GC to TX Gov Returns to Bracewell

After serving three and a half years as general counsel to Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Houston lawyer Jeffrey Oldham has returned to Bracewell as a partner in its appellate group.

Oldham, a former clerk for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, practiced at Bracewell for more than a decade prior to joining the Office of the Governor in July 2018.

“Jeff’s return strengthens our top-ranked appellate practice that continues its streak of handling significant appeals at the Texas Supreme Court and in federal courts throughout the United States,” Stephen B. Crain, chair of Bracewell’s litigation section, said in a statement.

The Northwestern-trained lawyer has presented oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits and state courts of appeals throughout Texas. He has significant experience handling appeals related to energy and complex commercial litigation matters.

Oldham won a 6-3 decision at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2015 for copper mining company ASARCO against Baker Botts in a battle over fees in a bankruptcy case.