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Energy Law - Houston, Texas
About this Practice AreaBrian Antweil has had a very successful 30-year career as a trial and appellate lawyer. While proud of his many courtroom accomplishments, Brian considers his ability to creatively and efficiently solve disputes whether by trial or other means as his priority. He has experience in: Contract disputes and business torts Energy and oil and gas Bankruptcy and restructuring representing debtors, creditors, and shareholders in bankruptcy litigation including plan confirmation, fraudulent transfer, ...
Stephen Barrick began his career more than 20 years ago as a law clerk in Houston, Texas, where he worked at the federal district court. He later joined international firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where he practiced trial and appellate law. Since 2008, Mr. Barrick has made his home at Hick Thomas LLP, where he focuses on business litigation and appeals. Mr. Barrick is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has earned selection to Texas...
Shawn Bates has more than 20 years of practice as a business trial lawyer heavily focused on energy sector litigation as well as various other industries. He is a seasoned first-chair trial lawyer on cases involving tens of millions of dollars. He has conducted hundreds of depositions and supervised colleagues on matters of varying size.He focuses his practice on litigation and arbitration of complex disputes for clients in the energy sector (oil and gas companies, pipeline builders/owners, e...
K. B. Battaglini has for more than 3 decades counseled and represented businesses and individuals. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America© (by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners), has expertise in energy, environmental, natural resources, media and entertainment law, and has significant first chair experience in trials, appeals, arbitrations and mediations. He is on the national panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association and FINRA. Prior to joining Strong Pipkin, he wa...
Martin Beirne is a formidable trial lawyer with experience in complex business, intellectual property, market representation/franchise, and antitrust disputes. He represents clients in the energy and automotive sectors, including ConocoPhillips and General Motors. Martin's expansive practice includes the representation of clients based in the Middle East and Europe in international arbitrations encompassing contractual issues, transactions, and other matters. He also represents corporations, ...
David has an extensive corporate and securities law practice emphasizing transactional and governance matters. His corporate finance practice includes representing both issuers and investment banks in initial public offerings and other public and private equity and debt offerings. He also advises companies, special committees and financial advisors concerning merger and acquisition transactions (both public and private) and joint ventures. In addition, David regularly counsels public clients ...
Jared Caplan has spent nearly two decades representing clients in the construction and oilfield industries. His multi-faceted experience ranges from trusted advisor on business operations to his successful prosecution and defense of multimillion-dollar litigation matters. Jared’s experience includes dispute resolution, contract disputes, toxic tort exposures, insurance coverage matters, personal injury, wrongful death, property damage and premises liability. He has successfully handled ...
Jim Collura has a nationwide energy and construction litigation practice in which he has handled hundreds of millions of dollars in claims. His experience includes trials in state and federal courts across the country. Jim has represented plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal court in Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Ohio and his home state of Texas. This experience includes complex litigation with an emphasis on matters ...
Jeff is co-chair of Bradley's Oil and Gas Law team and is a recognized trial lawyer who represents energy sector companies in complex oil and gas litigation involving catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, surface and downhole tool incidents, and royalty and mineral interest disputes. Jeff has significant experience in both the legal and technical issues related to oil and gas exploration, and has been lead counsel in over 100 matters resulting from oilfield incidents. He has tried cas...
Courtney Ervin is a partner at Houston-based Hicks Thomas LLP. She focuses her practice on high-stakes commercial litigation in state and federal courts, and in arbitration where she has served as lead counsel for Fortune 500 companies and independent companies in the oil and gas, energy and insurance industries. Ms. Ervin also represents clients in the construction, real estate, private equity, information technology and health care industries. Courtney is quick thinking and nimble, allowing...
Ian has broad experience in real estate law, with a focus on commercial, industrial and residential construction law. Ian has extensive trial experience conducting jury and bench trials, as well as arbitrations, from homeowner claims to multimillion- and multibillion-dollar commercial projects throughout Texas. He represents developers, general contractors, subcontractors, homebuilders, homeowners, business owners and individuals in a variety of disputes, as well as in OSHA compliance and inv...
Jeff Golub has significant trial experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex litigation matters. A lifelong Houstonian, Jeff comes from a family of business owners, and he focuses his practice on helping business owners and companies resolve disputes successfully and efficiently. He has achieved favorable outcomes for clients in courts not only in Texas, but throughout the country. His litigation skill has been recognized by his peers, including as one of the Best Lawyers in ...
With over two decades of experience as a litigator, Chris Hanslik’s practice has spanned the full spectrum of commercial and business litigation, including contracts, business torts, securities and corporate governance, oil and gas, lender liability, trade secrets, non-compete agreements and other employment-related disputes. Recognizing that the last place most business clients want to be is in the courtroom, Chris strives to develop creative, practical, and value-driven solutions to c...
Mike Hendryx represents clients in a variety of commercial, coverage, tort, environmental and employment fields. He has tried numerous cases in Texas and state and federal courts and represented clients in jurisdictions outside of Texas. At various times Mike served as regional trial and coordinating counsel. Mike’s accomplishments as a trial lawyer have been recognized by his peers, who have elected him as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is a group of t...
Jon Paul helps construction and energy companies solve problems as efficiently as possible. Jon Paul is often called to serve as a trusted legal advisor to his clients, providing a 360-degree approach to risk management, litigation and general business issues. His practice focuses on advising clients in the construction, energy, and oil and gas industries. He often represents general contractors, subcontractors, oil field service companies, product and equipment manufacturers, as well as prop...
Don Jackson has 25 years of wide-ranging litigation experience with emphasis on energy industry and intellectual property matters. His energy litigation experience includes disputes over royalties, trespass, prudent operations, lease terminations, joint operating agreements, products liability, and removal of the operator. Don's intellectual property litigation experience includes trade secrets, patents, copyrights, and trademarks. He also has extensive experience representing industry-leadin...
I am a trial lawyer. For over 30 years, I have litigated, tried, arbitrated, and appealed lawsuits involving virtually every substantive category of civil disputes. I have been board certified since 1990 in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. I always have and still immensely enjoy this work. Representing people and organizations as plaintiffs and defendants in legal disputes is challenging, fascinating, and rewarding work. I believe that ...
Fred focuses his practice on civil litigation and appeals. His background includes litigation involving public law issues and real estate and commercial disputes. Fred has represented clients in a wide variety of litigation involving governmental matters, including condemnation and inverse condemnation proceedings, construction disputes, election contests, zoning controversies and contract actions. He has extensive experience with regard to eminent domain law, having represented both acquirin...
John H. Kim is a seasoned, respected civil trial lawyer who handles high-stakes litigation for international corporations and the most important case of their lives for individuals who have been injured by others. He practices in Texas, nationwide and internationally. He was named 2018 TEX-ABOTA Trial Lawyer of The Year. He has also been named a Best Lawyer in America in the Commercial Litigation category by his peers. Recent past president of the Houston chapter of the American Board of Tria...
Jack Langlois is the office managing partner for Houston. Jack focuses his practice on energy related matters, including upstream, midstream and downstream. He advises clients on investments in and financings of energy projects and assets, including, mergers, joint ventures and acquisitions and dispositions of assets and stock of energy companies. Jack represents public and private companies, private equity investors, lenders, governments and national oil companies in a number of substantial ...
Ashish Mehendru is a business litigation lawyer and founder of Mehendru P.C. – a boutique business and commercial litigation law firm located in Houston, Texas. Mr. Mahendru has built a legal specialty navigating complex disputes between business partnerships and represents clients on a broad range of legal matters before state and federal courts. He also is particularly successful at securing injunctions for the interference of business. With a practice area focused on business and com...
Serving as Office Managing Partner of Akerman’s Houston office, Scott Marrs is a formidable trial lawyer litigating high profile matters in state and federal courts as well as arbitrations in the United States, South America, the Middle East, and Europe. Scott focuses on legal issues in virtually all aspects of the energy sector, including oil and gas exploration, production, transportation, storage, power, chemical, petrochemical, energy marketing, and well service. He also litigates i...
Paul has a broad litigation practice, with the primary focus of representing companies in the energy sector in commercial litigation, arbitration, corporate investigations, and related matters. As a former partner in the Baker Botts Trial Department and the Andrews Kurth Litigation Section, Paul brings more than 20 years of big firm experience in complex litigation with two of the oldest and most respected law firms in Texas. In the area of litigation, Paul has extensive experience in both st...
Mr. Pugh is a former managing partner of the firm’s Houston office and has served as a member of its Board of Directors. In his practice, he handles a wide variety of maritime and energy-related cases and he has extensive experience analyzing, drafting, and reviewing energy-related contracts and insurance, indemnity and other contract issues. His practice background also includes master service agreements, onshore and offshore drilling contracts, charters, flight service agreements and ...
Chris focuses his practice exclusively on complex commercial and business litigation. His experience includes high-stakes disputes of every description, including contract, securities, patent infringement, trade secret, copyright, legal malpractice defense, and every manner of energy-related dispute. Given his civil engineering background, Chris has handled numerous cases involving the engineering, construction and operation of power plants, petrochemical plants, gas plants, and refineries. I...
Ed Ripley has practiced in the restructuring and related litigation area for over 30 years with significant experience in energy space (including upstream, mid-stream and downstream), on-shore and offshore, both conventional and renewable; real estate and related development (including construction, M&M lien and related surety bond issues); and retail (including commercial landlord and tenant issues). Ed has been involved in some of the largest bankruptcy cases filed in Texas and througho...
AZA partner Jane Langdell Robinson’s practice emphasizes appeals and high-stakes motions. Ms. Robinson has handled a wide variety of civil appellate matters, including mandamus proceedings, interlocutory appeals, and appeals of final judgments up to the Texas and United States Supreme Courts. Ms. Robinson frequently becomes involved in complex civil matters at the earliest stages to assist with the most challenging issues of legal analysis and strategy as well as error preservation, tri...
Allen Rustay has more than 20 years of experience representing plaintiffs and defendants at both the state and federal level, as well as arbitrations and appeals. He concentrates his practice in commercial litigation, with a focus on matters involving energy, oil and gas, and business and maritime disputes. He has extensive experience litigating cases involving breaches of fiduciary duty and the theft of trade secrets. After attending Washington & Lee University, where he received his und...
Marcus Tucker's practice includes the investigation and defense of claims resulting from oilfield and maritime casualties, construction defects, personal injury and transportation related accidents. His practice also involves the litigation of commercial disputes through trial and arbitration. In addition, Marcus litigates and provides advice on contractual indemnity and insurance coverage issues on behalf of both corporate clients and insurance companies.
Crystal focuses her practice on construction litigation, commercial dispute resolution, energy, and labor and employment law. She is fluent in both English and Vietnamese. Crystal earned her B.A. from Houston Baptist University and J.D. from South Texas College of Law Houston, where she was a member of Law Review and Board of Advocates. Crystal won a National Championship at the Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition and Top Brief at the William B. Spong Moot Court Tournament.
Lauren Hodge is an Associate in the Affordable Housing and Community Development practice group in the Houston Office. Lauren represents public housing authorities and developers in the development of affordable housing. Lauren has experience with a variety of financing sources and structures, including the use of 4% and 9% low income housing tax credits, conventional construction and permanent financing loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, 221(d)(4) and 223(f) FHA loans, HOME funds, priv...
Laken focuses her practice on local government and public finance law, primarily representing municipal utility districts and other special districts as general counsel and bond counsel. Her previous practice experience includes representing oil and gas producers in upstream transactional matters as well as assisting clients with real estate transactions, including development, leasing, acquisition and disposition of real estate projects. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Sam...
Jack Najarian is a level-headed problem solver with experience serving businesses the size of Fortune 500 companies to small businesses. He focuses on serving the needs of businesses and entrepreneurs and is known for caring about achieving long term success for his clients. His diverse practice background in business and real estate and his pragmatic approach makes him an ideal trusted advisor for any transaction.
Nicholas is an Of Counsel attorney in the Real Estate law section in the Houston Office. With a practice focused on commercial real estate and corporate law, Nicholas serves a wide range of clients including first-time sellers and purchasers to experienced landowners, developers, builders and landlords.
Energy Law Definition
Clients in this category represent multinational and state-owned oil and gas companies, pipeline and transport companies, biofuel producers, mining and mining equipment firms, electric utilities and independent power producers, nuclear and fossil fuel power plant developers, renewable energy companies (wind, solar, hydro, geothermal), energy efficiency and demand response enterprises, and investors and financiers to all of the foregoing.
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