Mr Phillip Sampson > Bracewell LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
711 LOUISIANA STREET
STE 2300
HOUSTON, TX 77002
TEXAS
United States
Mr Phillip Sampson

Work Department
Litigation
Position
Phillip Sampson has spent decades aggressively pursuing and advocating for his clients’ interests in complex business disputes. Phillip’s consistent approach to fully understanding and then preparing a matter for trial or arbitration emphasizes thoroughness, responsiveness, creativity, and practicality. Phillip is co-chair of the firm’s construction litigation practice group, and he represents clients in a diverse range of complex business litigation and arbitration matters involving the energy, construction, manufacturing, steel, oil field services, chemical, petrochemical, software, financial services, consumer products, and real estate sectors. Phillip has experience and a particular focus on matters involving contract and payment issues, fraud and other business torts, construction defects, products liability, consumer protection claims, personal injury, real estate and landlord/tenant issues, and trade secret and intellectual property rights for both plaintiffs and defendants. Phillip has also successfully handled a number of appeals at the state and federal level.
Education
J.D., with honors, South Texas College of Law, 1993; B.A., with honors, Washington and Lee University, 1990
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
Bracewell LLP has garnered praise for its understanding of the ‘unique conditions and business’ of the design and construction industry. The firm serves the needs of key industries such as energy, manufacturing, education, and local government. Phillip Sampson and the ‘knowledgeable’ Richard Whiteley co-chair the Houston-based construction practice. Both practice heads litigate and arbitrate construction issues concerning defects, delays, and change orders. Aaron Roffwarg chairs the firm’s real estate department and brings his project finance experience to numerous oil and gas, pipeline and terminal projects.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate