Ms. Scheffler has been repeatedly honored by several leading industry outlets, including Chambers USA, in which clients have praised her as a “very skilled trial attorney” who has “instant credibility with the judge and jurors,” as well as “exceptionally talented” and “an extremely knowledgeable and confident trial attorney and leader.” She has also been repeatedly recognized by The Legal 500 and Benchmark Litigation, in addition to being honored by The Best Lawyers in America and named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Energy Lawyers and 500 Leading Litigators in America, a Thomson Reuters Stand-Out Lawyer in 2023 and one of the nation’s top energy attorneys under 40 by Law360 in 2021. In addition, she has been selected as one of the National Diversity Council’s Top 50 Women in Oil and Gas.
Ms. Scheffler represents clients in a variety of industries, though she has extensive knowledge of the energy industry and has led trial teams for oil and gas, renewables, pipeline and marketing clients concerning nearly every aspect of the energy value chain.
Ms. Scheffler regularly helps navigate disputes between parties in complex energy deals that feature multifaceted contractual relationships and a variety of practical and operational concerns. Clients also regularly turn to Ms. Scheffler to try cases that may have had setbacks prior to her counseling on the matter.
Some of her most recent courtroom experience includes serving as:
Lead trial counsel for a startup company in a dispute over alleged trade secret theft in federal court. After an injunction was entered that shut down the client’s fledgling business, Ms. Scheffler succeeded — in less than 30 days — in securing modifications to the injunction that allowed for free competition and the company to keep operating.
Co-lead trial counsel in Texas state court for an energy supermajor in a case against another energy company where the parties disputed the payment of revenue and expenses on jointly owned oil and gas wells. Ms. Scheffler stepped in weeks before the case was tried, picked a jury, handled cross-examinations and closed the case.
- Trial counsel representing a minority shareholder and founder of an on-demand energy generation company in a dispute with the company’s majority shareholder. Ms. Scheffler negotiated a favorable settlement in Texas state court.
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- J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2006 (magna cum laude; Order of the Barons; Notes and Comments Editor, Houston Law Review)
- B.S., University of Houston, 2003 (summa cum laude)
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- North Dakota
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma