Elizabeth M. Byrne

Associate

Houston + 1.832.239.3765

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Elizabeth Byrne represents clients in all manner of complex commercial litigation and disputes in state and federal courts. Elizabeth has experience evaluating claims and legal issues, managing fact investigation, developing strategies for and handling all phases of offensive and defensive discovery, and preparing and arguing motions and briefs in state and federal courts.

Prior to joining Jones Day in 2022, Elizabeth worked as a litigator at an energy-focused firm, where she represented energy clients in various commercial and environmental disputes. She has represented major oil and gas companies in environmental contamination multidistrict litigation, energy companies in royalty and lease disputes, and a range of other clients in various commercial disputes. Elizabeth also advised clients on federal environmental compliance issues impacting offshore oil and gas operations and represented clients in a number of administrative appeals before the U.S. Department of the Interior Board of Land Appeals, including in royalty and decommissioning disputes.

Experience

  • National tax consulting firm obtains declination in long-running criminal probeJones Day represented a national tax consulting firm in a nearly four-year highly publicized criminal investigation and ultimately obtained a formal declination from the United States Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Texas on behalf of the client.
  • Kiewit recovers more than $350 million and defeats more than $1 billion in counterclaims in ICC arbitration with LNG developerJones Day represented a Kiewit affiliate in a dispute arising out of Kiewit's role as the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractor of a multi-billion dollar LNG liquefaction facility located on the Gulf Coast, with issues ranging from project schedule delays, to differing site condition claims, to mismanagement claims, to cost disputes, including the propriety of withholdings of hundreds of millions of dollars by the developer on the cost reimbursable component of the project.
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