Back to top

Yetter Coleman Attorneys Recognized in 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers Guide

Four Yetter Coleman attorneys have been recognized in the 2025 Leading Energy Lawyers guide, highlighting the firm’s strength and experience in high-stakes energy litigation.

Timothy McConn, Robert Woods, Tracy LeRoy, and Justin Tschoepe were selected for their notable work representing clients in complex energy disputes in high-value cases across the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and production companies, midstream businesses, power generators, renewable energy developers, and energy-focused private equity firms.

The honorees for this prestigious annual guide are selected based on in-depth, independent research, professional nominations and consultation with peer advisors. Established in 2005, New York-based Lawdragon is a comprehensive resource for online news and editorial features, including well-known guides and rankings of the nation’s leading lawyers in specific practice areas.

McConn focuses on disputes related to pipeline operations, environmental issues and contractual disputes in the energy industry. He advises plaintiffs and defendants over contracts, leases, royalties, title disputes and other oil and gas matters.

Woods has built a reputation for working with complex legal issues affecting the oil and gas industry, such as royalty class actions, lease termination, subsurface trespass, joint operating agreements and environmental contamination. Woods represents leading clients as plaintiffs and defendants in disputes across Texas and the U.S.

LeRoy handles high-stakes business litigation and is a member of Yetter Coleman’s management committee. Her practice focuses on disputes in the upstream and midstream sectors of the oil and gas industry, including cases involving the exploration, production, and transportation of oil and gas, drilling rights, operating obligations, leasehold disputes, renewable fuel commodities, mineral rights, and pipeline issues.

Tschoepe is a business trial lawyer focusing on energy and government contract litigation, including False Claims Act suits. He represents clients in state and federal courts, as well as domestic and international arbitration. Tschoepe advises energy companies across the industry in disputes over contracts, fraud, fiduciary duty, property damage, and land use.