Alasdair A. Roberts

Special Counsel

Houston

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"Al Roberts practices in the casualty and mass tort, commercial litigation, and offshore energy and marine litigation groups. Al focuses his practice on energy industry litigation, personal injury defense, products liability defense, and corporate representation."

Al is an experienced trial attorney who has litigated numerous cases in state and federal courts at the trial and appellate levels. His experience includes obtaining reversal by the Supreme Court of Texas of multiple trial court orders requiring production of irrelevant and privileged information. Al also has significant multi-district litigation experience and has successfully moved for the creation of MDL dockets for multiple clients.

Thought Leadership

“Defending Against First Party Claims and Attorney’s Fees,” Texas Association of Defense Counsel 2015 Summer Program

Memberships

Member, Houston Bar Association
Member, Texas State Bar Association
Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel

Community Service

Coach, UCAL Pre-K 4 and K, Saint Anne Catholic School

South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D., 2010
- Associate Editor and Articles Editor, Texas Journal of Business Law
- Recipient, Academic Merit Scholarship
- Member, Phi Delta Phi
The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 2005

Bar Admissions

Texas

Courts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Texas Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
All Texas State Courts

“Best Lawyers,” The Best Lawyers in America, 2026
“Rising Star,” Texas Super Lawyers, 2020-2024

Integral role in successful mandamus of a discovery order from trial court granting motion to compel production of documents concerning defendant’s attorney’s fees. The Supreme Court of Texas held that the billing records were irrelevant and that the order invaded work-product privilege. In re Nat’l Lloyds Ins. Co., 532 S.W.3d 794 (Tex. 2017).
Integral role in successful mandamus of a discovery order from trial court granting motion to compel production of client’s internal management reports and associated emails in first party bad faith litigation. In re Nat’l Lloyds Ins. Co., 507 S.W.3d 219 (Tex. 2016).
Integral role in successful mandamus of a discovery order from trial court compelling defendant to produce claim files from unrelated claims in first party bad faith litigation. In re Nat’l Lloyds Ins. Co., 449 S.W.3d 486 (Tex. 2014).
Second chair trial counsel for commercial property insurer in multi-million-dollar bad faith litigation. The jury found no breach of contract, no bad faith, and that the carrier was prejudiced by the late reporting of the claim.
Obtained post-appraisal summary judgment on a multi-million-dollar appraisal claim and had the judgment affirmed by the Amarillo Court of Appeals. Abdalla v. Farmers Ins. Exchange, 2018 WL 2220269 (Tex.App. – Amarillo May 14, 2018, no pet.).
Second chair trial counsel for residential property insurance carrier sued for bad faith handling of a Hurricane Ike claim. Obtained JNOV following jury verdict awarding, which was affirmed on appeal. John Davis d/b/a J.D. House of Style v National Lloyds Insurance Company; 484 S.W.3d 459 (Tex.App. – Houston [1st Dist.] 2015, pet. denied).
Successfully handled defense of pipeline general contractor and pipeline owner in lien foreclosure suit by E&I subcontractor.
Obtained summary judgment on behalf of inland marine insurer against insured’s vendor seeking third party beneficiary status under the insurance policy.
Successfully handled defense of pipeline general contractor and pipeline owner in suit by property owner claiming seismic damage from pipeline construction.
Successfully prosecution of suit against subcontractor for negligent work leading to control of well incident.
Obtained dismissal of premises liability lawsuit by Plaintiff following Plaintiff’s deposition.
Obtained dismissal of wrongful death against oilfield services company following deposition of co-defendant’s corporate representative.
Successfully defense of service companies in loss of production claims and well damage claims following loss of tools downhole.
Successfully defense of pipe treating company following failure of pipe downhole.
Successfully defense of operating companies alleged to have caused loss of livestock from production activities.

Alasdair A. Roberts

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