Lance’s prior experience includes:

• Represented co-owner of a small business in a management dispute with multinational company over the operation of the business, including allegations of mismanagement and breach of fiduciary duty. Case settled after one day of trial. 
• Obtained a Texas Supreme Court opinion finding insurance coverage for a manufacturing company after the company provided allegedly defective products to a refinery and was sued for damages associated with the replacement of the supplied products. Insurer had previously denied coverage. 
• Obtained complete defense award, including the recovery of all defense fees and expenses, in an expedited AAA arbitration concerning the intent and interpretation of a contractual area of mutual interest (AMI) provision in a joint-venture agreement; plaintiff sought the conveyance of property interests or, alternatively, damages for the alleged failure to convey property interests that it valued in excess of $300 million. 
• Defended an independent oil and gas exploration company in an ICC arbitration hearing arising from an agreement with a third-party business consultant; plaintiff was awarded no damages after alleging fraud, anticipatory repudiation and breach of contract, and seeking actual and punitive damages or more than $700 million. 
• Obtained a substantial verdict for the plaintiff in a case involving the defendant’s failure to pay for directional-drilling services; defendant also counterclaimed for damages associated with alleged misguiding of a drilling bore; court delivered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on all claims and awarded 90 percent of the amount due, plus attorney’s fees. 
• Assisted a large mineral owner with the pre-litigation settlement of a potential dispute regarding the attempted exercise of an option to purchase oil and gas interests at a substantial discount to market which, if it had been exercised, would have potentially terminated a transaction worth $90 million. 
• Represented a Mexican manufacturing company in connection with a construction-contract dispute involving a large radio telescope being built in Mexico; litigation and injunctive proceedings filed in San Diego, Calif., resulted in a quick settlement. 
• Represented an underwriter in connection with allegations of misrepresentation in the offering materials published in advance of an initial public offering; judge granted summary judgment on all claims against the underwriter, and the summary judgment was affirmed on appeal to the 14th Court of Appeals. 
• Represented an international energy company in a dispute with co-owners of an interest in a block offshore Nigeria involving drilling and other operational activities. 
• Represented a major international energy company in an LCIA arbitration regarding the termination of a contract to sell an oil and gas concession in Oman. 
• Represented a major international electronics company in efforts to recover manufacturing equipment worth $2.5 million. 
• Represented a major steel manufacturer in connection with multiple lawsuits, pending in both domestic and international courts, arising out of several stock-purchase agreements. 
• Represented numerous major refineries in multiple cases involving injuries suffered as a result of alleged exposure to benzene. 
• Obtained summary judgment dismissing claims against pesticide manufacturers whose products were alleged to have caused injuries to plaintiff.

Bar/Court Admissions

• Licensed in Texas since 1998
• S. District Courts of Texas: Eastern, Southern Districts

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia

J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence – 1998

• University of Texas, Austin, Texas

B.A.; Honors: Cum Laude, Plan II Honors Liberal Arts

• Texas Rising Star, Litigation, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
• Martindale-Hubbell: AV Peer Review Rated
• Houston Bar Association

• “Rights of First Refusal,” 26th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy, Resource Law Course, San Antonio, Texas, 2008
• “Rights of First Refusal”, Austin Bar Association’s Oil, Gas and Mineral Law section luncheon, Austin, Texas, 2008
• Roundtable-discussion moderator, “Right of First Refusal Litigation”, Trends in Energy Litigation 2007, Fulbright & Jaworski Breakfast Seminar, Houston, Texas, 2007
• Contributing author, “Dispute Resolution in 50 Jurisdictions Worldwide”, Getting the Deal Through, Texas Chapter, 2008 – 2012
• Co-author, “Right of First Refusal Litigation”, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. 2007 Trends in Energy Litigation, 2007