The preeminent Texas trial boutique Pierce & O’Neill, LLP, has received national and local honors from Best Law Firms for its success in natural resources law and oil and gas law. The firm earned additional Houston metropolitan honors for its commercial litigation, admiralty and maritime law, and appellate work.
Pierce & O’Neill has a reputation as a “go-to law firm” for in-house counsel at Fortune 500 companies and prides itself on forming lasting relationships with clients that have relied on the firm’s counsel for decades.
The firm’s partners frequently are ranked among the nation’s top litigators by publications such as Lawdragon 500 and Chambers USA, highlighting the firm’s ability to handle complex, high-stakes cases across various industries.
To be eligible for the Best Law Firms list, firms must have at least one attorney who earned The Best Lawyers in America recognition, an honor reserved for only about 5% of the county’s practicing lawyers. Pierce & O’Neill had four attorneys on this year’s list, name partners Jesse Pierce and Jack O’Neill and trial attorneys Mary Livingstone and John Schwambach.
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