Marie Yeates > Vinson & Elkins LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
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Marie Yeates
Work Department
Appellate
Position
Partner
Career
Marie Yeates is one of the country’s leading appellate lawyers. She serves as co-head of V&E’s Appellate practice.
Over the course of a nearly four-decade-long career at V&E, Marie has presented more than 130 appellate oral arguments in federal and state appellate courts across the country. She has argued dozens of cases in the Texas Supreme Court. A graduate of Louisiana State University School of Law where Marie was first in her class, and admitted to the Louisiana Bar in 1980, she has significant experience arguing appeals in Louisiana courts.
Marie represents clients in the oil and gas industry, as well as other sectors, and is widely recognized for her intelligence, tenacity, perfectionism and detailed preparation. Marie credits her collaborative approach and her ability to simplify complicated concepts as the keys to her successful outcomes.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
Standing as a popular choice to handle energy and infrastructure-related appeals, Vinson & Elkins LLP’s practice is further characterized by its robust skill sets in the IP, bankruptcy, tax, commercial and regulatory areas, among others. The national group benefits from significant platforms in Houston, Washington DC and Austin, while its geographical focus extends across the country, with notable recent activity before the Fifth and DC Circuits, as well as the Texas Supreme Court. From Houston, Marie Yeates fronts the appellate group and is recommended for her prominent record before the Texas Supreme Court. In Washington DC, deputy practice lead Jeremy Marwell is noted for his focus on constitutional and administrative law.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- International trade > CFIUS
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism