Areas of Practice

With extensive litigation backgrounds, the attorneys at  Hamm Law Group  can handle all of your litigation needs in both the state and federal courts of Texas and New Mexico.  

Hamm Law Group  has successfully litigated matters on behalf of our clients against large oil and gas companies, land owners, publicly traded companies, government entities, and competitors in both state and federal court. Our firm also understands the high cost and uncertainty faced by companies or individuals faced with litigation and we use every effort to mitigate risk and costs while maintaining top quality representation. 

Hamm Law Group also provides alternative fee structures in certain situations where clients may have trouble fronting the cost of a litigation matter or wish to hedge their exposure. 

Our firm regularly conducts litigation related to:

• Complex commercial disputes
• Employment agreements
• Oil and gas disputes 
• Contract disputes
• Claims involving fiduciary duties
• Allegations of misrepresentation and fraud
• Collections matters

We assist our clients with a broad variety of contract drafting, review, revision and negotiation for matters including but not limited to:

• Entity Formation
• Vendor Contracts
• Customer Contracts
• Commercial Leases
• Rental Agreements
• Service Contracts
• Employment Agreements
• Purchase and Sale Agreements
• Non-compete Agreements
• Non-Disclosure and Confidentiality Agreements
• Terms of Sale
• Licensing Agreements

Hiring in-house counsel can add significant cost to a company’s bottom line and this is a luxury most companies cannot afford.

We provide clients with direct access to legal counsel without the necessity of a full time in-house counsel. Hamm Law Group commonly serves the role as the client’s general counsel and delivers all of the benefits of hiring an in-house general counsel without the cost and administrative burden. Our firm takes pride in our accessibility and ability to timely address our clients’ day to day business needs. 

At Hamm Law Group, we take a practical and common sense approach to legal problem solving that focuses on both the legal and financial aspects of any business decision.

Finally, when outside specialist such as patent and tax attorneys or appraisers or accountants are required to address a specific client matter, our strong relationships with the needed specialists ensure that we are able to assist you with obtaining efficient and effective answers and solutions to your needs.

Our general counsel services include:

• Drafting employment agreements
• Structuring, drafting, and negotiating our clients’ day to day commercial agreements
• Oversight of sophisticated transactions 
• Advising clients in relation to employment and operational matters

Our clients range from some of the largest private mineral and working interest owners and buyers in the country to individual owners who have inherited a small mineral interest and wish to better understand the value of their interest.

Mineral, working, royalty and surface interests in Texas and New Mexico can be extremely valuable and often times individuals and oil companies will try to force or bully mineral and land owners into selling or leasing these interests at below market rates. We have extensive experience litigating mineral fraud cases where mineral owners have been fraudulently induced to sell their mineral interests to third parties. Hamm Law Group regularly negotiates with and litigates against the largest oil and gas companies in the Permian Basin on behalf of mineral, working interest, royalty and surface owners.

Located in and having grown up in the Permian Basin, our attorneys are well experienced in the economics and management of a mineral or surface estate located in an oil and gas producing region. 

We handle a wide variety of mineral and real estate related transactions. Typical engagements in this area may involve:

• Purchase and sale agreements
• Mineral leases
• Drilling contracts
• Production sales contracts
• Surface damage negotiations
• Master Service Agreements
• Lease disputes
• Suits to quiet title
• Mineral fraud
• General transaction and conveyance documents

Our attorneys will take the time to sit down and visit with you and your family to determine the best way to both preserve and distribute your estate with estate planning tools catered specifically to your needs. 

In the event that a loved one passes away without a will or a dispute regarding the validity of a Will or estate dispute arises, Hamm Law Group has extensive experience in litigation related to probate disputes in both Texas and New Mexico.

We provide a variety of Estate and Probate services:

• Wills
• Durable Power of Attorney
• Medical Power of Attorney
• Trusts
• Comprehensive estate planning
• Probate administration
• Probate litigation
• Guardianship

Hamm Law Group has experience litigating personal injury cases involving wrongful death, oilfield accidents, burns, vehicle accidents and damages related to oil and gas explosions and spills.

Oil and gas service companies and operators are employing new strategies to avoid liability in these situations. Accidents involving oil and gas wells often involve multiple parties and complex facts related to underground reservoirs, engineering, technical data, and equipment and tools unique to the oil and gas industry.

It is important to have a law firm that understands the complexity of these incidents and how to prosecute these types of cases.