People

Elizabeth Furlow
Elizabeth Furlow Malpass
Senior Associate
Elizabeth Furlow
Elizabeth Furlow Malpass
Senior Associate

Overview

Liz Malpass represents clients in complex litigation with a focus on crisis response, mass action, and commercial disputes. She assists a wide range of clients in matters involving industrial accidents, toxic tort claims, contractual claims, business torts, civil enforcement actions, and personal injury and property damage claims.

Liz is also dedicated to the legal community. Liz currently serves as a Council Member for the Litigation Section of the Houston Bar Association (HBA). Previously, the HBA awarded Liz the President's Award (2024) for her contributions as the editor in chief of the HBA's bimonthly publication, The Houston Lawyer.

Liz has been recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation (2025, 2026) and Energy Law and Oil and Gas Law (2026).

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas, & Energy Law Section
  • United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
  • Institute for Energy Law, Advisory Board
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member
  • The Houston Lawyer, Editor in Chief (2023-2024)
  • Texas Energy Law Association, Board Member (2018-present), Secretary (2024-2025), Scholarship Chair (2022-2024)
  • Association of Women Attorneys, Member

Education

  • J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2018
    Editor in Chief, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law
    Notes Editor, Texas Law Review
  • B.A., English, Vanderbilt University 2013
    with highest honors
    Merrill Moore Award for Best Undergraduate Fiction Writer, 2013

Experience

Energy, Environmental, and Power

  • Terminal operator in crisis response, mass and class action personal injury and commercial litigation and associated regulatory investigations and environmental civil enforcement litigation arising from fire at terminal operator's bulk liquids storage facility
  • Chemical processing company in crisis response and multidistrict litigation stemming from plant explosion
  • Multinational oil field services company for breach of contract, trade secret, and tortious interference claims stemming from agreement regarding oilfield services equipment
  • Oil and gas exploration and production company in litigation related to alleged groundwater contamination stemming from historical manufacturing operations
  • Oil and gas company in defense of misappropriation of trade secrets claims
  • Oil and gas exploration and production company in defense of tortious interference and slander of title claims
  • Oil and gas exploration and production company in joint operating agreement dispute
  • Electric utility company in crisis response and in hearings before the Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • Wholesale electric power supplier in contract dispute
  • Multinational chemical company in railcar leak response
  • Oil and gas exploration and production company with respect to its leases and ESG goals
  • Oil and gas exploration and production company with respect to its form service agreements
  • Drilling component manufacturer in trade secret misappropriation claim against former employee

Securities and Shareholder Litigation

  • Exploration and production company and its officers in putative securities class action under Section 10(b) the Exchange Act
  • Exploration and production company and its officers and directors in putative securities class action under Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act
  • Engineering, procurement, and construction company and its officers in Texas federal court in putative class actions under Sections 10(b) and 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
  • Majority shareholders of exploration and production company against breach of fiduciary class action arising from going-private transaction

Pro Bono

  • Churches in litigation against a municipality over the constitutionality of its water-rate scheme
  • Widow in judicial heirship proceeding and partition action

Awards and Community

Recipient, President's Award, presented by Houston Bar Association, 2024

Recognized as "One to Watch" by Best Lawyers for Commercial Litigation (2025, 2026), Energy Law (2026) and Oil and Gas Law (2026)