Environmental issues surface in far too many deals only after the business terms are locked in, diligence windows are closing, lenders start asking hard questions, and after the opportunity to meaningfully and more accurately allocate risk has slipped away.
Secured a significant appellate win on behalf of a major energy company in insurance coverage litigation arising from a faulty cement job performed by an oilfield service company on our client’s Texas well.
Significant appellate win on behalf of a major energy company in its ongoing insurance coverage litigation against certain Underwriters that provided liability insurance coverage to an oilfield service company that performed a faulty cement job on an oil and gas well drilled by our client in Texas.
Best Lawyers®, for the 15th consecutive year, announced the "Best Law Firms" rankings. GableGotwals is ranked in the 2026 list regionally in 55 practice areas.
Benchmark Litigation, a guide that provides analysis of commercial and financial litigators and law firms in the United States, named GableGotwals as a "highly recommended" law firm for Dispute Resolution.
Super Lawyers has named 32 GableGotwals attorneys to its 2025 "Super Lawyers" list for Oklahoma, two of whom were newly included. In addition, four of the Firm’s Shareholders were recognized among Oklahoma’s top attorneys.
“Companies with a national footprint could therefore face overlapping claims in multiple and often inconsistent state frameworks, which will invariably lead to forum-shopping and different outcomes in cases across jurisdiction,” said GableGotwals shareholder Timothy Sowecke, who handles energy and environmental matters.
On September 29, 2025, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published an updated guidance memorandum regarding implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
