Alix Allison

• Second-chair counsel in a Midland County, TX, lease termination jury trial representing a Fort Worth-based oil and gas company against a Fortune 500 drilling company. Secured a unanimous finding that the lease terminated for failure to produce in profitable quantities and also terminated based on a total cessation of production without timely qualifying operations.
• Second chair in a retrial. Obtained a reversal of the original trial verdict where the jury found the lease terminated for failure to turn a profit and secured a remand for a new trial, resulting in a defense verdict where the jury unanimously determined that the lease produced in paying quantities. BP America v. Laddex, 513 S.W.3d 476 (Tex.).
• Assisted in obtaining a highly favorable settlement on the eve of trial representing a large oil company in an $85 million contract dispute in Denver.
• Obtained summary judgment for the primary defendant, a Fort Worth–based oil and gas company, in a lease termination dispute involving 4,000 gross mineral acres in Loving County, TX.
• Represented clients in both prosecuting and defending lease termination disputes, including litigation involving production in paying quantities, retained acreage, and total cessation issues.
• Represented clients in royalty payment disputes.
• Secured summary judgment in an employment discrimination dispute under the ADA, Title VII, ADEA, and TCHRA, which was later affirmed by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Secured summary judgment in a purported whistleblower dispute under the National Defense Authorization Act. 
• Secured summary judgment in a retaliation and discrimination employment dispute before an administrative body.
• Defended a large private employer in several administrative proceedings before the Texas Workforce Commission.
• Represented employers in internal investigations related to potential violations of state and federal laws.
• Represented an international oil and gas company in a suit against multiple state attorneys general.
• Represented several Fort Worth–based hospitals in health care litigation matters.

Admissions

•  Texas

Clerkships/Judicial Internships

• Federal law clerk for the Hon. Reed O’Connor, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. 
• Judicial extern for the Hon. Lee Gabriel of the Second Court of Appeals of Texas

Education

•  Texas Tech University (J.D., 2014)
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Order of the Coif
  • Texas Tech Law Review
•  Angelo State University (B.A., 2011)
  • With high honors
  • Summa Cum Laude
  • Varsity Softball 

Memberships

• Federal Bar Association 
• Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court
• Tarrant County Volunteer Attorney Services
• Tarrant County Bar Association Women Attorneys Section, board (2017–2018) 
• State Bar of Texas, Women in the Profession Committee
• Northern District of Texas, Court Advisory Committee 
• Women’s Energy Network

• “Bad-Faith Washouts: Texas’ Newest Cause of Action,” Texas Lawyer, August 29, 2023.
• “Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs,” The AmLaw Litigation Daily, April 28, 2023.
• “SCOTX Wrestles with Force Majeure Clause in Drilling Delay,” The Texas Lawbook, October 25, 2022.
• 5th Circ. Backs Nuke Co.’s Win in Fire Captain’s Bias Suit, Law360, August 15, 2022.
• Fort Worth Oil Company Wins ‘Use It or Lose It’ Challenge to Permian Basin Leases, The Texas Lawbook, June 24, 2021.

• Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers, “’Up and Coming’ Lawyer Oil & Gas (USA),” 2024.
• BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America, “One to Watch,” 2021-2024.
• Thompson Reuters, Texas Super Lawyers, “Rising Stars,” 2020-2023.
• Fort Worth Magazine, “Top Attorney (Civil Law – Litigation),” 2017-2018.