Matthew C. Hoffman

Obtained a favorable result for a major energy company following an arbitration hearing against a contractor concerning the construction of a micro-fuel handling facility as part of a US $1.5 billion energy infrastructure project in the Caribbean

(Colo. Dist. – Denver Cnty.) After a three-week trial to the court, secured a $280 million judgment in favor of Antero Treatment while defeating a $118 million counterclaim; the Court found that the defendant fraudulently induced Antero into signing an agreement for the design, construction and operation of a facility for the treatment of produced and flowback water; the Court also found that Antero properly terminated the agreement after the defendant defaulted by failing to construct the facility according to the requirements of the contract

(AAA Arbitration) – Won a complete defense award for the owner of a midstream bulk liquids terminal after a multi-week arbitration against the terminal’s former operator; the operator sought $27 million in lost profits damages, plus attorneys’ fees, after our client terminated its contract for cause; the operator recovered nothing on its claims and was ordered to pay damages on our client’s counterclaims; at trial, cross examined Claimant’s liability expert witness and key fact witnesses and direct examined multiple fact witnesses, including our client’s corporate representative

(Tex. Dist. – Harris County); (14th Court of Appeals) – Argued and prevailed on a motion for summary judgment on behalf of a commercial real estate company, obtaining the complete dismissal of a breach of contract and nuisance lawsuit asserted by a neighboring property owner in connection with our client’s development and expansion of a regional distribution center; presented oral arguments on appeal to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, which affirmed the trial court’s summary judgment in full

(Tex. Dist. – Jefferson County) – Argued and prevailed on a motion for summary judgment on behalf of an international construction company, obtaining the complete dismissal of a fraud and breach of contract lawsuit arising from our client’s construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Texas Gulf Coast

(AAA Arbitration) – Obtained a seven-figure (net) arbitration award for the developer of an underground natural gas storage facility in Brazil against the project’s reservoir engineering contractor in connection with the engineering contractor’s performance of front end engineering and design services; cross examined Claimant’s expert witness on damages and fact witnesses and direct examined our client’s corporate representative at the arbitration hearing

(S.D. Tex.) – Obtained the complete dismissal for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) of all claims asserted by a wrongful death Plaintiff under the federal Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act against the owner of one of the world’s largest petroleum refineries

(Tex. Dist. – Harris County) – Defended a Fortune 500 energy company in a jury trial against claims arising from an alleged catastrophic injury sustained by a contractor at our client’s chemical plant; following the presentation of Plaintiff’s case and our cross examination of Plaintiff’s witnesses, the case ended in a favorable settlement for our client; at trial, served as second-chair trial counsel, cross examining fact witnesses and handling pre-trial motions

(S.D. Ill.) – Defeated Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification in a case brought against a Fortune 500 pipeline company by a group of landowners alleging property damages resulting from an oil spill

(Tex. Dist. – Hidalgo County) – Obtained the complete dismissal pursuant to Chapter 95 of the Civil Practice & Remedies Code of a wrongful death lawsuit asserted against a Fortune 500 energy company arising from the death of a contractor at our client’s oil-drilling site; during same case, obtained the complete dismissal of cross-claims asserted against our client for business disparagement and defamation

(Tex. Dist. – Harris County) – Argued and prevailed on a motion for summary judgment on behalf of a Fortune 500 pipeline company, obtaining the complete dismissal of a fraud, breach of contract, and tortious interference lawsuit brought in connection with the acquisition of a pipeline maintenance company

(S.D. Tex.) – Obtained the dismissal of six separate lawsuits arising from a fire at a midstream bulk liquids terminal owned by our client’s subsidiary; after drafting and filing a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction in each case, each plaintiff voluntarily dismissed their claims against our client

(E.D. Tex.) – Part of a team that defeated an application for injunctive relief challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reissuance of Nationwide Permit 12 and seeking to enjoin our client’s construction of a pipeline connecting its bulk liquids terminal in the Port of Beaumont to the largest refinery in North America

(Tex. Dist. – Jefferson County) – Obtained the Plaintiff’s dismissal of a wrongful death lawsuit against our client by drafting and filing a Motion to Dismiss under Rule 91a

(Tex. Dist. – Harris County) – Representing a Fortune 500 pipeline company in a putative class action brought by neighboring landowners alleging damages resulting from the construction of our client’s pipelines

(S.D. Tex.) – Assisted in negotiating and obtaining on behalf of a Fortune 500 life sciences company a pre-suit resolution of numerous putative radiation contamination claims under the Price Anderson Act

(AAA Arbitration) – Represented a major EPC contractor in asserting breach of contract claims against a project owner arising from our client’s construction of an ammonia plant along the Texas Gulf Coast

(Tex. Dist. – Harris County) – Represented a Fortune 500 midstream energy company in a breach of contract lawsuit against the operator of our client’s midstream rail terminal

(S.D. Tex.) – Defended an oilfield services company against claims for breach of contract and fraud arising from our client’s acquisition of the company