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

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, 2003–2010 and one of The Best Lawyers in America, 2005–2010 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