Energy Litigation Award

2023 Honoree

David M. Castro, Sr.
Retired Associate General Counsel and Chief Litigation Counsel
Hess Corporation

Past Honorees

• Charles W. Matthews
  Former General Counsel of Exxon Mobil Corporation
  Director, Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.
• Robert E. Meadows (2021)
  King & Spalding LLP
  Houston, Texas
• Diana E. Marshall (2020)
  Marshall & Associates
  Houston, Texas
• Joann Lee (2019)
  Associate General Counsel
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
  
• Jack Lewis (2018)
  Managing Counsel, Litigation
  Chevron Upstream
• John P. Bowman (2017)
  King & Spalding
• Daniel M. McClure (2016)
  Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
• Lawrence P. Simon, Jr. (2015) - Read Remarks (pdf)
  Liskow Lewis
• Patton G. Lochridge (2014) - Read Remarks (pdf)
  McGinnis Lochridge
• Clyde Lea (2013)
  Deputy General Counsel, Litigation & Arbitration
  ConocoPhillips
• David J. Beck (2012)
  Beck Redden LLP
• Richard Carrell (2011) - Read Remarks (pdf)
  Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
• Jack Balagia, Jr. (2010)
  Vice President and General Counsel
  Exxon Mobil Corporation
• John M. McCollam (2009)
  Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan LLP
• Greg Copeland (2008)
  Baker Botts L.L.P.
• Gene W. Lafitte (2007)
  Liskow & Lewis
• Frank Douglass (2006)
  Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.
• Shannon Ratliff (2005)
  Ratliff Law Firm
• Hon. Jerry E. Smith (2004)
  5th Circuit COA
  and
  Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal (2004)
  U.S. District Judge
• Hon. Robert M Parker (2003)
  Retired 5th Circuit COA
• Justice Harriet O'Neill (2002)
  Texas Supreme Court