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WADE T. HOWARD

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Practices

  • Litigation
  • Refinery Incidents & Litigation
  • Products Liability
  • Energy – Litigation
  • Pipeline Servitude, Rights-of-way, Easements & Expropriation
  • Landowner & Mineral Lessee Disputes
  • Personal Injury
  • Pipeline Litigation
  • Toxic Tort, Mass Torts & Class Actions

Blogs

  • The Energy Law Blog - Wade Howard

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Shantrise Hall

713.651.2822

“I think one of the most important jobs of a trial lawyer, which is often overlooked, is to help your client understand all the ways the litigation can impact their business, so they can make the best decisions, not just for the litigation, but for their business.”

Overview

Wade Howard is a trial and appellate lawyer with years of experience handling civil litigation on both sides of the docket, often involving oil and gas and other energy-sector clients throughout the Gulf Coast. In addition to his significant trial experience – trying tort, product liability, condemnation, consumer and other complex cases to positive jury and bench verdicts in both state and federal court – Wade has helped resolve numerous lawsuits through settlement negotiations and mediation. Wade has also argued appeals in the Texas and Louisiana Courts of Appeal, the Texas Supreme Court and the Federal 5th Circuit.

Clients also hire Wade for large tort, personal injury and environmental claims involving refinery accidents and releases. For example:

  • A refinery faced mass litigation and multiple claims including two deaths because of a fire and release into an urban area from a Baton Rouge facility. In an unusual trial, the case was tried to four separate juries at the same time. The Defendant was found not liable in federal court.  
  • In a case involving a commercial lease, Wade represented a dialysis center, which sued its landlord.  Wade tried the matter and won in a two-week jury trial, later upheld in the Court of Appeals and after oral argument at the Texas Supreme Court.

Whether in mass tort litigation or the early defeat of class certifications, Wade has often used creative defense strategies. One of Wade’s greatest strengths is understanding his clients and their business, so that he can assist them in making the best litigation and business decisions.

Involvement

Professional

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • State Bar of Texas - Member
  • Louisiana State Bar Association - Member
  • Houston Bar Association - Member
  • Mr. Howard has taught numerous trial advocacy and deposition programs.

Recognition

  • Texas Super Lawyers, 2005, Civil Litigation, Business Litigation, Personal Injury Plaintiff: General

Credentials

Education

  • University of Houston Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1993)
    • Houston Law Review, Editor
    • Order of the Barons
    • Order of the Coif (Top 10%)
  • University of Arizona (B.A., Accounting, with Honors, 1987)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2008
  • Texas, 1993

Publications

  • "It's Heating Up; United States Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Proper Jurisdiction for Climate-Change Lawsuit," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, January 20, 2021
  • "U.S. Climate Change Litigation: 2020 Update," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, January 15, 2020

After Hours

"I enjoy golf and spending time with my wife and two daughters who are competitive swimmers."

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