Robert G. Hargrove
Shareholder
Austin Office
Rob Hargrove represents oil and gas producers and occasionally landowners in oil and gas disputes, both in courthouse litigation and in contested cases before the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Full Biography
Rob Hargrove represents oil and gas producers and occasionally landowners in oil and gas disputes, both in courthouse litigation and in contested cases before the Railroad Commission of Texas. He has handled oil and gas litigation matters around the State, he has presented oral argument in a number of Texas intermediate Courts of Appeals, and he regularly handles complex contested case hearings before the Railroad Commission in Austin. He is currently an officer of the State Bar’s Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section. He is frequently asked to speak at statewide CLE presentations.
Rob grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. He’s practiced law in Austin his whole career and has focused on oil and gas law since 2007. Rob is married to a lawyer, and they have three children.
Education
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Princeton University (1997)
A.B. in English
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University of Texas School of Law (2001)
J.D.
Honors & Recognition
Rob is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He is an Officer of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (Secretary in 2024-2025 Bar Year). He has been selected as a “Super Lawyer” from 2021-2024, and he was a “Rising Star” in 2005, 2010, 2013, and 2014. He was recognized by Chambers and Partners as a “Band 2 Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Oil & Gas)” lawyer in 2024. He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation.
Professional Associations & Memberships
- State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section (Secretary 2024-2025)
- State Bar of Texas Administrative Law Section (Council member 2017-2021)
- Austin Bar Association Oil & Gas Section (Chair 2012-2013)
Bar Admissions
- Texas state courts
- United States District Courts for the Western, Northern, and Southern Districts of Texas
- 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Scholarship & Speeches
- “Allocation Wells”, State Bar of Texas 42nd Annual Advanced Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Law Conference, September 25, 2024.
- “Railroad Commission Update”, State Bar of Texas, 10th Annual Oil and Gas Disputes Conference, January 18, 2024.
- “Review of Recent Postproduction Cost Cases from a Lessee-Lawyer’s Perspective”, University of Texas School of Law 48th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, April 22, 2022.
- “Comparison of Texas and Louisiana Oil & Gas Regulation”, 69th Annual Louisiana Mineral Law Institute, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, April 1, 2022.
- “Regulatory and Legislative Update”, State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes Conference, January 22, 2021.
- “Railroad Commission Update”, State Bar of Texas 38th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Conference, September 25, 2020.
- “Regulatory and Legislative Update”, State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes Conference, January 10, 2020.
- “Proration Units: ‘You keep using that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means!'”, State Bar of Texas 36th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas, and Energy Resources Law Conference, September 20, 2018.
- “Proration Units: ‘You keep using that word, I don’t think it means what you think it means!'”, University of Texas School of Law 44th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, April 20, 2018.
- “Surface Owner Claims, Nuisances, and the Statute of Limitations: an Update on Recent Case Law”, State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes Conference, January 26, 2018.
- “Recent Texas Cases Interpreting Retained Acreage Clauses”, Austin Professional Landmen’s Association, March 11, 2016.
- “Recent Texas Cases Interpreting Retained Acreage Clauses”, Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section of the Austin Bar Association, December 9, 2015.
- “Changing Discovery Rules in Complex Administrative Contested-Case Proceedings”, University of Texas School of Law 10th Annual Advanced Texas Administrative Law Seminar, September 1, 2015.
