Bruce W. Claycombe

Biography

During the four decades of his legal career, Mr. Claycombe has practiced in many areas of law, including: oil and gas, antitrust, securities, bankruptcy, lender liability, trade regulation, and secured lending transactions, with both litigation and transaction experience in those fields.

He has represented borrowers and lenders in real estate and oil and gas lending transactions, buyers and sellers of oil and gas properties and oil and gas companies, and litigants in federal and state, trial and appellate courts.

He brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to bear on his clients problems, achieving prompt businesslike results whenever possible.

Areas of Practice

Business Litigation

Oil, Gas & Energy Law

Bar Admissions

Supreme Court of Texas

Supreme Court of Tennessee

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

Education

Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN, 1974 (Juris Doctor)

• Honors: magna cum laude
• Indiana Law Review, Associate Editor, 1973 – 1974

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1970 (B.A.)

Awards & Honors

AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Martindale-Hubbell, 1995-2020

Best Lawyers in America

Woodward White, 2006-2020

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Texas – Oil and Gas Section and Business Litigation Section

Dallas Bar Association – Oil and Gas Section

Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation

Life Fellow, Dallas Bar Foundation

Master, Mac Taylor American Inn of Court

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Articles and Publications

“Judges and Prosecutors Immunity from Injunctive Relief Under Civil Rights Acts”, 6 Indiana Law Review 801, 1973