
Benjamin H. Moss

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Ben is a litigator in V&E’s Appellate Group, and his practice involves all stages of the appellate process, from post-trial motions to petitions for rehearing and rehearing en banc. Before rejoining V&E, Ben worked as a judicial clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Ben has assisted.
Experience Highlights
(10th Cir.) – Obtained affirmance of $60 million (net) jury verdict on behalf of Antero Resources Corporation in a pricing dispute related to a long-term gas purchase agreement
(U.S.) – Drafted certiorari-stage and merits-stage amicus briefs supporting the petitioner in a Freedom of Information Act case
(Tex.); (Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.]) – Obtained affirmance of $13.1 million judgment in favor of a commercial developer after the State condemned a significant portion of the commercial reserves of a master planned residential development in Harris County, Texas for construction of the Grand Parkway toll road; the Texas Supreme Court denied the State’s petition for review
(5th Cir.) – Represented an oil and gas company in Fifth Circuit appeal concerning issues of arbitration law
(10th Cir.) – Representing a downstream energy company in a class action appeal involving payment of interest on untimely royalty payments under Oklahoma’s Production Revenue Standards Act
(Tex. App. – Houston [14th Dist.]) – Representing client in mandamus proceeding to block discovery of large amounts of “other incidents” evidence
(Tex. App. – Austin) – Drafting amicus brief on behalf of a major energy producer concerning oil-and-gas leasing authority and horizontal drilling
Credentials
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2018 (Chicago Journal of International Law, Editor-in-Chief)
- University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. English and Philosophy with highest honors, 2014
- Judicial clerk to The Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2019–2020
- Judicial extern to The Honorable Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Summer 2016
- Member: Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Texas
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Ninth, Federal, and D.C. Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Italian (limited working proficiency)