Houston's Own Pierce & O'Neill Law Firm Named Texas Energy & Natural Resources Law Firm of the Year by Global Law Experts

Houston, TX, June 05, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Pierce & O’Neill LLP of Houston has been named Energy & Natural Resources Law Firm of the Year in Texas by Global Law Experts (GLE), a well-known guide for locating specialist legal advisers throughout the world. GLE is the only service of its kind that selects just one legal expert in each key practice area and geographical area or country. GLE now recommends almost 2000 lawyers from 140 countries in 30 different practice areas.

Shortlists of recommended firms are created through over 27,000 responses from business managers, in-house counsel, independent law firms, bar associations and visitors to the GLE website. The final selections are made by analyzing client testimonials, key cases from the past 12 months, overall reputation, publications, speaking engagements and the performance and standing of the team’s individual lawyers.

Pierce & O'Neill, LLP is a civil litigation firm that handles the trial and appeal of complex civil litigation and arbitration matters. The firm was founded by Jesse Pierce and Jack O'Neill, each of whom has more than thirty-five years of experience trying complex cases for commercial and energy industry clients.

Jesse Pierce was named 2011 Houston Oil and Gas Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers and was recently inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Jack O’Neill is a former director of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and the International Association of Defense Counsel. www.pierceoneill.com