Tough, fearless, prepared, passionate about winning – these are just a few of the adjectives clients and colleagues use to describe Kathy Silver. A litigation attorney who focuses primarily on commercial litigation and oil and gaslitigation, Kathy has distinguished herself as a skilled trial lawyer who is absolutely dedicated to her clients’ success. As one colleague said, “Kathy Silver’s clients know that she tries very hard on the front end of a case to resolve it without going to trial in order to save them time and money. However, when clients do go to trial, she is one tough litigator, and her clients appreciate it.” Kathy has represented numerous large and small companies in complex commercial and contract disputes, both as plaintiffs and defendants. Kathy has defended a chemical company in high‐profile commercial disputes, including defending a significant matter brought by the Mexican national oil company against several U.S. energy and chemical companies related to claims of conversion of millions of dollars of alleged stolen hydrocarbons. She has handled lawsuits involving contractual and fiduciary duties between joint venturers in a natural gas field; duties owed by operators and working interest owners under joint operating agreements; express and implied covenants in oil and gas leases; royalty disputes; disputes regarding the purchase and sale of hydrocarbons, drainage claims; failed production tubing in a gas well; claims of lease termination, trespass, fraud, fraudulent inducement, and slander of title; and an arbitration involving post‐ closing accounting and title issues related to the purchase of oil and gas properties. In addition, Kathy has developed experience in health care litigation, representing a managed care company in benefit disputes and in disputes with health care providers related to allegations of underpayment of provider claims and breach of in‐ network contracts. Kathy also has developed experience in employment litigation and recently tried an employee theft case and two federal lawsuits involving claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act.