• Trial
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Securities Litigation
  • White Collar Criminal Defense
• Energy Industry Team
• Policyholder Specialty Practice Group

Orin Lewis has a broad-based litigation practice with a primary focus on commercial disputes, including general contractual disputes, insurance coverage disputes, business torts, RICO, and securities litigation. He has also been involved in a series of parallel proceedings in the banking, energy, and health care industries, including both civil matters and criminal investigations.

Mr. Lewis has handled commercial litigation for the following clients:

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Cardtronics Inc.
• Community Health Systems Inc.
• Crimson Exploration Inc.
• Gulf Atlantic Operations LLC
• Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center
• H&N Gas Ltd.
• JFP Energy Inc.
• SFX Entertainment Inc.

Mr. Lewis’ representative matters include:

• Representation of hospital and its affiliates in RICO suit and related claims arising from conduct of former CEO who plead guilty to bribery scheme at hospital.
• Representation of ATM provider in insurance coverage dispute arising from loss of cash in possession of armored car company.
• Representation of former CEO of power marketing subsidiary in suit by SEC and private class actions, including securities and ERISA class actions.
• Representation of former CEO of publicly traded bank in securities class action and in related investigations by various government agencies.
• Baylor College of Medicine, et al v. Jeffrey Auerbach, et al.: Client sued former patent attorney (and the law firms for which he worked) for damages arising from failure to identify co-inventor on patents.
• Gulf Atlantic Operations, LLC v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al.: Client sued insurers that declined to pay damages arising out of Hurricane Katrina. Substantial recovery for client.
• Dresser-Rand Company v. Virtual Automation, Inc., et al.: Company sued client, vendor of company, for RICO violations and fraud in connection with alleged scheme by company’s former employee to misappropriate trade secrets.
• Pilgrim's Pride v. Ace American Insurance Co.: Client sued insurer that declined to pay damages arising out of product recall. Substantial recovery for client.

• J.D., The University of Texas School of Law (1994)
  • Member, Order of the Coif
• B.S., University of Houston, magna cum laude (1990)

• Author, The Wild Card That Is the Public Interest: Putting a New Face on the Fourth Preliminary Injunction Factor, 72 Tex. L. Rev. 849, 1994 (cited in 42 Am. Jur. 2d., Injunctions § 36 n.23, 2000.).

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Houston Bar Association

• Recognized, Houston’s Top Lawyers, H Texas Magazine (2012)
  • Commercial Litigation

• Director, Casa El Buen Samaritano
• Manager, Challenger Division Team, West University Little League
• Children's Teacher/Leader, Bible Study Fellowship
• Deacon, West University Baptist Church