Austin Turman is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex energy and commercial litigation. Mr. Turman’s work for clients spans breach of contract and fraud actions, joint operating agreement disputes, and defense of large-scale environmental and regulatory claims. He has also represented clients in international arbitration and related federal court litigation.
Before joining AZA, Mr. Turman practiced litigation at Vinson & Elkins LLP. He then clerked for the Hon. James L. Dennis and the Hon. Dana M. Douglas of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and served as an interim law clerk to the Hon. Brandon S. Long of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Mr. Turman is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as Managing Editor of the Houston Law Review, won the John Black Moot Court Competition, and was inducted into the Order of the Barons. His scholarship on FAA certification and preemption, published in the Houston Law Review, and his article on the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 in The Federal Lawyer reflect a longstanding interest in aviation law, a subject on which he has also presented for the State Bar of Texas’s Aviation Section.
Austin Turman is a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on complex energy and commercial litigation. Mr. Turman’s work for clients spans breach of contract and fraud actions, joint operating agreement disputes, and defense of large-scale environmental and regulatory claims. He has also represented clients in international arbitration and related federal court litigation.
Before joining AZA, Mr. Turman practiced litigation at Vinson & Elkins LLP. He then clerked for the Hon. James L. Dennis and the Hon. Dana M. Douglas of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and served as an interim law clerk to the Hon. Brandon S. Long of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Mr. Turman is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as Managing Editor of the Houston Law Review, won the John Black Moot Court Competition, and was inducted into the Order of the Barons. His scholarship on FAA certification and preemption, published in the Houston Law Review, and his article on the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 in The Federal Lawyer reflect a longstanding interest in aviation law, a subject on which he has also presented for the State Bar of Texas’s Aviation Section.
EDUCATION
- University of Houston Law Center – J.D., magna cum laude, 2021
- Managing Editor, Houston Law Review
- John Black Moot Court Competition Champion
- Order of the Barons
- University of Houston – B.S., Political Science, cum laude, 2017
- Minor in Geology
ADMISSIONS
- State Bar of Texas
- United States District Courts for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
PUBLICATIONS
- Congressional Headwinds or Tailwinds? Unpacking the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, FED. LAW., Spring 2024, at 29.
- Defenses to Enforcement of an Arbitral Award in the United States under the New York Convention, Lexis Practical Guidance (2023) (contributor).
- Personal Jurisdiction, 56 A.B.A. Sec. Int’l L. Year Rev. 227, 231–33 (2022) (contributor).
- Comment, Clear of Conflict? Examining FAA Certification and Conflict Preemption in Light of the 737 MAX, 58 HOUS. L. Rev. 721 (2021).
- Scholarship Presentation at the Aviation Section of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting (June 13, 2019).
- University of Houston Law Center – J.D., magna cum laude, 2021
- Managing Editor, Houston Law Review
- John Black Moot Court Competition Champion
- Order of the Barons
- University of Houston – B.S., Political Science, cum laude, 2017
- Minor in Geology
- State Bar of Texas
- United States District Courts for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Congressional Headwinds or Tailwinds? Unpacking the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, FED. LAW., Spring 2024, at 29.
- Defenses to Enforcement of an Arbitral Award in the United States under the New York Convention, Lexis Practical Guidance (2023) (contributor).
- Personal Jurisdiction, 56 A.B.A. Sec. Int’l L. Year Rev. 227, 231–33 (2022) (contributor).
- Comment, Clear of Conflict? Examining FAA Certification and Conflict Preemption in Light of the 737 MAX, 58 HOUS. L. Rev. 721 (2021).
- Scholarship Presentation at the Aviation Section of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting (June 13, 2019).
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