Strong Pipkin
Texas trial attorneys since 1935.
When litigation is important to you, count on Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. With trial-proven attorneys and exceptional support staff in both Beaumont and Houston, we have the expertise, experience, and resources to help your business achieve the best possible outcome. Our attorneys stand ready to assist you in a diverse range of legal matters throughout Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Strong Pipkin’s attorneys serve a variety of clients, from individuals and small businesses to multinational corporations. Our practice areas are broad and diverse, including personal injury, products liability, and premises litigation;
commercial litigation; labor and employment law; maritime law; environmental law; toxic tort litigation; policyholder insurance recovery; pipeline and easement litigation; appellate law; oil, gas, and energy law; whistleblower/false claims litigation; real estate and construction litigation; probate disputes; and business formation, governance, and dissolution matters. In addition to being experienced litigators, we also have active mediation and arbitration practices.
Firm News
The latest on the firm and our attorneys.
Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. Lawyers Honored
2 Partners Named “Lawyer of the Year” in their specific areas of practice. Michael L. Baker named 2021 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Beaumont area for Personal Injury Litigation. Greg M. Dykeman named 2021 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Beaumont area Real Estate Litigation. 9 Strong Pipkin Bissell & […]
Lodestar Doesn’t Apply to Conditional Appellate Fees
The Texas Attorney’s Fee Blog* By John W. Bridger & David A. Kirby Just when I was preparing to have an academic, yet scintillating, discussion regarding the argument that appellate courts should render when they reverse cases for insufficient evidence of attorneys’ fees, which was certain to stir multiple contentious debates around the latte bar, the Texas Supreme […]
Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P. Celebrates its 85th Anniversary
In 1918, Beeman Strong became a judge on the Texas Commission of Appeals, which was the forerunner of today’s Texas Supreme Court. In the 1920s, he became General Counsel of the Yount-Lee Oil Company headquartered in Beaumont, Texas. In 1935, the Yount-Lee Oil Company was purchased and merged into the Stanolind Oil Company. As the […]
The “Traditional Method” is Dead; Long Live Lodestar
The Texas Attorney’s Fee Blog* By John W. Bridger & David A. Kirby In the musical Fiddler on the Roof, Teyve opens the play extolling the virtues of tradition and then spends the remainder struggling with and lamenting the erosion of those traditions. A similar scene has unfolded in Texas over the years with respect […]
