Julia Mann

Practice Areas

Energy; Trial & Appellate Litigation

Career

As an experienced litigator, Julia Mann helps clients solve their problems in crisis situations. Whether it is a dispute with a customer, a supplier, an employee, or even their own business partner, Julia utilizes her knowledge of the client’s industry combined with the avenues for dispute resolution to reach an outcome consistent with the client’s business goals.

It is Julia’s investment in the relationship that keeps clients returning when disputes arise. Her practice encompasses contractual disputes, professional liability claims, actions to protect companies’ proprietary information, and business torts such as fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and tortious interference. Representing clients on both sides of the docket, Julia has appeared in matters in 40 counties across the states of Texas and Oklahoma.

A significant portion of Julia’s practice focuses on the oil and gas industry. Such experience includes representation of mineral interest owners in suits for lease termination, recovery of royalties, and establishment of title. Julia has represented oil and gas operators in disputes involving joint business partners, service providers, and working interest owners. Her experience includes cases unique to South Texas, such as defending an independent petroleum engineering company in litigation regarding ownership of a mineral estate involving a land grant made by the Government of Spain in 1767. As the value of mineral interest holdings have continued to rise and begin their transition to the next generation, Julia has developed particular experience in the area of fiduciary litigation. She handles claims by and against trustees, estate administrators, beneficiaries, and closely-held family businesses in all areas related to trusts, estates, and probate matters.

Professional Memberships

Texas Bar Foundation Fellows; San Antonio Bar Foundation Fellows; Federal Bar Association; Fifth Circuit Bar Association; William S. Sessions American Inns of Court; South Texas Women in Energy; Texas Biomedical Research Institute; National Charity League – San Antonio Rose Chapter

Publications

- Presenter, “Is the Sky Falling with the Oil Prices,” South Texas Women’s Energy Network (2015)

- Presenter, “Opportunities and Obstacles in the Wake of Falling Oil Prices,” Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) South/Central Texas Chapter (2015)

- Co-author, “Cost-Shifting,” Essentials of E-Discovery, State Bar of Texas, 2nd ed. (2021)

- Co-author, “Rule 30(b)(6) Depositions,” Essentials of E-Discovery, State Bar of Texas, 2nd ed. (2021)