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Firm Overview

Areas of Oil & Gas Experience

• Title Opinions
• Purchase & Sale Agreements
• Exploration Agreements
• Participation, Farmout & Operating Agreements
• Reserve–based Financing
• Oil and Gas Leasing and Pooling
• Oil & Gas Controversies – Mediation, Arbitration & Trial
• Net Profits & Production Payment Financing

Admitted to Practice

• Texas, 1975; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas

Achievements

• Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Board of Specialization of the State Bar of Texas since 1987
• Texas Super Lawyer, 2003–2009 and one of The Best Lawyers in America, 2005–2009 in Energy
• One of the Top 100 Lawyers – Houston Region 2006
• Former Chair, State Bar of Texas Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section
• Former Chair, Houston Bar Association Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section
• Texas Lawyer "Go To" Lawyer in Energy, October 2007

Education

• J.D. Southern Methodist University Dedham School of Law, 1974, Order of the Coif
• M.B.A. University of Phoenix, 2005

Employment Experience

• Otis Engineering Corporation, an oil field service firm acquired by Halliburton, as in-house corporate attorney, 1975 to 1978.
• Texas Oil & Gas Corp., a publicly-held independent E & P firm, later acquired by Marathon Oil Company, as in-house E&P attorney, 1978 to 1980.
• Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland and Houston, Texas, 1980 to 1999.
• Haynes and Boone, Houston, Texas, 1999 to 2006

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