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Bracewell LLP Offices
711 LOUISIANA STREET
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HOUSTON, TX 77002
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Mr Warren Harris
Work Department
Appellate
Position
Warren Harris chairs the firm’s appellate practice group. He handles high-stakes appeals in Texas and across the country. He has handled hundreds of appeals, primarily handling cases that were originally tried by other law firms. He also serves as appellate counsel in major trials to provide strategic advice, preserve of error, argue jury charges, and handle post-verdict motions.
Education
J.D., cum laude, University of Houston Law Center, 1988; B.B.A., University of Houston, 1985
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Bracewell LLP’s firm-wide focus on the energy sector is reflected in its appellate practice, where it specializes in representing energy companies before all courts of appeals, with a particularly notable record before the Texas Supreme Court. The team is also well versed in appeals concerning the insurance, toxic torts, IP, and environmental law fields. The group is concentrated in Houston, where department head Warren Harris is valued for his ‘ability in oral argument’. Also noted in Houston are Jeffrey Oldham, who is a former general counsel in the Office of the Governor of the State of Texas, and newly promoted partner Walter Simons.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
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
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- 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
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense