COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Carly has represented clients in breach of contract, corporate governance, fraud, intellectual property, insurance coverage, and other disputes. Her experience includes cross-examining key witnesses at arbitration hearings and trial; briefing and arguing cases before the Fifth Circuit; briefing cases before the First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals of Texas and the Third Circuit; and taking primary responsibility for discovery, summary-judgment and other dispositive motion briefing and argument. Carly has represented clients in the health care, aviation, energy, private equity, and real-estate sectors.

OIL & GAS LITIGATION

Carly has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in oil and gas litigation, including disputes between energy companies and surface owners over trespass and surface-use issues, royalty disputes (including complex accounting and allocation issues), and disputes over ownership of petroleum products. She has litigated these claims in Texas state court in Starr County and Harris County; in federal court in the Southern District of Texas, Western District of Oklahoma, District of Kansas, and the 10th Circuit; and in state court in Oklahoma and Kansas.  Carly also has experience in disputes over pipeline easements and eminent domain issues.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Carly has assisted in the representation of landowners in eminent domain suits.  She also has significant experience counseling oil & gas companies on unclaimed property audits and compliance.