J. LaurensWilkes

Laurens Wilkes' practice focuses on complex civil litigation in state and federal courts with an emphasis on infrastructure, fiduciary duty, and products liability disputes. He represents clients in the transportation, energy, construction, and financial industries in litigation, counseling, and regulatory matters. His infrastructure experience includes representing both contractors and owners/sponsors as well as lenders. He routinely handles breach of contract, products liability, fraud and fiduciary duty, trade secret, restructuring, and tort matters as well as internal and governmental investigations. Laurens has led numerous trial and arbitration matters involving multibillion dollar disputes from preliminary restraining orders and injunctions to jury trials and final hearings.

Laurens' experience includes work for Babcock Power, Bechtel Corporation, CECO Environmental, Cintra Infrastructures (Ferrovial Group), Community Trust Bank (n.k.a. Origins Bank), Franklin Templeton, Jacobs Engineering Group, Kiewit, Newpark Resources, Occidental Chemical Corporation, SAP, Total, and VINCI. He also implements and manages e-discovery policies and practices for clients around the globe related to major multiparty and multiforum litigation.

Laurens is an active member of the Construction Law Sections of the American Bar Association and State Bar of Texas as well as a member of the Eastern District of Texas and Fifth Circuit Bar Associations. He is involved with the Houston Bar Association, having served as a co-chair of the Special Olympics Committee, and a member of the Professionalism Committee and the United Way, including serving on the United Way Young Leaders Council. Laurens also serves as the administrative partner for the Houston Office.