Jeffrey L. Oldham
Associate
Cheryl Hildebrand
713.223.2300 x2475
Jeff Oldham is an appellate attorney with experience in a wide range of legal areas, and a special emphasis on commercial litigation and constitutional law. Mr. Oldham has briefed and argued numerous appeals in the federal and state appellate courts, including briefing several cases in the U.S. Supreme Court. He also regularly works with trial counsel by formulating pre-trial strategy, writing dispositive motions, preparing jury charges, and preserving error at trial. Mr. Oldham is a frequent speaker about Supreme Court and other appellate issues.
Before entering private practice, Mr. Oldham served as Counsel to the Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice, and as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, U.S. Supreme Court, and to Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Prior to joining Bracewell, Mr. Oldham was an associate in the Supreme Court and Appellate group at Mayer Brown LLP.
Publications and Speeches
"The Educated Observer's Guide to the Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings," Speech to University of Houston Federalist Society with Aaron M. Streett, October 1, 2009; Speech to Houston Bar Association Appellate Section with Aaron M. Streett, July 16, 2009.
"Preservation of Error Post-Trial," Speech to Texas Bar CLE Appellate Boot Camp, September 8, 2009.
"Comparison of State and Federal Appeals," Paper to Texas Association of Defense Counsel's Commercial Litigation Seminar with Warren W. Harris, Apr. 16, 2009.
"Difference Between Federal and State Appeals," Speech to Texas Bar CLE Appellate Boot Camp with R. Alan York, September 3, 2008.
"U.S. Supreme Court: October Term 2007," Speech to Austin Bar Association Civil Appellate Section with J. Brett Busby, May 15, 2008.
"U.S. Supreme Court Update," co-author, Appellate Advocate, publication by State Bar of Texas Appellate Section (Winter, Spring, and Summer 2007 issues).
Distinguished Alumni Lecturer in Law and Politics, University of Tulsa, November 2006.
"Taking 'Efficient Markets' Out of the Fraud-on-the-Market Doctrine after the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act," 97 Nw. U. L. Rev. 995, 2003.
"Constitutional 'Religion': A Survey of First Amendment Definitions of Religion," 6 Tex. F. on C.L., 2001.
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, Northwestern University School of Law, 2003
B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, with honors, University of Tulsa, 2000
Bar Admissions
Texas
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th, District of Columbia, and Federal Circuits
U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
Affiliations
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow
Houston Bar Association Appellate Section
State Bar of Texas Appellate Section
Noteworthy
Coordinating Articles Editor, Northwestern University Law Review