Michael Tristan is a litigation attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. Mr. Tristan focuses his practice on disputes involving a variety of complex commercial transactions, with an emphasis on oil, gas and other energy-related matters. Mr. Tristan has represented clients in state court, federal court and before arbitration panels in Texas and across the country. Mr. Tristan's recent representative engagements include: represented a mineral interest owner in title dispute related to Permian Basin assets handled American Arbitration Association (AAA) international arbitration related to the operation of an oil and gas lease located in the Middle East represented multiple oil and gas companies in disputes related to royalty payments represented a mineral owner in a number of disputes with operators and various governmental entities concerning surface use, easement and condemnation issues handled a dispute concerning off-shore mineral interest located in Louisiana state waters; lead the negotiation of the subsequent sale of such interest handled adversary proceeding claims seeking to recharacterize a sale of certain debtor mineral assets represented a property owner in dispute concerning title to mineral rights located in California served as trial co-counsel on behalf of a Texas county in an inverse condemnation action handled AAA labor and employment arbitration between an employer and a terminated employee served as lead counsel in obtaining temporary restraining order, permanent injunction and agreed judgment in theft of trade secrets case against a former employee representation of a lender in dispute against a real estate developer in related state and federal court lawsuits in Illinois