SHANNON, MARTIN, FINKELSTEIN & ALVARADO, P.C.
Jeffery R. Koch
Jeffery R. Koch

Of Counsel
jkoch@smfalaw.com
T:  713-646-5593
F:  713-752-0337

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Areas of Experience:

Business Litigation
Bankruptcy
Creditors' Rights
Oil & Gas
Appellate
Arbitrations
Mediations
Mr. Koch represents businesses in civil litigation, bankruptcy,
creditors' rights, and oil and gas matters.

Notable matters handled by Mr. Koch include:

(a) obtaining a mediated settlement award of several million dollars
for an oil and gas exploration company in a case involving defective
downhole tools; (b) obtaining a take-nothing judgment defending a
manufacturer in a wrongful death trial in a multi-million dollar
products liability claim; (c) obtaining bankruptcy court rulings on
behalf of a chemical manufacturer involving preference payments;
(d) obtaining a take-nothing judgment defending an oil and gas
company from a $10 million claim relating to accounting for
production payment costs and revenues; (e) as co-counsel in an
international arbitration and related bankruptcy, obtaining a
successful arbitration award and related federal court judgment for
an international industrial manufacturer involving crane and
pipelayer technology; (f) handling a successful appeal to the Texas
Court of Appeals and the Texas Supreme Court relating to an oil
and gas dispute involving joint operating agreements and mineral title
issues; and (g) handling numerous matters on behalf of business
creditors seeking to collect debts from other businesses, including
pursuit of claims in bankruptcy court.

Mr. Koch is a member of the Houston Bar Association.  He holds an
AV Rating from the Martindale-Hubbell attorney ratings agency.

Education

Duke University (B.A. 1980, magna cum laude)

University of Texas School of Law (J.D. 1983)
Admissions

Admitted: 1983, Louisiana; 1985, Texas; U.S. District Courts for the
Southern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Courts for the
Western and Eastern Districts of Louisiana; Fifth Circuit Court of
Appeals
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