First Admitted: 1974, Texas

Bar / Professional Activity:

State Bar of Ohio
State Bar of Arkansas
The Center for American and International Law - Oil & Gas Practice Committee
American Bar Association
State Bar of Arkansas
Ohio State Bar Association
American Board of Trial Advocates
State Bar of Texas
State Bar of Oklahoma
Litigation Counsel of America
Council of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
State Bar of Pennsylvania

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

Honors:

Recognized in Lawdragon’s® 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2022, 2024, Lawdragon
Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, Litigation Counsel of America
Recognized in Chambers USA for General Commercial Litigation, Oil & Gas Litigation, and Energy & Natural Resources Litigation, 2009-2022, Chambers USA
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© as a leading practitioner in Commercial Litigation, Natural Resources Law – Litigation, and Oil & Gas Law – Litigation, 2008–2023, Best Lawyers
Selected Lawyer of the Year, Oil & Gas Law – Houston, Best Lawyers, 2011, Best Lawyers
Recognized in Texas Super Lawyers in the area of Business Litigation 2003–2022, Super Lawyers
Recognized by Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel, 2008-2010, Super Lawyers
Recognized in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America for Toxic Torts, Lawdragon
Martindale-Hubbell® "AV Preeminent" Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
Order of the Coif, University of Texas Law School

Scholarly Lectures / Writings:

"How to Deal with the Expert Witness," Texas Bar CLE, 2015, 2015
"The Use and Perils of Sight Drafts in Leasing Transactions," 59th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 2013, 2013
“Recent Developments in Oil and Gas Law,” 8th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, The Institute for Energy Law, 2009, 2009
“Protecting Company Secrets and Rights to Compete: When Employer and Employees Clash in the Oilfield,” 60th Annual Conference on Oil and Gas Law, Institute for Energy Law, 2009, 2009
"Termination of Oil, Gas & Mineral Leases: Savings Clauses and Defensive Doctrines," State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil Gas & Energy Resources Seminar, 2008
Recent Developments in Oil and Gas Law,” 7th Annual Energy Litigation Conference, The Institute for Energy Law, 2008, 2008
"Current Issues in Gas Royalty Litigation," Arkansas State Bar Association Oil, Gas & Energy Law Seminar, 2005
"Termination of Oil, Gas & Mineral Leases: The Temporary Cessation of Production & Production in Paying Quantities Doctrines," State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section Report, Vol. 27, No. 4, 2003
"Common Law Claims in Environmental Contamination cases," Advanced Environmental Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1997
"Standards of Appellate Review," Houston Bar Association Appellate Practice Institute, 1996
"Current Issues in Controversies Between Royalty Owners and Energy Companies," Section of Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental Law, American Bar Association, 1993

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Jesse R. Pierce