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Lucas Witters Named Dealmaker and Rising Star by Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits

Analysis of Employer-Related and Executive Compensation Changes Under the 2025 Tax Legislation

Sushant Mohan Named as Finalist in 2025 Texas Legal Awards

David Sherman, Nichole Sterling Host DADM Podcast Series The Data Stream

J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2021, 

B.A., University of South Carolina, 2015, 

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Alexander Obrecht Presents, Bailey Bridges Moderates Panel on Loper Bright Panel

Texas Takes Latest Step Toward Adopting UIDDA

BakerHostetler Secures More Than $1.6 Million in Pro Bono Excessive Force Case

Bailey Bridges, Shahnoor Khuwaja Named 2023-2024 Outstanding Committee Chairs by HYLA

Bailey Bridges Featured as The Energy Dispatch Young Energy Professional

Methane Series Part III: Implementation Is Here. EPA Published the Proposed Rule Implementing the First-Ever Direct Tax on Methane Emissions

Poe Leggette, Bailey Bridges Provide Overview of New Methane Tax During Webinar

Poe Leggette and Bailey Bridges Detail Challenges to Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Tax

Practical Applications of the Superfund and Methane Taxes, and the Impact of Recently Published Proposed Regulations

Poe Leggette and Bailey Bridges Author Article on Enforceability of IRA’s Methane Tax

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Overview of the Inflation Reduction Act’s Methane Tax

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<li>Counsel to oil and gas companies in responding to agency demands, including royalty audits by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue and decommissioning orders by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.</li>
<li>Represents clients in private and federal royalty disputes at the administrative, state and federal level.</li>
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Commercial and Energy Litigation 
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<li>Part of team that obtained dismissal of environmental plaintiff groups’ various challenges to more than 400 applications for permit to drill for lack of standing. Defeated a preliminary injunction that threatened to stop all development for an oil and gas project that covered an area the size of Delaware. Powder River Basin Res. Council v. U.S. Dep’t of the Interior, 2023 WL 7298815 (D.D.C. Nov. 6, 2023).</li>
<li>Counsel to chemical plant in favorable resolution to person injury case involving alleged employer negligence and related insurance dispute regarding coverage of employer based on status of employee.</li>
<li>Successfully defended power services provider in breach of contract and tort action brought by power broker.</li>
<li>Represents Trustee in litigation of bankruptcy avoidance actions against international banks and related entities to recover money received as a result of fraudulent transfers, including successfully defending against pretrial motions and interlocutory jurisdictional appeals. This includes complex questions of personal jurisdiction, successor liability and bankruptcy defenses.</li>
<li>Advised client in major electricity company’s intervention into litigation in connection with bankruptcy of an electricity cooperative.</li>
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Civil Rights Litigation 
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<li>Obtained more than $1.6 million judgment for former inmate in Section 1983 excessive force claim.</li>
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