Courtney Ervin

Practice Areas

- Business Litigation

- Energy Litigation

- Environmental & Natural Resources Litigation

- Insurance Coverage Litigation

Professional Memberships

- Houston Bar Association

- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow

- Women’s Energy Network, Executive Member

- UH Law Center Gala, Host Committee, 2017-2020, 2024

- UH Law Center 100% Challenge, Chair, 2017-2020

- The Periwinkle Foundation, Irom Sommelier, Wine Case Chair, 2014-2019

- Houston Bar Association, CLE Online Videos Chair, 2017-2018

- Houston Bar Association, CLE Institutes Co-Chair, 2016-2017

- Houston Bar Association, Gender Fairness Committee, Member, 2012-2014

- Houston Bar Association, Professionalism Committee, Member, 2012-2013

- Awty International School Annual Fund, Member, 2013-2016

Publications

- Discover Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc., 73 F.4th 322 (5th Cir. 2023)

- Discover Prop. & Cas. Co. v. Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc., 622 F. Supp. 3d 349 (W.D. Tex. 2022), aff’d sub nom. Discover Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. v. Blue Bell Creameries USA, Inc., 73 F.4th 322 (5th Cir. 2023)

- ACE Am. Ins. Co. v. Murco Wall Products, Inc., No. 4:22-CV-01137-P, 2024 WL 3173617 (N.D. Tex. June 24, 2024)

- 74th Annual Energy Law Conference Panelist: “Frequently Litigated Provisions of Oil and Gas MSAs”

- The Breadwinner, Best Lawyers Business Edition (Spring 2023)

- Monroe Guaranty v. BITCO: Texas Supreme Court (Finally) Recognizes Exception to the Eight-Corners Rule, The Houston Lawyer (September/October 2022)

- The Inevitability of Commercial Disputes and What You Can Do About Them, Texas Lawyer (August 2020)

- Don’t Lose Your Privilege: Best Practices for the In-House Lawyer, Straightline (Fall 2017)

- Arbitrator’s Manifest Disregard of the Law is No Basis for Vacating Arbitration Award – So Rules the Supreme Court of Texas, Client Alert (June 2016)

- Guarding the Company Wallet: Trends in Insurance Law, Straightline(October 2015)

- Texas Supreme Court Expands “Reasonable Certainty” Requirement for Damages, Client Alert (May 20, 2015)

- Omnicare Clarifies Standards for Liability for Statements of Opinion Under Section 11, Client Alert (March 26, 2015)

- Texas High Court Extends Limitations Period for Unpaid Partnership Liabilities, Client Alert (March 10, 2015)

- “Right to Occupy” Surface Estate Bars Coverage for Property Damage,American Bar Association (November 2014)

- Best Practices: HBA Committee Promotes Gender Fairness,The Houston Lawyer (July 2013)

- “I’m All Verklempt!” (pdf) Presented at the UT CLE Conference on State and Federal Appeals (June 2, 2006)

Awards

Education