Gavin E. Hill
Member
Gavin Hill is the lawyer companies retain when complex systems failures turn into high-value, big-publicity investigations and litigation. He’s also the attorney companies engage to handle commercial disputes involving contractual obligations, business torts, and trade secrets. Whether a lawsuit poses an existential threat or a minor distraction, Gavin helps clients manage and mitigate risk.
Gavin devotes much of his practice to defending oil and gas companies in various matters, including catastrophic injury and death claims following oil well explosions and mishaps.
An “engineer whisperer,” he has a strong technical aptitude that he uses to build relationships with leading experts in offshore drilling, casing, float collar conversion, cementing, well integrity and pressure testing, well abandonment, wireline operations, and mudlogging. Gavin converses with them in their unique language to solve the puzzle behind every incident, then distills the information into streamlined yet persuasive explanations that judges, juries, and agency investigators can understand.
“ I help clients overcome seemingly intractable problems, working at the knowledge level of clients’ subject matter experts to find solutions. My primary responsibility is to serve the client’s interests, but what I do often serves a public purpose, too. ”
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- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1996, Executive Editor, Journal of Law & Politics
- Brigham Young University, B.A., 1993, Editor, Pi Sigma Alpha Review
- United States Air Force Academy
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Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1996
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Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U. S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
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- Recognized in Texas SuperLawyers®, 2012-2016
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- State Bar of Texas
- Dallas Bar Association
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Institute for Energy Law, Advisory Board Member
- J. Reuben Clark Law Society
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- Professional Association of Diving (P.A.D.I.)
- Plano Sports Authority, Executive Member Football Board, 2009-2012; youth football coach, 2008-2012
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- Italian
Areas of client focus
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