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Litigation: General Commercial

Texas: Houston & Surrounds

3 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Courtney Ervin

USA

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

500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2024-2025

Lawdragon

500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023-2025

Lawdragon

Green 500: Leaders in Environmental Law, 2024-2025

Lawdragon

500 Leading Energy Lawyers, 2024-2025

Lawdragon

Best Lawyers in America, 2021-2025

Best Lawyers in America

Chambers USA – Commercial Litigation, 2023-2024

Named a Premier Women in Law honoree by the Association of Women Attorneys – Houston, 2023

Benchmark Litigation, 2021-2025

Texas Super Lawyers, 2020-2024

Thomson Reuters

Texas Rising Stars, 2015-2018

Thomson Reuters

HBA Presidents Award, 2017

Top Lawyer in Houston, 2016

Houstonia Magazine

Leading Energy Litigation Lawyer, 2016

The US Legal 500

Education

University of Houston Law Center

J.D.

2005

Colorado State University

B.S.

2000

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Litigation: General Commercial - Texas: Houston & Surrounds

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Courtney Ervin is noted for her wealth of experience handling complex litigation concerning the energy, construction and insurance sectors.

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