Oil and Gas Litigation:  Protecting Landowners from Oil and Gas Industry Damage

The Sher Law Firm has significant experience protecting people, their land and water, throughout the United States, from contamination and damage caused by oil and gas operations and other industries. We routinely provide experienced representation and expertise to landowners and royalty-owners over a wide range of hydrocarbon resource issues including underpayment of royalties, trespass, hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling and illegal disposal activities.

If you believe that your water is no longer safe in your residential subdivision or on your ranch land or commercial property, and that nearby oil and gas drilling operations may have something to do with your water quality problem, contact our office in Houston for a free consultation with an experienced environmental trial lawyer.

Oil and Gas Litigation:  Personal Injury and Property Litigation against Oil and Gas Companies

Although water contamination problems related to oil and gas fracking in such population centers as greater Houston, San Antonio and Dallas-Fort Worth are the most common issues we see lately, our law firm also handles a wide variety of civil claims for land damage and personal injury resulting from oil and gas operations. These include:

  • Personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits related to refinery or pipeline fires or explosions
  • Pipeline leaks during or after construction of oil and gas transmission facilities
  • Negligent practices in land maintenance and remediation under oil or gas leases
  • Deceptive trade practices and real estate fraud claims related to residential development in areas impacted by improper oil and gas extraction practices

AV Preeminent* attorney Andrew Sher is known throughout Texas and the Southwest for the results he has achieved on behalf of private property owners, small businesses, American Indian tribes and state governments in oil and gas industry litigation. He has also tried cases in states as far away as Colorado and Pennsylvania. Listed as a Super Lawyer (2014) by Thomson Reuters in Texas Monthly, Mr. Sher combines a thorough understanding of the oil and gas industry with outstanding advocacy and trial skills to achieve positive results for our firm’s clients.

Call 713-626-2100 in Houston for a Free Consultation

With a selective andOil and Gas Litigation limited volume of cases, the Sher Law Firm is committed to highly attentive and individualized client attention in every case we handle. To learn more about our approach to client service and our experience in complex oil and gas industry litigation, contact us in Houston for a free consultation with an outstanding trial lawyer.

Based in Houston, The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, serves the needs of clients in complex environmental, oil and gas, personal injury and commercial litigation throughout Texas, including greater Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Panhandle, Midland/Odessa and Lubbock. We also handle litigation in other states through association with local counsel in California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.