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Susman Godfrey LLP
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In addition to handling complex service disruption cases across the southern states related to the Winter Storm Uri, the Houston-based team Susman Godfrey LLP maintains a leading role in domestic and international energy disputes, which include disagreements between service providers and operators, midstream disputes and litigation in the power sector. In the Texas office, former managing partner Neal Manne is best known for representing Chevron in its climate change litigation, while Geoffrey Harrison regularly serves as lead counsel to Apache Energy in multi-million dollar litigation. Erica Harris focuses her skills on contractual disputes and environmental class actions, while Lexie White is known for recently co-counselling Chevron. The team also includes Bill Merrill, who recently won a defense victory in a gas royalty class action brought against Apache in the Southern District of Texas.
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- 'Efficient trial lawyers. Very well organized and detail oriented.'
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Key clients
- Chevron
- Apache
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Work highlights
- Represented Apache in a Texas state court injunction hearing and defeated an attempt to enjoin Apache Corporation from drawing on and receiving payment from $498 million worth of letters of credit and surety bonds issued in connection with decommissioning offshore oil wells, platforms, and other facilities in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Represented CenterPoint Energy in pursuing claims against various gas suppliers in connection with the unprecedented spikes in natural gas costs that occurred as a result of February 2021’s Winter Storm Uri.
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