Founded in 1927, McGinnis Lochridge is a multi-practice Texas shop with more than 70
lawyers
operating in offices in Austin, Houston, Dallas,
Decatur and McAllen. The firm
maintains a broad civil law practice, but for
nearly a century McGinnis has been a leader
in the development of oil-and-gas law. It has successfully represented oil and gas
producers, marketers, individuals, and small businesses. One client says, “McGinnis
Lochridge has deep experience in energy-related regulatory issues and litigation,” and,
“They are excellent advocates to FERC and to the Texas Railroad Commission. They
can also get up to speed quickly on energy litigation issues because they know the
industry well.”
Jonathan Baughman, lauded as a “very capable oil-and-gas litigator and general
business litigator,”
represents clients in a variety of complex civil matters and chairs the
firm’s Oil-and-Gas Practice Group. His experience includes civil, commercial contract,
and real estate disputes. Baughman is the lead lawyer
representing NETX Acquisitions,
an oil and gas leasing company, in several lawsuits against Barrow Shaver Resources
Company (BSR), another oil-and-gas leasing business. The lawsuits involve disputes
between the two operators over leases that have either been
terminated
or, in a claim
by BSR, that
force majeure occurred because of falling oil prices during COVID,
preventing the company from drilling wells and keeping its leases from expiring. These
cases are ongoing.
Austin Brister represents oil and gas companies and landowners in upstream oil-and
gas litigation, including mineral and leasehold title disputes. He has represented both
plaintiffs and defendants across Texas and is on the team
representing multiple mineral
owners in DeWitt County in a lawsuit involving royalty calculation and lease
interpretation issues.
