Brit T. Brown

Houston, TX
Managing Partner

Brit Brown is the Managing Partner of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons. He provides marketing assistance and other pre-dispute advice, and represents clients in trial, arbitration, administrative proceedings, and pre-trial issues. His practice focuses on both commercial and tort-related disputes in the energy and automotive industries.

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas (J.D., Phi Delta Phi, 1989)
  • Law Review: Houston Law Review, Executive Editor, 1988
• University of Houston (M.B.A., 1986)
• University of Houston (B.B.A., 1985)

• Texas
• U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

• Secured arbitration of a claim on behalf of an offshore gathering system seeking damages resulting from the defendant's wrongful release of dedicated gas-producing properties
• Represented a motor vehicle manufacturer in dealer termination, relocation, and add point disputes, resulting in the manufacturer's being permitted to implement its marketing plans
• Represented a chemical plant maintenance contractor regarding claims arising from explosion of a chemical plant process vessel that caused multiple fatalities, serious burn-related personal injuries, and property damage
• Defended a major oil company against a claim asserted for alleged breaches of an offshore oil and gas operating agreement
• Represented a major insurer, assisting a chemical plant operator in investigating the cause of a plant fire and collecting physical evidence in relation to a CSB and OSHA investigation
• Defended a major gas company against a gas supplier seeking rights of incremental price increases
• Defended a major oil company with a significant working interest in a unitized field in arbitration of a dispute against royalty owners contesting plant splits and other royalty adjustments
• Defended an oil and gas company in an arbitration over a failed transaction involving the sale of offshore oil and gas producing properties
• Defended a major producer of specialty chemicals in a suit filed by alleged agents on behalf of a Mexican corporation involved in the importation of the specialty chemicals into the Mexican market
• Represented a medical device manufacturer in a products liability action alleging that serious and life-threatening burns were caused by alleged defects in an oxygen regulator
• Defended a manufacturer of medium and heavy duty trucks against a claim being asserted by a transporter purporting to have a distribution agreement
• Represented an oilfield service company in a personal injury action involving fatalities and significant burn injuries allegedly caused by negligent workover operations that allegedly caused a well blow out
• Arbitrated a dispute in defense of a major oil and gas service provider against a well owner who claimed loss of the well due to a down-hole failure
• Defended a major oil corporation against a construction worker who sustained severe injury and disfigurement
• Represented an automobile manufacturer in an administrative trial in which automotive dealers contested the manufacturer's allocation and pricing programs
• Represented a medium duty truck manufacturer in an administrative trial against a franchise dealer seeking the right to market additional and new models of the manufacturer's products
• Defended an automotive manufacturer before a state commission investigating the manufacturer's warranty and service network

• Co-author: "Wind Power: Generating Electricity and Lawsuits," Energy Law Journal, Volume 28, No. 2 (2007)
• Co-author: "Massachusetts v. EPA and Global Warming: Path to a Coherent Policy," National Law Journal, June 18, 2007
• Co-author, "More Regulation of Carbon Emissions in the Cards," Executive Counsel, May/June 2007
• Co-author, "Resolving Measurement Disputes," Pipeline and Gas Technology, August 2006
• Co-author, "The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Energy Sector: What to Expect and How to Be Prepared for Potential Litigation,"  Energy, Winter 2005
• "Put Out the Sparks that Fly When Two Energy Companies Tangle,"  Houston Business Journal Energy Magazine, October 8, 2004
• "Economic and Regulatory Factors Agitate Relations Between Automobile Manufacturers and Dealers,"
  Enterprise Magazine, September 2004
• "Automotive Manufacturer/Dealer Litigation Expected To Increase,"  Michigan Lawyers Weekly, August 30, 2004
• "Common Sense Tips for Avoiding Litigation,"  FindLaw.com Corporate Counsel Center, Litigation Section

• Named one of Texas' "Top Rated Lawyers ®" by ALM/LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell, 2012
• Named "Texas Super Lawyer," Texas Monthly, 2006-2008

 

• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel
• Executive Committee, Institute for Energy Law

• "Areas of Special Interest: Energy and the Environment, " Litigation Summit and Expo, Washington DC, November, 2011
• "Flashpoints in Master Service Agreements," Association of Corporate Counsel Houston Chapter Luncheon, January 2011
• "The Energy Industry," International Lawyers Network Meeting of the Americas, Houston, Texas, November 2010
• Serves as faculty member for the Beecher Carlson TopBoards^TM program, ISS-accredited training for corporate board members
• "A Day in the life of an E-Discovery Case," T3: Trial Tactics and Technology, ALM Events, London, November 2007
• "Why You Need To Avoid Costly & Unnecessary Litigation," Pipeline Opportunities Conference: Pipeline Outlook '07, Pipeline & Gas Journal, March 2007
• "Avoiding Litigation," Pipeline Opportunities Conference, Pipeline & Gas Journal, March 2006