Tony Guerino II

is a shareholder in the Energy Litigation section of the firm's Houston office. He has more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry and focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and arbitration, including domestic and international oil and gas matters and energy related disputes.

Mr. Guerino routinely serves as lead counsel in energy litigation and arbitrations involving tens-of-millions to hundreds-of-millions of dollars, and has in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in the energy industry. In addition to his proven courtroom and arbitration skills, Mr. Guerino is a petroleum and natural gas engineer who worked for a major exploration and production company, learning the technical and financial intricacies of the energy business prior to earning his law degree. This unique combination of engineering and legal skills, along with real-world oil and gas industry experience as an operations engineer, production engineer, reservoir engineer and positions with senior management responsible for onshore and offshore operations, makes Mr. Guerino one of Texas' go-to energy litigators.

Mr. Guerino consistently uses his strong technical knowledge of the energy industry to his client’s advantage. For example, he represented an oil and gas operator against multimillion-dollar property contamination claims allegedly resulting from his client’s oilfield operations. After discovery of technical flaws and issues in the plaintiff’s claims, Mr. Guerino was instrumental in having the case dismissed. Similarly, his review of well logs in a case involving the loss of his client’s prolific offshore well due to downhole tool failures, Mr. Guerino’s technical background resulted in the addition of potential pay zones to his clients damage model – resulting in recovery of damages far in excess of his client’s expectations.