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Practice Areas: Civil Litigation

Additional Information: State Bar of Texas; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.

Order of the Coif; Order of the Barons. Associate Editor, Houston Law Review, 1985-1986. Law Clerk to the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987.

Paul has a broad litigation practice, with the primary focus of representing companies in the energy sector in commercial litigation, corporate investigations and related matters.

In the area of litigation, Paul has extensive experience in both state and federal courts, including commercial, oil and gas, copyright and real estate litigation. He has both prosecuted and defended cases involving claims of breach of contract, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and numerous other matters.

His experience in corporate investigations has included representation of corporations and audit committees in investigations and disclosures to the SEC and DOJ of transactions implicating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, investigations of alleged internal wrongdoing implicating Sarbanes-Oxley and investigations on behalf of special litigation committees in connection with shareholder derivative actions.

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Firm Members: Rex VanMiddlesworth Laura Trenaman Matthew Hoeg