Allen Pusey

Prominent legal and investigative journalist Allen Pusey is a senior editor and writer at The Texas Lawbook.

Prior to joining The Lawbook, Pusey was the editor and publisher of the ABA Journal, which is the nation’s largest circulation legal publication. Before his decade with the Journal, Pusey spent 26 years as a reporter and editor at The Dallas Morning News, where he was a special projects editor and covered the Supreme Court of the United States.

A former director at the Center for Public Integrity, Pusey brings extraordinary experience and knowledge of the legal industry to The Texas Lawbook. Our readers are now the beneficiaries of his amazing talent as a writer and editor.

You can reach Allen at allen.pusey@texaslawbook.net or 202.669.4398.

Chevron USA Wins Big at SCOTUS

The U.S. Supreme Court Friday decided that an environmental damages lawsuit in a Louisiana state court against oil and gas giant Chevron USA should rightly be removed to federal jurisdiction because of the company’s history as a vendor for petroleum products during World War II.

Chevron was represented by Paul Clement of Clement & Murphy. Plaquemines Parish was represented by Louisiana Solicitor General J. Benjamin Aguiñaga and Victor Marcello of Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello in Baton Rouge.

April 17, 2026 Allen Pusey

Omar Samji Heads Back to Gibson Dunn

Omar Samji, the Houston-based lawyer whose career in power and renewables spans more than two decades and six law firms, has left Weil for Gibson Dunn, the firm is announcing today.

April 8, 2026 Allen Pusey

Abu Dhabi Investor Acquires EMG Pipeline Interests for $2.25B

An Abu Dhabi investor announced late Tuesday that it is taking a stake in two major natural gas pipelines that operate across and between the Upper Midwest and Canada.

Weil is advising on the deal with a team led from Houston.

April 2, 2026 Allen Pusey

Munsch Hardt Announces New Texas Office

Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr formally announced Wednesday the firm’s expansion to Fort Worth with a seven-lawyer office to be housed in 5,787 square feet of scalable office space on Main Street.

April 1, 2026 Allen Pusey

O’Melveny Snags Doug Lionberger from Holland & Knight

O’Melveny & Myers announced this week that veteran capital markets advisor Doug Lionberger has joined the firm from Holland & Knight — the sixth partner to lateral to the firm’s Houston office in the last two years.

March 31, 2026 Allen Pusey

Small Shareholder’s Big Challenge Falls Flat as Court Upholds SB29

In an early validation of one of the major changes in the Texas Business Organizations Code, a federal judge last week dismissed a derivative stockholder lawsuit aimed at foiling a high-profile policy change at Southwest Airlines.

March 22, 2026 Allen Pusey

Constellation Divests 4.4 GW PJM Generation to LS Power in $5B Deal

Kirkland, White & Case and Willkie advised on the divestitures which were part of an agreement last year in connection with Constellation's $26 billion acquisition of Calpine Energy.

March 19, 2026 Allen Pusey

ES3 Minerals Wins $50M+ Jury Verdict in Texas Business Court

A jury in the Third Division of the new Texas Business Court in Austin late Tuesday returned a verdict of at least $50 million in favor of ES3 Minerals, and in support of its claim that several former employees conspired to steal proprietary information and software to start their own competing businesses.

March 12, 2026 Allen Pusey

David Nemecek Bolts Kirkland for Simpson Thacher, Which Intends to Open a Dallas Office

David Nemecek, one of the nation's pre-eminent pre-eminent strategic advisers to distressed companies, is leaving Kirkland & Ellis for Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, according to a news release from his new firm late Wednesday. Simpson Thacher also said it plans to open a Dallas office.

February 18, 2026 Allen Pusey

Ovintiv Exits Anadarko with $3B Sale of Assets

Latham and Kirkland advised on the deal, which helps pay down Ovintiv's debt from two recent purchases in Canada's Montney Shale, as well as their considerable holdings in the Permian Basin.

February 17, 2026 Allen Pusey

Allen Pusey

Allen Pusey

Chevron USA Wins Big at SCOTUS

Omar Samji Heads Back to Gibson Dunn

Abu Dhabi Investor Acquires EMG Pipeline Interests for $2.25B

Munsch Hardt Announces New Texas Office

O’Melveny Snags Doug Lionberger from Holland & Knight

Small Shareholder’s Big Challenge Falls Flat as Court Upholds SB29

Constellation Divests 4.4 GW PJM Generation to LS Power in $5B Deal

ES3 Minerals Wins $50M+ Jury Verdict in Texas Business Court

David Nemecek Bolts Kirkland for Simpson Thacher, Which Intends to Open a Dallas Office

Ovintiv Exits Anadarko with $3B Sale of Assets

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