Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith LLP

Commercial Litigation Attorneys

Commercial Litigation

Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith has extensive commercial litigation experience ranging from the most complex commercial disputes to common legal issues that arise for almost all businesses.

Securities and Financial Services Litigation

At Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith, our attorneys have extensive experience in financial securities litigation. They have successfully represented clients at the national and regional level for a vast array of financial services firms.

Employment Law

Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith is a leader in employment law issues. Our attorneys have worked with clients on an array of issues related to employment law. Our attorneys have experience addressing the multitude of employment legal issues for executives, physicians and business professionals.

Trade Secret Litigation

Any successful business understands that they have to protect their trade secrets and proprietary information. There are many processes, designs and pieces of critical information that give your business the ability to compete and win in a competitive marketplace.

Products Liability Defense

The attorneys at Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith have vast range of experience in product liability defense. We have worked with manufacturers, retailers and distributors on product liability ligation throughout the United States.

Energy Litigation

Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith has extensive experience in energy and environmental litigation. We are ready to handle litigation issues for a broad array of clients in the energy sector, including investors, producers, operators, transporters, distributors, drilling contractors, and more.

Our Founders

Matt Henneman

Founding Partner

A former chief prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience trying civil jury trials and arbitrations, Mr. Henneman brings a trial lawyers perspective to every case. Over the past two decades, Mr. Henneman has handled a broad range of litigation in some of the most complex areas of the law.

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George Rau III

Partner

George H. Rau III is a litigator with extensive experience in commercial litigation and complex tort cases. A native of Brazoria County, Texas, George graduated from Notre Dame in 1995. He worked as a congressional staffer and newspaper reporter in Washington, D.C. for four years before returning to Notre Dame for law school.

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Bradley M. Kirklin

Partner

Since 2004 Mr. Kirklin has been a practicing trial lawyer representing corporate clients and individuals in state and federal courts in Texas and in arbitrations throughout the United States.

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Scott D. Smith

Partner

Scott D. Smith was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Mr. Smith is an experienced trial lawyer who has taken favorable verdicts for clients on both sides of the docket. He has experience in all phases of litigation in both state and federal courts, including resolving a broad variety of business and commercial disputes as well as FINRA arbitration proceedings and securities litigation.

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Our Firm

Henneman Rau Kirklin & Smith was founded to bring together the experience and expertise of a small group of prominent attorneys in Houston, Texas. Our firm is large enough to handle high-profile cases for some of the largest corporations in the country and world, while small enough to counsel individuals with personal care and precision. We are focused on complex matters in the areas of commercial litigation, securities and financial services, employment law, trade secret litigation, energy litigation and products liability defense.

We are a Texas-based firm with experience handling cases around the country. We represent individuals and companies nationwide in a wide array of legal matters. We pride ourselves in understanding not only the legal issues involved in any case, but also the business concerns our clients most value in order to help us deliver consistent and effective results.