Justin Lipe

Justin Lipe focuses his practice on resolving energy litigation and complex commercial disputes for clients in the oil and gas, renewables, power, manufacturing and technology sectors. He has guided clients to positive outcomes in cases all over Texas involving every type of litigation that clients might face in the energy space, including oil and gas leases, joint operating and joint development agreements, royalty payments and obligations, operatorship disputes, midstream and transportation agreements, gas and crude trading disputes, COPAS accounting disputes, surface use claims, environmental issues, commingling, allocation wells and class action claims.

Justin also routinely helps clients resolve commercial disputes outside the energy sector covering a wide range of challenging issues, such as fiduciary and trust claims, books and records demands, shareholder litigation, payment disputes, trade secret theft, and more general complex commercial litigation disputes.

In addition, Justin advises clients on various transactional matters, including asset purchases and sales, oil and gas lease negotiations, contract termination and avoidance issues, force majeure and complex operatorship transfers.