MASON PARHAM is a commercial litigator that focuses his practice on oil and gas disputes, securities and shareholder litigation, and M&A disputes in both state and federal courts and before arbitral tribunals. Mason is well-published on these and other areas, and his experience includes litigating matters related to long-term natural gas, NGL, and LNG sale and purchase agreements; operating agreements; pipeline transportation, gas gathering, and processing agreements; royalty disputes; Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act; Section 11 of the Securities Act; shareholder derivative litigation; and post-acquisition purchase price and earnout disputes. Mason also has experience with labor and employment disputes, insurance litigation, and internal investigations.

Mason graduated summa cum laude from the SMU Dedman School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and served as an articles editor for the SMU Law Review Association. He received his B.A., magna cum laude, from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2009, where he received both academic and athletic honors including “Lone Star Conference North Academic Player of the Year,” and being selected to the “2006 ABCA/Rawlings All South-Central Region Baseball Team.”