Founded in 1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has lawyers in 32 offices and 15 countries around the world. With one of the strongest integrated global platforms and our longstanding one-firm philosophy, Squire Sanders provides legal counsel worldwide.

From its office in Houston, Squire Sanders serves regional, national and international corporations headquartered or operating in Texas, the Southwest United States and worldwide. As part of the firm's leading international energy practice, the Houston office's services encompass a wide range of activities related to the energy business, especially litigation, corporate transactions and environmental compliance. Its lawyers handle not only general legal services and business transactions for oil and gas producers, field services companies, utilities, pipelines, marketers and distributors, but also commercial, energy and environmental litigation for Texas-based companies and other clients of the firm with matters pending in Texas and elsewhere.

Statement of Practice

Administrative Law, Admiralty & Maritime Law, Agricultural Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Appellate Practice, Aviation & Aerospace, Banking Law, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Business Law, Chemicals, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Construction and Engineering Law, Contracts, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Debtor & Creditor, E-Commerce, Education Law, Election, Campaign & Political, Eminent Domain, Employee Benefits, Energy, Entertainment & Sports, Environmental Law, Financial Institutions & Services, Government, Government Contracts, Health Care and Hospitals, Immigration, Indians & Native Populations, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Dispute Resolution, International Law, International Trade, Internet Law, Investments, Labor & Employment, Life Sciences, Litigation, Manufacturing, Media Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Occupational Safety & Health, Private Equity, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Project Finance, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology & Science, Toxic Torts, Transportation, Trusts & Estates, Wills & Probate, White Collar Crime, Workers Compensation, Utilities and Zoning, Planning & Land Use.

Address

6200 Chase Tower
600 Travis Street
Houston, TX 77002, (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.)

Phone

Phone: +1.713.546.5850
Fax: +1.713.546.5830

Website

http://www.ssd.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

(For Biographical Data on Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Houston, Texas; Miami, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach, Florida; Los Angeles, Palo Alto and San Francisco, California; New York, New York; Phoenix, Arizona; Washington DC; Tysons Corner, Virginia; Caracas, Venezuela; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; São Paulo, Brazil; Bratislava, Slovak Republic; Brussels, Belgium; Budapest, Hungary; Frankfurt, Germany; Kyiv, Ukraine; London, England; Moscow, Russian Federation; Prague, Czech Republic; Warsaw, Poland; Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, China; and Tokyo, Japan Personnel, see Professional Biographies at those Points Respectively)

PARTNERS, HOUSTON OFFICE

Coralyn Goode (Partner) born New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court, District of Columbia. (Not admitted in Texas). Education: Georgetown University (A.B., 1978); College of William & Mary (J.D., 1981). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Energy; Project Finance.Email: Coralyn Goode

Steven B. Harris (Partner) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Trinity University (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1980). Member, Garland Walker Inns of Court. Member: Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit and American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation and Intellectual Property); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation, Oil and Gas and Appellate Law); Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program; College of the State Bar and Pro Bono College. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Corporate and Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Litigation; International Dispute Resolution; Intellectual Property Litigation; Securities Litigation; Construction Litigation.Email: Steven B. Harris

Mark Lupkowski (Partner) born Syracuse, New York, 1962; admitted to bar, 2000, Texas; 2006, California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1984); University of Massachusetts (Ph.D., 1988); Our Lady of the Lake University (M.B.A., 1995); University of Texas (J.D., 1999). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Mark Lupkowski

Dale E. Stephenson (Partner) born Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; 1997, Texas; 2008, Michigan; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: Michigan State University; Spring Arbor University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Michigan (J.D., 1982). Author: "European Community Waste Policy: At the Brink of a New Era," BNA International Environment Reporter, 403-411 (July 17, 1991); "Environmental Laws Are Stricter In Green - Influenced Europe," The National Law Journal (September 30, 1991); "Environmental Regulation in Europe," Journal of Canada-United States Law Institute (1992); "Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Emissions Trading in North America: Kyoto Treaty and U.S. Initiatives," Journal of Canada-United States Law Institute (2002); "Legal Aspects of Doing Business in the Middle East," Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group (October 18, 2005); "Doing Business in the Middle East - General Issues and Legal Perspective," Case Western Reserve University School of Law (January 31, 2006). Member: Ohio State Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Michigan; American Bar Association (Member, International Section and Section on Environment, Energy and Resources). Practice Areas: Regulatory Law; International Law - Middle East; Environmental Law.Email: Dale E. Stephenson

ASSOCIATES, HOUSTON OFFICE

Eric J. Cassidy (Senior Associate) born Lansing, Michigan, 1967; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas; 2004, Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1990); University of Warwick, England (M.A., 1993); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., 2001). Order of Barristers. Member: Board of Advocates, 1999-2001; ABA Moot Court Team, 2001; National Moot Court Team, 2000; Jessup International Law Moot Court Team, 2000, 2001; National White Collar Crime Mock Trial Team, 2000. Notes and Reviews Editor, American Journal of Criminal Law, 1999-2000. Member: Houston (Chair, Law and Media Committee, 2006-2007), Chicago, Illinois State, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Energy Litigation; Construction Litigation; National and International Arbitration.Email: Eric J. Cassidy

John Herbig Jr. (Associate) born California, 1974; admitted to bar, 2007, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. Education: California State University Northridge (B.S., 2001); California State University Northridge (M.S., 2002); University of Houston (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation.Email: John Herbig Jr.

D. Alan Lindsey (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Texas. Education: University of Missouri at Columbia (B.A., B.J., 1999); University of Houston (J.D., Environmental and Energy Law and Policy Journal, 2005). Practice Areas: Environmental Law.Email: D. Alan Lindsey