Lawyers from Major Oil Companies Drill Down on Today’s Key In-House Issues

A trio of in-house lawyers from the litigation departments of global Houston-based energy companies on Thursday gave a rare glimpse of what it takes for an outside firm to be retained for these companies’ big litigation matters.

During a seminar at the Institute for Energy Law’s 17th Annual Energy Litigation Conference in Houston last week, the lawyers, who work at BP America, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Upstream stressed a handful of their key expectations of their outside counsel, including diversity, efficiency in communications and the ability for big personality trial lawyers to work well with others from different law firms.