Trevor Pirouz Kehrer
Associate
Trevor Kehrer is an associate based in the Houston office who focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation and appeals.
Prior to joining the firm, Trevor was an associate at an international law firm where he focused on complex commercial arbitration and litigation in federal and state courts. He has served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Judge Jonathan Allen Kobes of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In his prior position, he served on the steering committee of a firm interest group for lawyers of Middle Eastern descent and was involved in a firm initiative for first generation lawyers.
While attending law school, Trevor served as the executive comments editor for the Chicago Journal of International Law. He also received the Ann Watson Barber Outstanding Service Award for exceptional contributions to student life.
- Represented a global oil and gas company in litigation and arbitration relating to a contract dispute with a franchisee.
- Acting as primary associate on a team defending a regional natural gas marketer in a three-week jury trial involving contract, tort and trade secret claims and hundreds of millions of dollars in asserted damages.
- Defended a global oil and gas company in a federal Securities Exchange Act class action lawsuit relating to exploration and production activities.
- Assisted in the defense of various civil rights cases.
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2020
- University of Southern California, B.A. (Political Science), summa cum laude, 2017
Admissions
- Texas, 2021
Courts
- U.S. Ct. of App., Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Ct. of App., Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Dist. Ct., S. Dist. of Texas
- U.S. Dist. Ct., E. Dist. of Texas
- U.S. Dist. Ct., N. Dist. of Texas
- U.S. Dist. Ct., W. Dist. of Texas
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American Bar Association
- American Society for Legal History
- Federalist Society, Houston Lawyers Chapter
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Iranian American Bar Association