Best Law Firms in Texas for Oil and Gas Law

Founded in 1997, Texas-based Hicks Thomas LLP is a premier litigation firm representing plaintiffs and defendants across the nation with offices in Houston, Austin, Beaumont and Amarillo, Texas, and Sacramento, California. The firm provides in-depth experience in cases involving oil and gas, environmental, complex commercial, toxic tort, construction, products liability, corporate governance, securities, banking, insurance coverage, transportation, trade secrets and business litigation.

Practice Areas:

• Appellate Practice
• Business Litigation
• Commercial Arbitration
• Environmental Litigation
• International Arbitration
• Construction Litigation
• Offshore Energy Litigation
• Oil & Gas Litigation
• Securities Litigation
• Toxic Torts
• Trade Secrets
• Transportation Litigation
• Labor and Employment Litigation

Kelly Hart & Hallman has been a trusted provider of comprehensive legal services to some of the most innovative and successful businesses, individuals, and governmental entities in the country for over four decades. Our exceptional lawyers and exceptional clients have been instrumental in our continued success. Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, also known as Kelly Hart, is a leading business-to-business law firm offering a wide range of legal services. With a team of more than 160 attorneys specializing in over 20 substantive areas of the law, we deliver creative and strategic legal solutions to address our clients’ most intricate business challenges.

Our esteemed client base includes Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, individuals, foundations, investor groups, and governmental entities, all of whom rely on us for their legal needs. Our extensive areas of practice encompass administrative law, appellate law, aviation law, banking and finance law, business reorganization and bankruptcy law, corporate and securities law, energy law, environmental law, estate planning and probate, government enforcement and investigation, health care law, intellectual property and technology law, labor and employment law, litigation, nonprofit organizations, oil and gas/energy law, public finance law, real estate law, tax law, transportation law, and water law.

At Kelly Hart, we are committed to delivering exceptional legal representation and value to our clients, utilizing our depth of knowledge and experience across various legal disciplines.

We Are Trial and Appellate Lawyers

You cannot make up trial and appellate experience. You must have undergone it.

Mr. Pierce and Mr. O’Neill each have more than 50 years of experience in the trial and appeal of high stakes civil litigation for commercial and energy industry clients. Although most often retained at the outset of a matter, the firm is frequently asked to substitute as trial counsel, or to step in as appellate counsel. Clients, other attorneys, and companies widely regard the firm as the first choice for significant, complex litigation. The firm has repeatedly been recognized as one of the nation’s top law firms by Best Lawyers®, and a “Go-To Law Firm” by in-house law departments at Fortune 500® companies.

Mr. Pierce and Mr. O’Neill are members of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Both have been recognized by Chambers USA, named to Lawdragon®'s 500 Leading Litigators in America, included in Best Lawyers® as leading practitioners in multiple practices, selected for Texas Super Lawyers®, and earned AV Preeminent ratings from Martindale-Hubbell®.

Preeminent in Complex Business and Energy Litigation and Appeals

We are a litigation “boutique” with a single focus — the devoted and accomplished representation of our clients. There are major differences between trial lawyers, on the one hand, and “litigators” who primarily engage in discovery and motion practice, on the other hand. We are a firm of accomplished trial and appellate lawyers. We excel at litigation and appeal.

Our reputation is built on experience and results that exceed expectations. The pursuit of our clients’ best interests is accompanied by a spirit of cooperation in the lawyer-client relationship. We undertake substantial matters on a regular basis for both new and existing clients and place significant value on our client relationships, many of which span decades.

Practice Areas

• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Energy & Natural Resources Litigation
• Appeals
• Trademark, Trade Secret & Non-Compete Litigation
• Class Action Defense
• Environmental & Toxic Torts
• Bankruptcy Litigation
• Admiralty & Maritime Litigation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution