Attention Texas Energy Lawyers: This is Your Golden Age

HOUSTON (June 12) – For decades, most corporate lawyers wearing the fancy suits in the tall buildings in Dallas and Houston considered their brethren who did oil and gas law a class level below.

Not any more.

In an era when new law school graduates face the toughest hiring market in 30 years and seasoned veterans in litigation, M&A and capital markets see their billable hours shrinking and revenues declining, lawyers in the energy sector are smack-dab in the middle of their Golden Age.