Trial counsel for Rice Drilling D, LLC in a jury trial in which plaintiffs sought over $60 million in damages for allegedly trespassing on and converting their oil and gas below the surface. Successfully defeated several claims prior to trial with dispositive motions and, after a two-week jury trial before the Chief Judge of the Southern District of Ohio, secured a unanimous jury verdict in the client’s favor.
Trial counsel for Midstates Petroleum in contract and lien disputes over amounts allegedly owed for goods and services. Obtained a multi-million-dollar summary judgment for actual fraud against service provider.
Pro bono counsel for Congregation Torah Vachesed synagogue and Jews for Religious Liberty in authoring amicus brief challenging FEMA policy that had prohibited religious organizations from obtaining post-Hurricane Harvey aid. During the pendency of the case, FEMA revised its policy to allow religious organizations to receive aid on a non-discriminatory basis.
Counsel for Total E&P USA and Total Specialties in climate change litigation pending in the Northern District of California.
Appellate counsel for Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation in defending the bankruptcy court’s high-profile ruling that allowed debtors to reject certain midstream contracts during its Chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Trial counsel for Primexx in three lawsuits in Oklahoma state court alleging injection of wastewater from fracking at disposal wells caused seismic activity. Successfully settled.
Counsel for MEG Energy in defending a contract dispute pending in Delaware Superior Court. The parties reached a favorable settlement.
Counsel for Newfield Exploration in resolving dispute arising from ownership rights to seismic data.
Counsel for Panalpina World Transport Ltd. in Texas state court defending breach of contract and fraud claims arising from freight forwarding services provided in connection with a construction project in Southern Iraq. The parties reached a favorable settlement.
Counsel for GenOn Energy, Inc. during its Chapter 11 cases in the Southern District of Texas in $600M estimation trial to value contract and tort claims arising from complex owner-lessor agreements. After 10 days of trial, the claims against GenOn were estimated at $0.
Litigation counsel for the ad hoc committee of unsecured noteholders in successfully defeating ad hoc equity group’s valuation challenge in the Chapter 11 cases of Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
Counsel for Emerald Oil, Inc., in successful trial of a contract rejection dispute in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
