and Extension.

“Over the years, I have learned there is a common thread between county government and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service,” Allison said. “Both believe in honesty, integrity and public service. In recognition of this connection, I am grateful for the opportunities to assist the Extension Service that have been extended to me by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas.” 

Allison received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in government from East Texas State University, and his doctor of jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas School of Law. He was elected county attorney for Delta County in 1972 and served in that capacity until 1979, when then-Attorney General Mark White appointed him to serve as chief of the County and Local Government Section in the Office of the Attorney General. He returned to private practice in Austin in 1983, and in 1984 was retained as general counsel for the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas. Allison is licensed to appear in state courts, all federal district courts in Texas, the fifth and 11th circuit Courts of Appeals, and the U. S. Supreme Court.

During the presentation, Smith noted that in 2006 the agency presented the award to the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas.

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