
Kuiper Law Firm PLLC
About
Kuiper Law Firm is a full-service energy and business law firm advising clients across a wide range of industries and jurisdictions. Founded in Houston, Texas, the firm has grown to include offices in Fort Worth, TX, Midland, TX, Denver, CO, and Oklahoma City, OK, with a national practice licensed across more than a dozen states.
The firm was founded by Managing Partner Alexander Kuiper, a service-disabled U.S. Marine Corps veteran. As a veteran-owned business, Kuiper Law Firm is certified as a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. This designation reflects the firm’s commitment to inclusion, economic opportunity, and community reinvestment.
Practice Strengths
Kuiper Law Firm is particularly recognized for its expertise in oil, gas, and mineral law, with multiple attorneys Board Certified in this area by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. They routinely handle complex matters involving title examination, leasing, curative work, development, and asset transactions across producing basins nationwide. Several attorneys bring direct industry experience through former in-house roles within energy companies.
In addition to energy law, the firm has strong capabilities in environmental law, real estate, corporate and commercial transactions, and civil litigation. Thier corporate group has overseen more than $100 million in transactions, including formations, mergers, acquisitions, and dissolutions. The litigation team handles both prosecution and defense of disputes involving contracts, real estate, employment, and collections, offering end-to-end counsel from pre-suit demands to judgment enforcement.
Jurisdictional Reach
Our attorneys are licensed in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, West Virginia, and Wyoming. We also represent clients before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas and the District of Wyoming.
Client-Centered Approach
Kuiper Law Firm is known for delivering legal solutions grounded in practical experience and strategic insight. We pride ourselves on responsiveness, collaboration, and long-term relationship building. Clients include oil and gas operators, landowners, real estate developers, financial institutions, and corporations of all sizes.
Commitment to Diversity and Mentorship
Diversity is embedded into the fabric of Kuiper Law Firm. Over 50% of employees and 80% of firm leadership are women, and 25% of the team identifies as minorities - figures that far exceed industry averages. The firm recruits heavily from South Texas College of Law Houston, a nationally recognized leader in legal diversity. Mentorship and development are foundational to the firm culture. The firm invests in attorney growth through robust continuing education, internal training programs, and publication opportunities. They actively support attorneys in becoming leaders within their areas of practice, as the law is constantly evolving, and staying abreast of legal and policy change and development is crucial to the provision of exceptional legal services.
Culture and Recognition
Kuiper Law Firm has been recognized among Houston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For and as a Best Place to Work by the Houston Business Journal.
Partners Alexander Kuiper and Lori Davlin have been named Super Lawyers Rising Stars, underscoring their standing as top practitioners in the fields of energy, corporate, and litigation law.
A Decade of Trusted Counsel
Now in its second decade, Kuiper Law Firm continues to earn the trust of clients by delivering practical, forward-thinking legal solutions with integrity and excellence. We are proud to serve as trusted advisors in an evolving legal and regulatory landscape. We are dedicated to the cultivation of trust between the firm and its employees, and the firm and its clients, and we believe the two are intrinsically related.
Staffing Figures
- Managing Partner Alexander Kuiper
- Partner and General Counsel Lori Davlin
- Partner Laura Schwarz
- Partner Bresee Carlson
- Partner Diana Woodcock
- Partner Steven Lehrbass