Timothy C. "Tim" Shelby

Tim Shelby focuses on complex commercial litigation and oil and gas-related litigation. When interviewed by Chambers USA, clients offered the following assessments: “Tim is an excellent trial lawyer;” “Tim has good common sense and comes up with great strategy, which always leads to good results;” and “Tim is excellent at what he does.”

Tim is recognized by Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation in Texas from 2015 – 2025. Tim is recognized for his work in General Commercial Litigation by the highly respected Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, published by London-based Chambers and Partners. Tim has been named to the Texas Super Lawyers list from 2014 – 2023 for business litigation. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell and he is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Since 2018, Tim has served on the State Bar of Texas Oil and Gas Pattern Jury Charge Committee, which updates and revises the way the law is typically presented to juries in Texas trials.

Tim received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 2002. While at Harvard, he served as a Teaching Fellow in Harvard’s Department of Economics. Tim received a Master of Public Service and Administration from the Bush School of Government at Texas A&M University in 1999, where he was recognized as a Bush Fellow. Tim received his undergraduate degree, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, in economics and political science from Baylor University in 1997. Prior to joining AZA, Tim practiced in the litigation department of Baker Botts in Houston.

Tim serves on the Board of Directors of Cure JM Foundation, which is dedicated to finding a cure for Juvenile Myositis (JM), an autoimmune disease in which a child’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues. In 2019 and 2020, he served as a Co-Chair of the Walk Strong for Cure JM – Houston. If you are interested in learning more about Cure JM, please go to https://www.curejm.org/.