Managing Partner: Longview Office
Kenneth E. Shore, jd, cpa
Trial Lawyer for Oil & Gas, Financial, and High-Stakes Business DisputesKenneth E. Shore is Board Certified Oil, Gas & Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, a Texas CPA, and a trial lawyer who brings rare real-world experience to the courtroom.
Today, Kenneth represents clients in oil and gas litigation, oilfield personal injury, energy-related intellectual property disputes, financial fraud and accounting malpractice, and complex real estate litigation. His clients benefit from more than legal theory—they get an advocate who understands how deals fail, how operations break down, and how to prove it to a jury.
Meet our Dallas Office Attorneys
biography
Kenneth Shore practices in the areas of oil and gas law, business litigation, professional negligence, and intellectual property. Kenneth's oil and gas title litigation practice includes suits to quiet title, trespass to try title, lease termination, and lease washout cases. Kenneth's oil and gas litigation practice also includes breach of joint operating agreements, breach of implied covenants in oil and gas leases, breach of royalty provisions, professional negligence, defective oilfield products, oilfield accidents and personal injuries, oil and gas IP litigation, and surface owner disputes. He has been board certified in oil, gas and mineral law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2006. Other areas of Kenneth's litigation practice include accounting negligence, securities litigation, personal injury, and defective product litigation.
After law school, Kenneth clerked for the Honorable David Folsom, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
Education
- BA, Economics, Texas A&M University at College Station, 1995
- Master in Professional Accounting, McCombs Graduate School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, 1996
- JD, Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University, 2000
Affiliations
- Association of Energy Service Companies, Board Member 2006-13, Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee 2007-13
- Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, Board Member 2010-13, 2015-18
Your Advocate in Oil & Gas Litigation Across Texas
Oil and gas disputes in Texas demand more than legal knowledge—they demand real industry experience. At The Shore Firm, we bring a rare combination to the table: decades of hands-on operational involvement in the oil and gas business and seasoned courtroom advocacy. We represent landowners, mineral owners, operators, and oil and gas companies with a practical, results-driven approach grounded in how the industry actually works.
Our oil and gas practice is led by an attorney who has owned and operated producing oil and gas assets, negotiated leases, managed wells, dealt with regulators, and made real-world operational decisions under economic and regulatory pressure. That experience fundamentally shapes how we litigate. We don’t just interpret contracts—we understand why they were drafted, how they are applied in the field, and where disputes most often arise.
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Why The Shore Firm Is Different
Most oil and gas lawyers have only advised operators and mineral owners. The Shore Firm is different. Our practice is built on firsthand experience owning and operating oil and gas assets—not just reviewing them on paper. We understand how leases are negotiated, how wells are actually operated, how regulators interact with operators, and how economic realities drive decisions in the field.
That real-world experience gives our clients a decisive advantage. We anticipate issues before they become disputes, focus litigation on facts that truly matter, and present cases in a way judges and juries can understand. When your lawyer knows both the business of oil and gas and the law governing it, the strategy is sharper, the negotiation stronger, and the outcome more effective.
