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07.18.2023
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Co-Author, "Recent Texas Oil and Gas Cases", Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section,
State Bar of Texas, November 4, 2022
04.08.2022
02.14.2022
04.27.2021
May 12, 2020
February 10, 2020
February 3, 2020
Co-Author, Four Recent Drainage and Offset Cases: A Texas Litigation Trend?, Texas Oil & Gas Law Journal 01, pg. 33-34
August 1, 2019
August 1, 2019
07.08.2019
March 27, 2019
Co-Author, A Survey of Depth Severance Issues and Related Drafting Considerations, 63 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 30-1
July 2017
Speaker, Legal Issues and Drone Applications in Ranching, TSCRA Summer Meeting, The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser's Association, Galveston, Texas
June 16, 2017
March 20, 2017
Speaker, Royalty Calculations: Analyzing Royalty Clauses and an Update on Recent Case Law, Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts, Houston, TX
November 17, 2016
Speaker, Production in Paying Qualities and Keeping the Lease, HAPL 7th Annual Shale Play Seminar, Houston Association of Professional Landmen, Houston, Texas
September 28, 2016
Presenter, Primer and Update on Gas Royalty Calculation Litigation, NALTA Annual Meeting, National Association of Lease and Title Analyst, Atlanta, Georgia
September 22, 2016
Presenter, Texas NPRI’s, NADOA 43rd Annual Institute, National Association of Division Order Analysts, Scottsdale, Arizona
09.09.2016
Co-Author, Royalty Litigation: Perspectives from the Lessor/Lessee?, State Bar of Texas: Oil & Gas Disputes, Houston, TX
01.28.2016
Speaker, Energy Transactions in a Low Price Environment; Mitigating Uncertainty and Risk, 2015 Landscape Discussion on Energy Law & Policy in the Rockies, University of Wyoming College of Law, Laramie, Wyoming
October 2015
Speaker, Acquisitions During the Downturn: Suspense Issues, JIBs, Pay Decks, and Curative Materials, NADOA December Webinar, National Association of Division Order Analysts, Houston, Texas
December 2015
Speaker, North Dakota Probate Issues from the Operator’s Perspective, 2015 ALTA/HADOA Joint Seminar, ALTA/HADOA, Houston, Texas
November 2015
Speaker, Effective Use of Technology to Manage Big Data in the Practice of Law, November NAPO Meeting, National Association of Professional Organizers, Houston, Texas
November 2015
Speaker, Select Landmines in Acquisitions and Divestitures and Due Diligence During Prolonged Oil Slump, Fall Land Institute, Denver Association of Professional Landmen, Denver, Colorado
October 2015
Speaker, Evolving Landmines in Structuring Deals and Conducting Due Diligence Amidst Prolonged Oil Slump, 2015 Shale Play Seminar, Houston Association of Professional Landmen, Houston, Texas
October 2015
Author, Importance of Lease Language That References Regulatory Rules, Landman Magazine
09.27.2015
September 25, 2015
Speaker, Restrictions on Assignability: Handling Pref Rights and Consent Provisions, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts National Meeting, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Amelia Island, Florida
September 2015
Speaker, Navigating Preferential Rights to Purchase and Consent to Assignment Provisions, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts National Meeting, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Amelia Island, Florida
September 2015
Speaker, Landmines in Handling Consent to Assignment Provisions and Preferential Rights to Purchase, In-House Presentation, Undisclosed Major International Oil and Gas Company, Houston, Texas
July 2015
Speaker, Restrictions on Assignability, Dallas Fort Worth Division Order Analysts Luncheon, Dallas Fort Worth Division Order Analysts, Dallas, Texas
July 2015
Speaker, Non-Participating Royalty Interests from the Perspective of Texas Operators, SADOA Summer Seminar, Sooners Association of Division Order Analysts, Tulsa, Oklahoma
June 2015
Speaker, Select Landmines in A&D and Due Diligence Re: Distressed Assets, Mid-Year Seminar, Houston Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Houston, Texas
June 2015
Speaker, Structuring and Negotiating Farmout Agreements, In-House Presentation, Undisclosed Major International Oil and Gas Company, Houston, Texas
May 2015
Speaker, Non-Participating Royalty Interests: Multi-Jurisdictional Fundamentals; Advanced Pooling Issues in Texas, Summer Webinar, National Association of Division Order Analysts
May 2015
Speaker, Dirty Tricks and Cheap Moves: Protecting Your Client During Oil and Gas Transactional Work, International Transactions, The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, Austin, Texas
April 2015
Speaker, Landmines in Acquiring or Divesting Assets During the Oil Downturn, PALTA Seminar, Permian Basin Lease and Title Analysts, Midland Texas
April 2015
Speaker, Restrictions on Assignability: Preferential Rights & Consent to Assign Provisions, PALTA Seminar, Permian Basin Lease and Title Analysts, Midland, Texas
April 2015
Speaker, Select Landmines in Conducting Due Diligence for Distressed Assets, PBDOA Spring Seminar, Permian Basin Division Order Analysts, Midland, Texas
March 2015
Speaker, Overview of Preferential Rights, Consents, Areas of Mutual Interest, and Maintenance of Uniform Interest Provisions, PBDOA Spring Seminar, Permian Basin Division Order Analysts, Midland, Texas
March 2015
Speaker, Non-Executive Mineral Interests for the Texas Operator, In-House Presentation, Undisclosed Independent Exploration and Production Company, Houston, Texas
February 2015
Speaker, Restrictions on Assignability: an Overview of the Ties that Commonly Bind Oil and Gas Properties, Spring Institute, Houston Association of Division Order Analysts, Houston, Texas
February 2015
Speaker, History and Fundamentals of the AAPL Form 610 Operating Agreement, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, Acquisitions and Divestitures in a Low-Price Environment, North Houston Association of Professional Landmen Luncheon, North Houston Association of Professional Landmen, Houston, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, Anatomy of the AAPL Form 610 Operating Agreement, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, JOA Problem Areas: Non-Consent Operations and Penalties, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, JOA Problem Areas: Proposals, AFEs, Cost Overruns and Exculpatory Language, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, JOA Problem Areas: Common Article 16 Provisions, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, JOA Problem Areas: Gas Balancing Agreements and COPAS Accounting, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, JOA Problem Areas: Interests, Expenditures and Liabilities, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Speaker, Dirty Tricks and Cheap Moves in the Oil Patch, Joint Operating Agreement Crash Course, Half Moon Education, Dallas, Texas
January 2015
Co-Author (with Austin Brister), Production in Paying Quantities: A Framework for Analyzing Lease Perpetuation Issues, Section Report of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Volume 40, Number 2 / Winter 2015
January 2015
Speaker, Non-Participating Royalty Interests: Fundamentals, Title Issues & Horizontal Drilling, National Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Annual ATLA Institute, Nashville, Tennessee
September 2014
Speaker, Non-Participating Royalty Interest: Multi-state Fundamentals & Advanced Issues in Texas, National Association of Division order Analysts 41st Annual NADOA Institute, Chicago, IL
September 2014
Speaker, Farmouts, JEAs, JDAs, and Participation Agreements: An Overview of the Many Agreements Used for Jointly Exploring and Developing Oil & Gas Properties, Dallas Ft. Worth Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Dallas TX
September 2014
Author, Lease Perpetuation Issues and Analysis: Part One, Denver Lease and Title Analysts Newsletter
September 2014
Speaker and Author, New Horizontal Modifications to the AAPL Joint Operating Agreement, Dallas Bar Association Mineral Law Section, Annual Review of Oil & Gas Law XXIX, Dallas, TX
August 2014
Speaker, Lease Perpetuation Issues in North Dakota, In-House Presentation for Enduro Resource Partners, LLC, Fort Worth, TX
August 2014
Speaker, Non-Executive Interest: A Look from the Operator's Shoes, Permian Basian Association Lease and Title Analysts, Midland, TX
July 2014
Speaker, Wyoming Mineral Law and Leasing Issues, Mineral Law Section of the Wyoming State Bar
May 2014
Speaker, Non-Participating Royalty Interests: Fundamentals Community Leases Horizontal Drilling, Houston Association of Professional Landman, 45th Annual Technical Workshop, Houston
May 2014
Speaker, Title and Pooling Issues Regarding Non-Participating Royal Interests, ConocoPhillips Spring Seminar, Houston, TX
May 2014
Speaker, Block-Chain Technologies: Potential Applications and Legal Ramifications, ISACA Young Professionals of the University of Houston, Houston, TX
April 2014
Author, NPRIs: Fundamentals, Common Issues, Horizontal Drilling, ALTA Newsletter
April 2014
Speaker, Non-Participating Royalty Interests: A Simple Idea with Complex Rules, Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Houston, TX
February 2014
Co-author, Surface Use Agreements: Multijurisdictional Considerations in Negotiating and Drafting Agreements for Use of Surface Estate in Oil and Gas Exploration, Production and Development, Section Report of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law S
01.01.2014
Author, Surface Use Issues, Agreements and Surface Use Acts, AAPL Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
June 2013
Co-Author, Ten Ways to Reduce Headaches Over Your Title Opinions, PBLA Newsletter
June 2013
Co-author, Surface Use Agreements: Multijurisdictional Considerations in Drafting and Negotiations, AAPL Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
June 2013
Speaker, Drafting and Negotiating Agreements for Use and Restoration of the Surface Estates in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production, NHAPL Annual Voting Luncheon, Houston, TX
May 2013
Author, Surface Use Issues, Agreements, and Surface Use Acts, AAPL Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
2013
Author, Horizontal Drilling Under Graveyards and Churches, NHAPL Luncheon, Houston, TX
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