A veteran litigator, Brit Brown focuses his practice on representing energy and automotive clients in trials, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and pre-trial issues. The scope of his work encompasses commercial and tort-related litigation, including supplier, dealer, personal injury, product liability, and distribution disputes. In addition, he provides marketing assistance and other pre-dispute counsel to his clients.
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Notable Work
Offshore Gathering System Client:
Represented an offshore gathering system in securing an arbitration claim arising from damages resulting from the defendant's wrongful release of dedicated gas-producing properties.
Automotive:
Represented a motor vehicle manufacturer in dealer termination, relocation, and add point disputes, resulting in the manufacturer's being permitted to implement its marketing plans.
Chemical Plant Explosion:
Represented a chemical plant maintenance contractor regarding claims arising from explosion of a chemical plant process vessel that caused multiple fatalities, serious burn-related personal injuries, and property damage.
Breach of Contract:
Represented a major oil company defending against a claim asserted for alleged breaches of an offshore oil and gas operating agreement.
Insurance:
Represented a major insurer, assisting a chemical plant operator in investigating the cause of a plant fire and collecting physical evidence in relation to a CSB and OSHA investigation.
Supplier Dispute:
Represented a major gas company defending against a gas supplier seeking rights of incremental price increases.
Royalty Dispute:
Represented a major oil company with a significant working interest in a unitized field in arbitration of a dispute against royalty owners contesting plant splits and other royalty adjustments.
Oil and Gas Arbitration:
Represented an oil and gas company in defending an arbitration over a failed transaction involving the sale of offshore oil and gas producing properties.
Specialty Chemicals:
Represented a major producer of specialty chemicals in defending a suit filed by alleged agents on behalf of a Mexican corporation involved in the importation of the specialty chemicals into the Mexican market.
Products Liability:
Represented a medical device manufacturer in a products liability action alleging that serious and life-threatening burns were caused by alleged defects in an oxygen regulator.
Manufacturer-Transporter Dispute:
Represented a manufacturer of medium and heavy duty trucks defending against a claim being asserted by a transporter purporting to have a distribution agreement.
Oilfield Services Client:
Represented an oilfield service company in a personal injury action involving fatalities and significant burn injuries allegedly caused by negligent workover operations that allegedly caused a well blow out.
Oil and Gas Arbitration:
Represented a major oil and gas service provider in an arbitration against a well owner who claimed loss of the well due to a down-hole failure.
Major Oil Client:
Represented a major oil corporation defending against a suit brought by a construction worker who sustained severe injury and disfigurement.
Truck Manufacturer-Dealer Dispute:
Represented a medium duty truck manufacturer in an administrative trial against a franchise dealer seeking the right to market additional and new models of the manufacturer's products.
Automotive Manufacturer-Dealer Dispute:
Represented an automobile manufacturer in an administrative trial in which automotive dealers contested the manufacturer's allocation and pricing programs.
State Investigation:
Represented an automotive manufacturer before a state commission investigating the manufacturer's warranty and service network.
Published Work and Lectures
- ILN-ergy, Author, "Peak Oil - Are We There Yet?" April 29, 2015
- Texas Lawyer, Co-author, "Oil and Gas Leases During Litigation," December 2014
- Litigation Summit and Expo, Speaker, "Areas of Special Interest: Energy and the Environment," November 2011
- Association of Corporate Counsel Houston Chapter Luncheon, Speaker, "Flashpoints in Master Service Agreements," January 2011
- International Lawyers Network Meeting of the Americas, Speaker, "The Energy Industry," November 2010
Affiliations
- State Bar of Texas
- American Bar Association
- Houston Bar Association
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Institute for Energy Law
- Serves as faculty member for the Beecher Carlson TopBoardsTM program, ISS-accredited training for corporate board members
Honors and Distinctions
- ALM/LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell, 2012, Recognized as one of Texas' "Top Rated Lawyers"
- Texas Monthly Magazine, 2006-2008, Recognized as a "Texas Super Lawyer"