Brandon T. Darden is a member of the firm and practices primarily in the areas of oil and gas and commercial litigation. Brandon has a wide range of experience in the oil and gas industry and has represented landowners in negotiations and disputes over oil and gas leases, mineral servitude agreements, pipeline rights of way, and other traditional land use agreements. Brandon has also negotiated complex agreements involving emerging energy transactions, such as leases for the construction of a solar energy facility and the storage and sequestration of carbon dioxide. His litigation experience includes general contract disputes, expropriations, disputes over the development of mineral resources, disagreements among and between working interest owners and operators, real estate commission disputes, debt collection actions, and arbitrations. He also provides general business advice, including counseling clients on how to avoid litigation. Finally, Brandon has experience in the employer trade association, construction, heavy-haul transportation, and banking industries. Brandon is licensed to practice law in both Louisiana and Texas and has made numerous appearances in the courts of both jurisdictions.
Brandon joined the Firm in 2016 after practicing with a large firm in Houston, Texas for several years. He received his Bachelor of Arts in History and Medieval Studies from Southern Methodist University in 2008, where he received his Phi Beta Kappa key. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in 2011. While attending SMU, he was the Case Note & Comment Editor for the Science and Technology Law Review and his Law Review Comment appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of that publication. While in law school, Brandon interned for Judge Harlin D. Hale of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
