Biography

Samantha Thompson focuses her practice on resolving complex business disputes for corporate and individual energy clients. Samantha excels at pinpointing important details in complicated cases and then applying those findings to successful legal strategies. She views each matter as an integral part of her clients’ businesses and is energized by helping them reach a favorable resolution. Samantha’s practice niche includes complex title disputes, including adverse possession, record title and bona fide purchasers, retained acreage clauses, and lease termination claims.

From the start of her practice, Samantha has focused on learning and developing oil and gas law in Texas and Oklahoma. She has presented on oil and gas issues at events hosted by the Houston Bar Association Energy Law Section and the Texas State Bar. She is also an active member of the Institute for Energy Law Young Energy Professionals group as a current member of the group’s Council, as a former chair of the Membership Committee, and as a member of the Institute for Energy Law’s 5th Leadership class. Samantha is active in non-energy groups of the Houston Bar Association, including as a member of the inaugural committee of the Houston Bar Association’s LGBT+ Committee from 2019-2021.

Samantha graduated cum laude from Harvard Law school, where she served as Notes Editor of the Harvard Law Review and Executive Technical Editor for the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender. Prior to law school, she attended Rice University, earning an undergraduate degree in psychology. As meticulous in her decision to become a lawyer as she is in her practice, Samantha spent two years gaining invaluable experience as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Claire V. Eagan of the Northern District of Oklahoma and to the Honorable Robert E. Bacharach of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals before joining Reynolds Frizzell LLP. She brings all of this experience, along with her client-driven approach, to the Hogan Thompson Schuelke team.

Education

• Harvard Law School

  • J.D., cum laude

  • Notes Editor & Women’s Committee Co-Chair, Harvard Law Review

  • Executive Technical Editor, Harvard Journal of Law & Gender

  • Finance Director, Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project

  • Teaching Assistant (Civil Procedures) & Research Assistant (Trusts & Estates)

• Rice University

  • B.A., Psychology, cum laude

Judicial Clerkships

• Law Clerk, Hon. Robert E. Bacharach, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals

• Law Clerk, Hon. Claire V. Eagan, Northern District of Oklahoma

Honors & Awards

• Band 2 Oil and Gas Litigator, Chambers and Partners (Since 2022)

• 2024 Emerging Star Award honoree, The Institute for Energy Law (IEL)

• Included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America in Energy Law, Commercial Litigation and Oil and Gas Law

• Texas Rising Star, Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers (Since 2021)

Professional & Community Involvement

• Institute for Energy Law, Young Energy Professionals Council (2022-2024)

• Houston Bar Association, LGBTQ+ Committee (2019-2020)

Publications

• Fresh Pursuit from Indian Country: Tribal Authority to Pursue Suspects onto State Land, 129 HARV. L. REV. 1685 (2016)

• Recent Administrative Policy: DOJ Institutes Presumption that Agents Will Electronically Record Custodial Interviews, 128 HARV. L. REV. 1552 (2015)

Admissions

• Texas

• Oklahoma