Practice Areas & Industries: Andrews Kurth LLP

Practice Group Overview

Since our founding in 1902, Andrews Kurth has earned a reputation for providing astute litigation services at both the trial and appellate levels. Our Litigation Practice is a stand-alone group that couples strategic trial tactics with business acumen to realize the best outcome for our clients.

Handling a majority of complex corporate and business cases, the group consistently works towards a single premise: to safeguard our clients' interests and integrity. With our depth of experience and thorough knowledge of our clients' various businesses, we promptly assemble suitable teams to develop innovative approaches for resolving client disputes. This interdisciplinary tactic helps us cut to the chase and usually results in a rapid and satisfying resolution, whether through early arbitration or trial.

Services Available

Our lawyers have extensive experience in state and federal courts and are positioned in five major metropolitan cities to service nationwide clients - from A-list corporations to emerging start-ups representing virtually every industry and issue, including:

• Antitrust
• Banking Regulations
• Breach of Contract
• Civil Appeals
• Commercial Fraud
• Condemnation
• Covenants-Not-to-Compete
• Energy
• Foreclosures, including wrongful foreclosure and usury
• Fraudulent Inducement
• Insurance Coverage
• Labor & Employment
• Landlord/Tenant & Lease Disputes
• Lender Liability
• Managed Care Litigation
• Negligent Misrepresentation
• Officer and Director Liability
• Patent, Trademark and Trade Secrets
• Personal Injury
• Product Liability
• Professional Liability
• Property Damage
• Securities Law Violations
• Tortious Interference
• Toxic Tort
• Water Rights
• White Collar Crime
• Medical Malpractice Defense

Class Action Litigation

Andrews Kurth has an impressive record of defending clients against class action lawsuits in both state and federal court. With our intimate familiarity of applicable state law and business, our litigators strategically work to defeat class certification and seek appellate review of adverse class decisions.

Energy Litigation

As a Texas-based firm, Andrews Kurth has serviced the energy industry for over 100 years and continues to represent energy clients both locally and around the globe. We handle the entire spectrum of energy-related arbitrations and trials in state and federal courts and in international disputes as well.

Additionally, our Energy group routinely represents clients before the Railroad Commission of Texas, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Texas Public Utility Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy and other U.S. agencies.

Personal Injury & Product Liability

Andrews Kurth's growing defense practice handles product liability, personal injury and premises liability claims against large national companies and small technology start-ups.

Our clients include major chemical companies, machinery manufacturers, oil field equipment suppliers, defense contractors, petroleum refiners, motor carriers, automobile manufacturers and manufacturers of commercial and military aircraft.