Andrew Edison is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He routinely appears in state courts, federal court and before arbitration panels across the country. Mr. Edison has handled a wide variety of matters, concentrating on energy litigation, antitrust, securities fraud, eminent domain and business torts. Mr. Edison is widely recognized as an innovative thinker and a passionate advocate. Prior to becoming a founding partner at Edison, McDowell & Hetherington LLP in January 2009, Mr. Edison served as the hiring partner at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.

Mr. Edison spends a considerable amount of time on pro bono matters. He currently represents an individual facing capital murder charges, and has been recognized by The Houston Bar Foundation for the Outstanding Individual Contribution to The Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program. Mr. Edison is a frequent lecturer at various continuing legal education seminars across Texas. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center. Outside the office, Mr. Edison is an avid sports fan and can often be found attending sporting events all over the globe. Although he is not blessed with much athletic ability, Mr. Edison has managed to run -- and complete -- four marathons, including, most recently, the Boston marathon.

Representative Matters
Represents Powerex Corp., one of the largest power marketers, in all their litigation in California, Montana, Oregon and Washington arising out of the California Energy Crisis of 2000-2001, including class action litigation, private suits and actions by the California Attorney General and related state and federal appellate proceedings.

Represents Service Corporation International, the world’s largest funeral and cemetery company, in antitrust litigation alleging that the country’s three largest funeral home chains and a leading casket maker conspired to keep casket prices high and shut out casket discounters in violation of federal antitrust laws.

Represented El Paso Corp.’s Board of Directors in derivative litigation arising out of the company’s natural gas activities in California.

Represented Kinder Morgan in class action litigation and regulatory proceedings in Texas and Arkansas alleging that various pipeline companies and natural gas suppliers were involved in a fraudulent “high-low” selling scheme that resulted in huge profits at the expense of residential customers.

Represented Calpine Corp. in federal court lawsuit alleging the company breached its fiduciary duties by failing to provide appropriate transmission facilities for a power plant in Oklahoma. Also represented Calpine Corp. in a recent arbitration concerning the proper operation of a co-generation facility located near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Represented Valero Energy Corp. from claims that it committed various business torts against its joint venture partner in a natural gas pipeline. See Valero Energy Corp. v. Teco Pipeline Co., 2 S.W.3d 576 (Tex. App. — Houston [14th Dist.] 1999, no writ).

Represents various governmental authorities including the Metropolitan Transit Authority, Houston Independent School District and the City of Pearland in their eminent domain actions. See, e.g., Lin v. Houston Community College, 948 S.W.2d 328 (Tex. App. — Amarillo 1998, writ denied).

Represented Bechtel Corp., one of the nation’s leading engineering firms, in a two-week jury trial focusing on the construction of an offshore drilling rig and involving numerous claims and counterclaims for fraud, breach of contract and negligence. The jury returned a verdict awarding Mr. Edison’s client more than $1.1 million.

Represented Westwood One Communications in a breach of contract arbitration with a Florida helicopter provider. A sole arbitrator rendered an award that completely vindicated Mr. Edison’s client of wrongdoing.

Represented various clients in administrative matters before the Securities Exchange Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

Publications and Speeches

• Edison, Contractual Provisions That Protect, prepared for 2008 Advising Small and Mid-Sized Businesses Course (University of Houston)
• Edison, Litigation Between Buyers and Sellers of Goods, prepared for 2008 Advanced Civil Litigation Course (University of Houston)
• Edison, Exploring The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley, Oil & Gas Financial Journal, October 2006, at 32.
• Edison, Freeway Expansions Spawn Raft of Eminent Domain Legal Cases, Week of July 21-27, 2006.
• Edison and Judge Jeff Brown, Liability for a Wrongfully Obtained Injunction: The Cause of Action Few Lawyers Understand, The Advocate, Fall 2005, at 83.
• Edison, Supreme Court Tackles Pleading Standard in ‘Broudo’: What Will Be the Long-Term Effect of the Court’s Decision?, Corporate Counsel Weekly, June 29, 2005, at p. 200.
• Edison, Attorney-Client Privilege: Is it no Longer Safe to Talk to a Lawyer?, Houston Business Journal, Week of May 6-12, 2005, at p. 22
• Edison, Judicial Oversight of Class Action Securities Fraud Settlements, Legal Backgrounder for Washington Legal Foundation, March 11, 2005 (http://www.wlf.org/upload/031105LBEdison.pdf)
• Edison, Directors beware: What the WorldCom Settlement Really Means, Houston Business Journal, February 7, 2005 (http://houston.bizjournals.com/houston/
  stories/2005/02/07/focus4.html)
• Edison, Holding Claims: An Emerging Cause of Action for Securities Fraud, Securities Litigation and Regulation, October 6, 2004 at p. 18.
• Edison, Evidentiary Issues Affected by Tort Reform, prepared for 2004 How to Offer and Exclude Evidence Course (University of Houston)

Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1994
B.A., cum laude, Dartmouth College, 1991

Bar Admissions
Texas

Affiliations
State Bar of Texas
Houston Bar Association
Houston Bar Association, Commercial and Consumer Law Section, Former Chairman
Texas Bar Foundation

Noteworthy
Texas Rising Star, Business Litigation, 2004-2006

Languages
Conversational Spanish