Oil & Gas
We are Oil and Gas Attorneys that have provided decades of successful representation to clients in the oil, gas, and energy industry.
Our attorneys possess a high degree of competence in oil and gas law, having obtained two Board Certifications in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and devoted the majority of their careers to representing nearly every kind of energy industry client, from large Corporations to individual Landowners.
+ Board Certified Attorneys
- Brandon L. Martin , Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Jeff T. Ragsdale , Texas Board of Legal Specialization
+ Representative Matters
- Title Opinions (Drilling, Acquisition, Leasehold and Division Order)
- Purchase and sale due diligence (Mineral/Royalty and Leasehold)
- Royalty and revenue payment disputes
- Joint Operating Agreements
- Surface Use Agreements
- Saltwater Disposal Agreements
- Oil and Gas Lease drafting and negotiations
- Oil and Gas Lease termination disputes
- Lease Amendments and Ratifications
- Private Placement Memoranda
- Breach of Warranty disputes
- 1031 Exchanges
+ Experience Highlights
- Drafted 2000+ Acquisition, Drilling, and Division Order Title Opinions in Texas, Oklahoma, Ohio, Kansas, Pennsylvania and Colorado
- Represented mineral and royalty acquisition fund in due diligence efforts related to purchase of approximately $120 million of mineral and royalty interests across multiple jurisdictions
- Represented purchaser in negotiations and due diligence efforts in purchase of 70,000 leasehold acres in South Texas
- Secured numerous division order revisions to revise interests from fixed royalty interests to "floating" royalty interests
- Represented purchaser in $26 million mineral purchase in Reeves County, Texas
- Represented purchaser in $15 million leasehold purchase in Sterling County, Texas
- Represented seller in 4-well working interest sale in Williams County, North Dakota
- Secured for clients numerous payments of unpaid and underpaid royalties
- Represented an Ohio surface owner in successfully claiming abandoned minerals under the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act
+ States of Practice
- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Ohio
- Kentucky
- Pennsylvania
- West Virginia
- New Mexico