Boutique litigation firm Yetter Coleman LLP is trusted for high-stakes commercial disputes by leading clients in the energy, tech, and finance industries. The Houston-based team boasts a deep bench of trial and appellate lawyers. Practice leadership is shared by Paul Yetter, who has nationwide experience and a broad commercial litigation practice, including antitrust, securities, IP and contract disputes, and Tracy LeRoy, who focuses on litigation in the upstream and midstream sectors of the oil and gas industry, while also representing companies prosecuting or defending trade secrets claims. Another oil and gas specialist, Robert Woods covers breach of supply contracts, royalty class actions, and lease termination disputes.
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Testimonials
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- 'Yetter Coleman consistently impresses wherever and whenever I see them.'
- 'The firm has a number of extremely talented people. Tracy LeRoy is super smart, super savvy and incredibly hard working. Amy Farish is an up-and-coming star. Amy and Tracy recently achieved an astonishingly good result for their clients in a litigation that seemed to be going heavily against them. Kudos to them both.'
Key clients
- Academy
- American Airlines, Inc.
- Chevron
- Expand Energy
- Glass, Lewis & Co.
- Great Western Drilling
- Triad Hunter
- Venoco
- Welsh Carson and affiliates
- Directors of Xinchao US
Work highlights
Represented Venoco Liquidating Trust in a case arising out of a 2015 rupture of a Plains All American Pipeline pipeline along the California coast, obtaining a $100m settlement from Plains.
Represented Triad Hunter LLC, a subsidiary of Expand Energy, against Westlake in a brine cavern trespass dispute, obtaining a $70 million jury verdict.
Represented Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe in three suits alleging its involvement in US Anesthesia Partners’ business practices.
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Tracy LeRoy
Practice head
Paul Yetter; Tracy LeRoy
Other key lawyers
Robert Woods; Audrey Hendricks; Amy Farish