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Brent Hamilton
Founding Partner
Manager of Austin Office of Brady & Hamilton LLP
Brent Hamilton received his BA in Petroleum Land Management from Texas Tech University and returned there for law school after working in the oil and gas industry. He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1996 and is licensed to practice in all Texas and New Mexico State Courts and the Federal Courts of Texas, Colorado and New Mexico.
Brent has a civil litigation and energy practice, which focuses on serving the needs of business and landowners. Brent has years of experience in dealing with issues of eminent domain, business and energy transactions in representing business owners, landowners and royalty owners. He is a litigator and has successfully served as lead trial counsel in numerous cases which have been cited by the State and Federal Courts of Appeal, and the Texas Supreme Court.
Brent is a member of the Austin and Lubbock County Bar Associations, the Texas and New Mexico State Bars, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has been appointed to serve on committees for the Seventh Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Texas. He has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV” rating, the highest level of professionalism and ethical standards as rated by his peers.
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law (1996)
- B.A., Petroleum Land Management, Texas Tech University (1993)
- Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV” rating
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of New Mexico
- Austin County Bar Association
- Lubbock County Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Licensed in all Texas & New Mexico State Courts
- Licensed in the Federal Courts of Texas, Colorado and New Mexico
- Occidental Permian, Ltd. v. French, 391 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. App. – Eastland, 2012, pet. granted)
- In re Estate of Catlin, 311 S.W.3d 697 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, 2010, pet. denied)
- Parker County’s Squaw Creek Downs, L.P. v. Watson, 2009 WL 885941 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, April 2, 2009)
- Watson v. Tipton, 274 S.W.3d 791 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 2008, pet. denied)
- King v. Lawley, 2008 WL 3877691 (Tex. App. – Austin, August 22, 2008)
- Oneok Westex Transmission, L.P. v. Castor Oil, Inc., 2007 WL 547768 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, February 22, 2007)
- Dunnagan v. Watson, 204 S.W.3d 30 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 2006, pet. denied)
- City of Willow Park v. Squaw Creek Downs, L.P., 166 S.W.3d 336 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 2005, no pet.)
- Wafer v. State, 58 S.W.3d 138 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, 2001, no pet.)
- In re Trinity Meadows Raceway, Inc., 2007 WL 2713920 (Bankr. N.D. Tex., September 11, 2007)
Brent Hamilton
Founding Partner
Manager of Austin Office of Brady & Hamilton LLP
Brent Hamilton received his BA in Petroleum Land Management from Texas Tech University and returned there for law school after working in the oil and gas industry. He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1996 and is licensed to practice in all Texas and New Mexico State Courts and the Federal Courts of Texas, Colorado and New Mexico.
Brent has a civil litigation and energy practice, which focuses on serving the needs of business and landowners. Brent has years of experience in dealing with issues of eminent domain, business and energy transactions in representing business owners, landowners and royalty owners. He is a litigator and has successfully served as lead trial counsel in numerous cases which have been cited by the State and Federal Courts of Appeal, and the Texas Supreme Court.
Brent is a member of the Austin and Lubbock County Bar Associations, the Texas and New Mexico State Bars, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and has been appointed to serve on committees for the Seventh Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Texas. He has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV” rating, the highest level of professionalism and ethical standards as rated by his peers.
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law (1996)
- B.A., Petroleum Land Management, Texas Tech University (1993)
- Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV” rating
- State Bar of Texas
- State Bar of New Mexico
- Austin County Bar Association
- Lubbock County Bar Association
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Licensed in all Texas & New Mexico State Courts
- Licensed in the Federal Courts of Texas, Colorado and New Mexico
- Occidental Permian, Ltd. v. French, 391 S.W.3d 215 (Tex. App. – Eastland, 2012, pet. granted)
- In re Estate of Catlin, 311 S.W.3d 697 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, 2010, pet. denied)
- Parker County’s Squaw Creek Downs, L.P. v. Watson, 2009 WL 885941 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, April 2, 2009)
- Watson v. Tipton, 274 S.W.3d 791 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 2008, pet. denied)
- King v. Lawley, 2008 WL 3877691 (Tex. App. – Austin, August 22, 2008)
- Oneok Westex Transmission, L.P. v. Castor Oil, Inc., 2007 WL 547768 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, February 22, 2007)
- Dunnagan v. Watson, 204 S.W.3d 30 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 2006, pet. denied)
- City of Willow Park v. Squaw Creek Downs, L.P., 166 S.W.3d 336 (Tex. App. – Fort Worth, 2005, no pet.)
- Wafer v. State, 58 S.W.3d 138 (Tex. App. – Amarillo, 2001, no pet.)
- In re Trinity Meadows Raceway, Inc., 2007 WL 2713920 (Bankr. N.D. Tex., September 11, 2007)