Harrison Scheer is a trial lawyer who represents plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and intellectual-property cases. No matter the industry or case type, Harrison loves to dive into the weeds, solve the factual puzzles, and assess the best way to distill and communicate complex facts to judges and juries. These traits help him orchestrate cases from inception to final judgment, which oftentimes taps into Harrison’s true passion: trying cases.

He’s tried nine cases, picked three juries, and has examined over a dozen witnesses ranging from experts to named defendants. These cases include:

• Winning $42 million verdict against Energy Transfer in a trespass case involving an acid gas injection well and mineral rights. Harrison took and defended several depositions, quarterbacked dispositive motions, and examined two expert witnesses at trial.

• A complete take-nothing award in a $150 million breach of contract confidential arbitration between two multinational energy companies.

• After picking a jury on behalf of a sports organization alleging trademark infringement, the defendants offered to settle for damages beyond plaintiff’s request, attorneys’ fees, and agreed to an injunction to cease using the plaintiff’s trademark.

Outside the courtroom, Harrison also knows how to win at every stage before trial. He’s secured temporary injunctions, successfully drafted and argued dispositive motions, and has favorably settled cases when it makes sense to do so.

Harrison was named to the 2024 list of “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” for commercial litigation. This is a national peer review award developed by Best Lawyers in America to target associates for their outstanding professional excellence early in their careers.

Harrison started at AZA in 2016 as a summer associate, where he continued to work during his second summer of law school and as a 3L. Before law school, Harrison won a state and national championship in college speech and debate, winning gold medals in Parliamentary and Lincoln-Douglas debate. Harrison also serves as an election judge during presidential elections.

NOTABLE CASES

Commercial and Intellectual Property

• Represents an upstream energy company against a drilling and exploration company for trespass and negligence claims involving oil and gas leases.
• Represents a base oil manufacturer in a breach of contract case.
• Won a six-figure jury verdict for his oil company client against a petroleum distributor in Texas state court for DTPA misrepresentation claims.
• Won a take-nothing judgment for his defendant energy client in a three-week confidential arbitration involving more than $100 million in damages.
• Represented a downstream energy company in a case against TransCanada for breach of contract claims seeking nearly $150 million in damages. Harrison took multiple depositions, attended several different site visits, and worked mainly with the expert witnesses in the case, which settled favorably shortly before trial.
• Represented a renewable energy manufacturer against a power plant company in default of its purchase order.
• Represented a fuel supplier against breach of contract claims involving diesel fuel trading.

Construction and Real Estate

• Represents Landry’s in a case involving mutual restrictive covenants and easements between commercial landowners.
• Represents a former high-profile Houston MLB player and his wife against contractors for alleged constructive defects.
• Represents Chevron in a dispute involving oil and gas leases in West Virginia.
• Represented a monastery in its claims against contractors involving the construction of the monastery’s Trapeza.
• Represented a small business owner against his commercial landlord in a case involving Hurricane Harvey rainwater damage to the property.
• Represented an energy company in a case involving the defective construction of a turbine.
• Represented a farmland owner against his commercial tenant in Montana District Court. The case settled one week before trial.
• Has represented several pro-bono tenants in cases against landlords.

 Executive Employment, Class Actions, and Non-Compete

• Represented a pharmaceutical sales business against a health care company in a case involving breach of a noncompete and nonsolicitation clause. The case settled one day before trial.
• Secured various settlements on behalf of clients fighting against unenforceable noncompete or nonsolicitation claims.
• Settled three wage and hour cases on behalf of energy clients before the class certification stage.
• Represented a former construction company executive against his former employer for claims involving Sarbanes Oxley financial fraud and whistleblower protections.
• Represented an energy company against a former executive in a case involving financial fraud and embezzlement.

EDUCATION

• University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2018
• University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2014

LICENSES

• State Bar of Texas
• Southern District of Texas
• Northern District of Texas
• Western District of Texas

IN THE NEWS

• AZA Wins Two Top 2023 Texas Verdicts for Energy Companies
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• AZA Wins Three Trials in Just Two Weeks in May 
• AZA Wins Take-Nothing Judgment for Fuel Company
• AZA and Hogan Thompson Win $41.8 Million Jury Verdict
• Energy Transfer Hit With $42M Jury Verdict
• 2 Texas Energy Cos. Win $42M Verdict Over Well Seepage
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• AZA Wins Trademark Dispute for Illinois Youth Football Team