vCardThe Texas Supreme Court, in December 16, 2011, reversed a lower court ruling in favor of Shell Oil Company et al, as Petitioners, in an interesting case where the plaintiff sued Shell Oil claiming that the oil company had underpaid on lease royalties using a scheme which was purposely designed to prevent the lessor, a trust of the Ross family, from discovering the underpayment until the statute of limitations had run out. The court, in essence, held that the lessor had had ample opportunity to discover and realize the error, and demand remedy. Read More...
T Drew Cauthorn
Professional Experience
Mr. Cauthorn is Of Counsel in the firm. He founded the firm in 1984 and became Of Counsel in 2003. Mr. Cauthorn was formerly a shareholder of the San Antonio law firm of Cox & Smith.
Details of Practice
T. Drew Cauthorn has practiced law in San Antonio for over 40 years in the areas of corporate, securities and general business law. Mr. Cauthorn has represented public companies in public offerings and in their ongoing securities reporting. He also has considerable experience in bank acquisitions and regulatory matters, as well as in a variety of sophisticated corporate and business transactions. Mr. Cauthorn was a member of Phi Delta Phi and served as an Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1965-1967, and as a Briefing Attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas, 1967-1968.
Professional Activities
Member: State Bar of Texas, San Antonio Bar Association
Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation
Chancellor, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas
Best Lawyers' 2009 San Antonio Banking Lawyer of the Year.
Best Lawyers’ 2012 San Antonio Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year.