Practice: Oil and Gas
Hilary Allen assists clients in successfully resolving complex litigation of all types. Leaning on years of experience, she provides counsel on the full range of litigation risks that a business might encounter and provides efficient end-to-end solutions. Hilary regularly helps clients with a variety of matters and her trial experience is diverse and includes the defense and prosecution of cases including civil litigation, personal injury, insurance, products liability, contracts, construction, bad faith, employment, oil and gas, environmental, constitutional, commercial, professional malpractice, and medical malpractice matters.
Mavish Bana focuses her practice on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and labor and employment matters. She is experienced in counseling on matters involving breach of contract, fraud and other business torts, temporary and permanent injunctive relief, racketeering, antitrust, product liability, franchisor/franchisee disputes, labor and employment, deceptive trade practices, non-competition, and theft and misappropriation of trade secrets.
Johnny Beech has more than 30 years of experience as a litigator focusing on contracts, financial services matters, and trust issues.
Davis Bradford is a problem solver. An experienced trial attorney, he helps clients resolve difficult business disputes. Whether using litigation, arbitration, negotiation, or more informal means, he resolves complex matters by gaining an early understanding of his clients’ businesses, formulating an aggressive strategy to meet each client’s needs, and using the calculated application of leverage.
Mariah helps clients – predominately those in the banking industry – with credit facility enforcement, by helping to facilitate and draft documentation on the complex loan formation process and collections. Additionally, she helps banks, other financial institutions, factoring companies, and real estate entities in an array of transactional matters. Mariah’s duties consist of contract drafting and contract negotiations.
As a member of the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice group, Kaleb helps businesses and government clients litigate environmental and commercial disputes.
Andrew Brought counsels manufacturers, industrial clients, and businesses with complex environmental (EPA) and workplace safety (OSHA) challenges. A dependable and responsive advocate, he offers pragmatic and business-focused solutions to help his clients achieve their goals.
Kelly Campbell is an accomplished trial attorney and veteran who counsels her clients to make the best decisions to reach their business goals. She tries cases when her clients want to be vindicated in a court of law, and she resolves cases when her clients decide it’s the right business decision.
Kevin G. Corcoran is a distinguished trial lawyer. His involvement in Energy, Contractual, Petrochemical, Mass Tort, and Pipeline related matters spans over 30 years. He has handled and tried a variety of complex and difficult commercial and personal injury lawsuits with success, including a large contractual dispute in the oilfield services industry spread over 4 states, large explosion cases on pipelines and in industrial facilities, multiple death and serious injury cases, and environmental leaks and spills incidents.
Shelly has more than 30 years of experience helping clients in complex litigation situations, with a strong background in multi-district litigation and class action defense. She has developed a focus on process and efficiency in dealing with large scale litigation. With a current emphasis on environmental litigation, Shelly handles CERCLA litigation, environmental nuisance, oil and gas industry environmental impacts, and federal and state compliance issues relating to air quality, water quality, noise pollution, and hazardous waste. She works closely with technical experts in investigations, analysis, compliance, and the crafting of experts’ reports in the environmental and natural resources arenas.
With over 20 years of experience as a litigator, Shannon Davies focuses on complex litigation. She helps clients successfully resolve disputes that others may deem difficult to quantify, challenging to explain, or too complicated to tackle. She is adept at uncovering every facet of a case, developing a detailed tactical plan, and crafting a story that will achieve results.
Sadaf Deedar’s legal and professional experience informs her approach to handling patent prosecution and litigation, trademark prosecution and litigation, internet law, and trade secrets.
Patrice Douglas counsels banks, energy companies and utilities on legal, regulatory, and compliance matters. She helps clients navigate the complex regulatory issues they face in today’s economy so they can close transactions efficiently and move forward to realize their goals.
Joseph “Joe” Dworak helps individuals and organizations on a wide range of matters while developing solutions that comply with rapidly evolving legal requirements in litigation, administrative actions, environmental matters, health law, and governmental affairs. Clients seek Joe’s advice as a result of his practical experience, creative problem-solving, and tenacity. He is passionate about advancing clients’ short- and long-term priorities and developing processes that promote compliance and risk mitigation.
Megan Early-Soppa’s blend of litigation acumen, regulatory insight, and strategic risk management makes her a trusted advisor for clients facing the evolving challenges of the transportation, energy, and environmental sectors.
Jacob Esparza assists clients through all phases of complex litigation involving the insurance, construction, energy, and transportation industries, utilizing traditional, and alternative dispute resolution methods to achieve legal outcomes that reduce liability while also aligning with business objectives and goals.
Anthony J. (A.J.) Ferate has built a multi-faceted background in the areas of the law, policy, energy, campaigns and elections, and defense for more than 20 years.
Jason Flower is an environmental attorney with a nationwide practice focused on assisting corporate clients, especially in the chemical, manufacturing, mining, energy, and agricultural industries, with managing their environmental liabilities. Previously serving as the Environmental Practice Group Chair at an AmLaw 100 firm, Jason takes a team-oriented approach to helping clients strategically navigate an increasingly complex environmental regulatory landscape.
George Freedman is a civil litigator with extensive experience helping businesses of all sizes resolve complex litigation matters involving diverse legal issues. George is adept at quickly understanding the complex legal needs of his clients, developing approaches that best meet the client’s business goals, and tenaciously executing the strategy.
Joe represents clients in litigatory matters across diverse industries, applying wide-ranging experience and several types of dispute resolution to favorably resolve matters in manners beneficial to business interests and goals. He initially develops solutions based on alternative resolution methods, including mediation and arbitration, and, when necessary, utilizes exceptional pre-trial, trial, and appellate advocacy, backed by a powerful reputation for success in the courtroom.
Jamie Guidry represents clients in several types of litigation, including products liability, premises liability, personal injury defense, and labor and employment matters, carefully assessing risks to achieve optimal outcomes aligned with business goals and objectives.
Angela currently serves a wide variety of clients in civil litigation and environmental matters. She practices utilities law, administrative law (primarily in water and oil and gas), and Native American law. She is dedicated to achieving the best possible outcomes for her clients, whether that be through non-legal solutions, mediation, or winning in court.
Chris Harris helps clients minimize their income tax liability, with a specific focus on structuring and negotiating business transactions in the real estate, oil and gas, health care, and private equity industries. He advises a variety of clients on how to secure the future of their commercial enterprise, non-profit organization, or personal legacy through efficient tax structures.
Paul guides businesses through their environmental and workplace safety legal challenges involving the EPA, OSHA, state environmental and workplace safety agencies, and private third parties.
Fred Johnson is a trial attorney and the co-chair of the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He has more than 30 years of experience litigating and trying cases to juries, judges, and arbitrators. He has represented clients as trial counsel in more than 30 contested jury and bench trials, numerous arbitrations, mediations, and contested hearings.
Jason Kathman represents clients in bankruptcy proceedings and litigation, helping them win favorable outcomes so they can concentrate on running their businesses. He works with clients in a wide variety of industries, with a focus in hospitality, manufacturing, restaurant, and oil and gas industries.
Arnold Lee helps individuals and entities navigate complex matters through litigation and alternative dispute resolution, providing sound representation in state and federal courts and thoughtful guidance in mediation and arbitration. He skillfully employs comprehensive, client-centered strategies backed by decades of diverse experience and a full-service approach to casework, from intake to resolution.
Brian Medich regularly handles complex matters involving patent, trademark, copyright, and contractual disputes, providing proactive counsel to protect and maximize value through the full life cycle of products, services, and ideas. He brings proven experience with large corporations with expansive IP portfolios in addition to individual inventors and entrepreneurs.
Jessica Merrigan is a partner in the Kansas City and Overland Park offices of Spencer Fane. She counsels clients on environmental matters regarding regulatory requirements and represents them in litigation of environmental claims, including contribution claims under the federal Superfund law.
Amy Mitchell represents clients through a wide range of litigation matters, including, personal injury, construction defect, oil and gas, commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, class actions multi-party death cases and appeals. During nearly four decades as an attorney, she has handled more than 3,000 litigation cases and successfully tried over 80 trials by utilizing her multifaceted skills as a powerful trial advocate and certified arbitrator to achieve favorable outcomes both in and out of the courtroom.
Kari Olson assists clients with administrative and regulatory matters throughout the state of New Mexico with an active focus on state and federal environmental law, public utility regulation, and western water law. Kari employs her diverse industry knowledge and acute attention to detail to navigate complex regulatory landscapes across multiple sectors.
Jeff Phillips provides clients with a full scope of legal services related to intellectual property, first seeking to develop a detailed understanding of a client’s business and IP assets, and then providing strategic counsel focused on maximizing long-term value.
Brett Pinkus represents a wide variety of clients across the full spectrum of intellectual property litigation, combining in-depth technical experience with a full arsenal of strategic legal tools to obtain, enforce, and defend creative products, services, and technologies.
Brian Poldrack guides clients through all aspects of civil litigation, appeals, and alternative dispute resolution. With experience in complex civil trials, arbitration, mediation, and appeals, he concentrates on the most effective and beneficial method of resolving his clients’ civil disputes.
Kevin Powers represents individuals and businesses across construction, real estate, oil and gas, financial services, manufacturing, and other diverse industries in complex commercial litigation, working quickly and efficiently to attain beneficial outcomes using the full range of dispute resolution methods. With more than two decades of experience as a trial attorney, he takes a comprehensive approach to litigation, vigorously advocating for clients’ key business interests and objectives while maintaining a big-picture perspective.
Jim Price is a partner with Spencer Fane, where he was co-chair of its Environment and Energy Law practice group and was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee from 1997 to 2009. His practice concentrates on environmental regulation and compliance, environmental litigation, toxic torts, and business transactions involving environmental issues. Jim has served as lead counsel for numerous environmental matters, including lawsuits, Superfund proceedings, RCRA corrective action, environmental transactions, and environmental permitting and compliance for solid waste, hazardous waste, water, air, and other matters.
Baerbel Schiller, a partner in the Kansas City and St. Louis offices, practices with the firm’s environmental group. Before joining Spencer Fane, Baerbel worked for the Environmental Protection Agency for 15 years in various management positions. At the EPA, Baerbel negotiated and litigated environmental cases arising under Superfund and RCRA and developed national EPA policies on regulating compliance, hazardous waste cleanups, Superfund and RCRA enforcement, and the reuse of contaminated sites.
Sharon assists clients with matters related to oil and gas, water, environment, and property, adeptly navigating intricate regulatory landscapes and tackling complex litigation, including class actions.
Evan Stephenson focuses his practice on insurance, commercial, and class action litigation with a particular emphasis on trials and appeals. In each of these areas, he has a proven track record of success for his clients.
Tyler Talgo represents clients in various stages of litigation, helping proactively resolve disputes with heavy consideration for sensitive interests and multifaceted objectives. He boasts diverse experience in several areas of law, including construction disputes, mergers and acquisitions disputes, securities, trusts and estates, torts, land boundary issues, and contract disputes.
Grace provides efficient and effective legal counsel designed to help clients navigate their way through a diverse range of transactional matters including mergers and acquisitions, forming and structuring business entities, and commercial real estate.
Eric M. Van Horn assists clients nationwide with all aspects of bankruptcy, reorganizations, negotiations, collection actions, multi-jurisdictional insolvencies, and corporate liquidations. His work in complex Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy cases has involved representing committees of unsecured creditors and investors, debtors, trustees, secured lenders, landlords, and general unsecured creditors, including critical vendors and suppliers. He also defends clients against bankruptcy preference and fraudulent transfer (clawback) lawsuits, and assists clients in bidding on and acquiring assets out of bankruptcy cases. His specific industry experience includes clients in oil and gas, manufacturing, health care, restaurant, manufacturing, retail, and technology industries.
Adam Veltri assists clients with complex matters involving real estate and oil and gas acquisitions, divestitures, financings, development, and operations.
Mark Wasem assists clients in a broad range of oil and gas transactions, including the acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas properties and natural gas pipelines, development and operation of natural gas pipelines, and the contractual and regulatory issues for upstream and midstream energy companies. He has more than 25 years of experience in the industry.
DeAndrea Washington focuses her practice on a variety of labor employment litigation matters. She provides preventive counsel and litigates employment disputes on behalf of public and private employers in federal and state courts, arbitration, and before administrative agencies, such as the Texas Workforce Commission, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the U.S. Department of Labor. DeAndrea handles litigation matters at the pre-trial, trial, and appellate levels.
Natalie S. Washington is a trial lawyer who works tirelessly for her clients so they can get back to business. She is known for her relentless pursuit of success which she achieves through creative thinking at the inception of a case and tailored strategy. Natalie is as enthusiastic about courtroom resolution as she is about achieving favorable results one-on-one with the opposition.
John Leonard Watson leverages his in-depth commercial trial and litigation knowledge to understand clients’ needs and goals and serves as a formidable advocate on their behalf. With his exceptional trial skills, John has successfully represented clients in state and federal courts, helping them plead their cases before juries and judges in dozens of trials to verdict. During his 46 years practicing law, he has also fought for his clients’ interests before numerous federal, state, and local administrative and regulatory agencies and shepherded them through alternative dispute resolution forums including arbitration and mediation.
Jeff has served as lead counsel on a wide spectrum of high stakes matters in the areas of water, environmental, natural resources, and public utility regulation. He has over 150 days of trial experience and has argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as courts across New Mexico and throughout the west. According to Chambers, Jeff is a “leader in the field” of environmental and natural resources who has “excellent trial skills.”
When a dispute arises that affects your business or its future, having a trial lawyer like James L. Wooll on your team is crucial. Jim has extensive experience – in trials with juries and with appellate courts, as well as mediation and arbitration – helping clients head off potential lawsuits when possible and aggressively litigating them when they cannot.
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