Dispute resolution
Geoff Gannaway at Beck Redden L.L.P., represents EOG Resources in a breach of contract case involving a water treatment unit that was never delivered as promised, with trial set for September 2025. He also represents Maverick Natural Resources and Breitburn Operating in California litigation, where plaintiffs allege toxic contamination and property damage stemming from oilfield operations.
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Work Department
Litigation
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Partner
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Everything Geoff Gannaway does is geared toward persuading a judge and jury. He works with each client to develop a strategy for success in the courtroom, and then weaves together every deposition taken, every motion filed, and every jury argument made. At the onset of a new case, Geoff never loses sight of the end goal: distilling factual details into persuasive themes to present to a jury, ultimately making the most complicated cases understandable and the client’s position clear.
Geoff honed an attention to detail in Rice University’s engineering program, and now uses an engineer’s discipline to serve his clients as a lawyer. The more complex the case, the more Geoff relishes the challenge. The subject matter of cases he has handled spans a broad array of industries and legal issues.
After a successful jury verdict, Tom Moogan, CFO for Advance International, explained: “From the intense level of preparation, to his collaboration with us to understand the particular complexities of our case, it was clear that Geoff worked to make this a case that a jury would hear and decide in our favor.”
Memberships
- Chair, Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, 2023-2024
- Chair-Elect, 2022-2023
- Vice-Chair, 2021-2022
- Treasurer, 2020-2021
- Secretary, 2019-2020
- Outstanding Council Member Award, 2020
- Council Member, 2012-2023
- President, Texas Law Review Association, 2023-2024
- Chair, The University of Texas Law School Houston Area Alumni, 2023-2024
- Houston Bar Association
- Continuing Legal Education Committee, 2017-2018, 2020-2021 (Chair 2017-2018)
- Member, Professionalism Committee, 2017-2018, 2020-2021
- Member, Bench/Bar Committee, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2022-2023
- American Bar Association, Contributing Editor, Section of Litigation’s Litigation News publication, 2017
- Board Member, Texas Law Review Association
- Executive Committee Member, The University of Texas Law School Alumni Association
- Fellow, Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Board of Directors, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2008-2012
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Editor-in-Chief, State Bar Litigation Section News for the Bar, quarterly newsletter for the State Bar of Texas, 2007-2010
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, with highest honors, Grand Chancellor, 2002
B.A., Rice University, Economics & Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1997
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Key clients
- EOG Resources
- Energy Vault, Inc.
Work highlights
Representing EOG Resources in a breach of contract and fraud suit against Advanced Petro Technologies and Helios Environmental.