Stephens County Energy, Oil & Gas Lawyers

I am a graduate of Baylor University and I received my law degree from St. Mary's University. I am primarily a transactional lawyer. I am board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the area of Farm and Ranch Real Estate, and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, however, my practice includes all aspects of real estate law. My practice areas include the following: corporate and business formation, corporate governance, corporate securities, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, oil and gas law, energy finance, commercial litigation, financial institution and banking...

Susan Turney has practiced business law in The Woodlands since 2004. She is committed to protecting her clients’ best interests with not only legal, but practical advice, and timely, responsive communication.

Susan Turney represents companies, owners, and executives. Her practice includes the review, negotiation, and documentation of all types of contracts, including master service agreements, manufacturing agreements, contractor and subcontractor agreements, sales contracts, distributor agreements, licenses, and commercial leases. She provides legal counsel on startups, entity formation, corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, corporate governance, partnership governance, shareholders’ agreements, buy-sell agreements, buy-out agreements, redemptions, partnership and limited liability company agreements,...

Dustin advises clients about their business-related matters at the federal, state, and international levels with experience in corporate, tax, securities, and related issues. Dustin has experience providing tax and business services, including the reformation and restructuring of large multi-national businesses to achieve strategic tax and business objectives. Dustin works with business owners, corporate officers, and other advisors in structuring acquisitions, dispositions, reorganizations, and corporate financing arrangements to provide efficient solutions to tax and business issues across a variety of industries. In addition to his business and tax planning experience, Dustin has experience resolving taxpayer issues during IRS examination or collection status,...

I went to law school mid-life while married with 2 young daughters. Upon graduation from the University of Oklahoma, I moved to Texas and took the Texas bar in 2003. Upon notification of passing in November 2003, I opened my own office in Allen, Tx. I practiced in a variety of practice areas including, family law, contract review, civil litigation, consumer bankruptcy, and estate planning. In 2005 I joined Roach LLP a small firm of 7 attorneys as an associated attorney taking over their consumer bankruptcy practice along with general civil litigation. In 2007 I went to work for Chesapeake...

Mr. Woodall is a trial attorney with experience in insurance subrogation, coverage and defense litigation, construction law, commercial litigation, labor and employment, and real estate. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Woodall also provides special counsel services to small and mid-size businesses in a variety of industries such as construction, roofing, manufacturing, and distribution. He is fully dedicated to understanding his clients’ businesses and helping them achieve their goals and objectives through risk management, contract negotiations, reviewing, negotiating and documenting real estate and business transactions, and resolving labor and employment issues.

After graduating from Baylor University in Waco Texas in...

Michael C. Sanders has over 20 years of experience litigating business, energy, and real estate disputes. Michael has handled cases from filing through trial and appeal.

Michael is Board Certified in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Michael’s practice has consisted of handling a variety of commercial, energy, and real estate disputes and lawsuits.

In addition to representing clients in lawsuits, Michael serves as an alternative dispute resolution provider. He is available to conduct mediations & arbitrations.

Dustin Sanchez is an attorney in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center.

Clients and colleagues call Barry Barnett an “incredibly gifted lawyer” (Chambers and Partners) who is “magic in the courtroom” (Who’s Who Legal), “the top antitrust lawyer in Texas” (Chambers and Partners), and “a person of unquestioned integrity” (David J. Beck, founder of Beck Redden). Barnett is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, and Lawdragon has named him one of the top 500 lawyers in the United States three years in a row. Best Lawyers in America has honored him as “Lawyer of the Year” for Bet-the-Company Litigation (2019 and 2017) and Patent Litigation (2020) in Houston. Based in...

James “Jim” Bartlett, Jr. is an experienced trial lawyer who also offers deal negotiation services to his corporate clients, including all aspects of drafting and completion of the related contractual agreements. Jim has successfully represented numerous corporations and other business entities in complex litigation matters throughout and outside the United States for over 22 years, including nine years as a partner in a national Am Law 200 firm.

Jim received his law degree from South Texas College of Law, where he served on the Law Review. During his time in law school, he was also a member of numerous varsity...

A business attorney with more than 10 years experience with business law, property law, oil and gas law experience. Cliff also helps people, from time to time, with family law and other litigation issues. Cliff has degrees in Business Management and for 20 years prior to law school, Cliff spent his time in a variety of sales and management positions. He is aware of what it takes to make a profit, secure a business and project a great image to the community. For a free consultation, please feel free to call or visit my web page. For more information, visit: https://bcwilliamslaw.com

Let the professionals at The Filis Law Firm work with you to properly plan for the life events of a loved one with a disability. Owner, Leona E. Filis, is an attorney, licensed in Texas in 2002, who is also a mother of a child diagnosed with autism. "After receiving the confirmation that my son is on the Autism Spectrum, I made many new friends with other parents of children with disabilities. Over the years we had many conversations, and I naturally focused on legal topics. It become more and more apparent that many legal documents and court filings of...

Our teams start with a deep understanding of our clients’ business objectives. We share knowledge across practices and regions. We help our clients not only mitigate risk, but also discover opportunity. And each success begins with the same simple question…

How can we help you?

By pooling our energy, talents and resources, we are able to achieve the highest order of excellence in the practice and profession of the law. Through such practice we are able to give back to our communities, and in all things to govern ourselves as members of a free democratic society with responsibilities both to our profession...

Practice Areas: Maritime, Energy Transportation, and Insurance Law. Experience Includes: Maritime liens, vessel allisions & collisions, maritime personal injuries, ocean marine and inland cargo, interpretation of insurance policies, insurance bad faith actions, premises liability, acting as a mediator and arbitrator Services: Along with providing legal services to clients I am also asked from time to time to provide consulting services and expert testimony on maritime law and insurance law matters. I am also asked from time to time to act as an arbitrator and/or mediator in disputes. Peer Rated: AV Preeminent by the Martindale â Hubbell peer review rating system, the highest...

Paul Grinke is Managing Partner of McCathern’s office at The Star in Frisco, Texas. Mr. Grinke has broad experience on a national level, litigating complex commercial and catastrophic event claims from both sides of the docket. He has successfully litigated commercial breach of contract, fiduciary duty, and employment covenant claims. In addition, Mr. Grinke prosecutes and defends claims involving personal injury, wrongful death, and disastrous property damage arising from construction defect, product defect, trucking, and liquor liability.

Mr. Grinke leads McCathern’s Construction Defect, Product Liability and related Fire Litigation practices. He has particular expertise in counseling institutional clients involved in tragic...

Mr. Barchus is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Mr. Barchus has extensive experience in the courtroom. He has obtained favorable verdicts and judgments for his clients in Harris, Jefferson, Tarrant and Bexar counties. No matter the type of litigation, he fights aggressively to obtain justice for his clients. Mr. Barchus has obtained substantial verdicts under DTPA, Fraud, Conversion and Breach of Contract causes of action, successfully defended clients accused of a litany of torts, argued many motions and hearings, has taken more than 50 depositions and has...

Seven year Attorney, former prosecutor, experience in oil and gas with the largest natural gas company in North America.

Michael R. Hancock is a licensed attorney in the state of Texas, practicing in both transactional and litigation groups. He is primarily focused on oil and gas title work and related upstream services, and also has experience in real estate, corporate litigation, commercialization, and environmental and water law. Michael is a graduate of the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University. During this time, Michael participated in the Moot Court program, where he had the opportunity to compete in the Dean Jerome Prince Memorial Evidence Competition in Brooklyn, New York. Michael later served as the President of...

Aimee serves clients throughout all of Texas. She concentrates her practice in the areas of oil and gas law (exclusively representing land owners and mineral owners in connection with testing agreements, surface agreements, oil and gas leases and pipeline or access easements), commercial real estate and water law. “One of the things I am passionate about”, Aimee says, “is assisting mineral and surface owners to make informed decisions about the future of their land and mineral assets, and in being good stewards of their land, both for themselves and for their heirs”.

Aimee was born in Lincoln, Nebraska....

Scott Zimmer is a partner in the Shreveport office of Kean Miller and practices in the commercial litigation group. He assists clients in all manner of litigation, including commercial, environmental, transportation, gaming industry litigation, and complex personal injury matters.

Scott is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is listed in Louisiana Super Lawyers 2018 - 2019.

Scott earned his B.S. from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1994. He earned his J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1998.

With the Law Office of Stephen Boyd Moon, LLC you will always feel right at home, knowing you are represented by an experienced attorney - not a paralegal - who will be with you from start to finish. The Law Office of Stephen Boyd Moon, LLC works with its clients by advising, preparing documents and agreements, and counseling its clients. The Law Office of Stephen Boyd Moon, LLC is proud to represent clients in Brazos, Leon, Grimes, Burleson, Washington and Robertson Counties and all across the great State of Texas. The Law Office of Stephen Boyd Moon, LLC utilizes technology...

Octavio Salinas II brings forth an extensive legal and business background. He has handled hundreds of criminal and civil cases throughout Texas and the United States, settled multi-million dollar personal injury claims, and argued before the state and federal appeal courts.

Don Ethridge is senior counsel in The Woodlands office of Kean Miller. He joined the firm in 2018 and practices in the oil and gas litigation group. Don’s practice centers on oil and gas property title examination, contract negotiation, and drafting in both Louisiana and Texas. He also has extensive litigation experience representing clients in such diverse areas as eminent domain, oilfield environmental remediation, pipeline and utility rights-of-way, personal injury defense, class actions, and disputes concerning ownership of minerals, royalties, and production from oil and gas wells.

EDWARD J. KAZALEH is an Attorney, Mediator and Arbitrator who offers tremendous business, legal and real world expertise to his clients. KAZALEH & ASSOCIATES, LLP provides Legal Representation of BUSINESSES and INDIVIDUALS for REAL ESTATE, COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL INJURY, LITIGATION, CONSTRUCTION, OIL & GAS, PIPELINE, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY and certain IMMIGRATION LEGAL MATTERS. Our Clients are in the United States and International. GO TO OUR WEB SITE: www.BizLaw.Pro Our particular strengths are: CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES AND DEFECT LAW & ARBITRATION- REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY LAW - COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS LAW - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADEMARKS & PATENTS...

I have practiced oil and gas law in Texas since 1975, specializing in representation of land and mineral owners. I am certified in oil and gas law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization. I have been employed at Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody in Austin, Texas since 1978, and have been serving as President of the firm since January 2018.

Graduated from St. Stephens Episcopal School 1968. Undergraduate Yale University 1972, JD University of Texas 1975, Clerk on Texas Supreme Court 1975-76, Justice Ross Doughty.

Our lives our integrated, and work is no longer 9-5. Business is intertwined with family, and family is intertwined with work. A legal decision at work or at home doesn’t just effect you.

It’s important to have counsel that is present in your conversations, but futuristic in counseling so you can maximize the long-term goals of your company, your family, and your life.

it’s important to have counsel that understands that one sentence in a legal document can effect every other area of your company, your employees and/or your family.

Deborah understands the importance of words, of timing, and of the long...

Will Stafford is Of Counsel in Crain Caton’s Corporate, Business Transactions and Tax Group. With over a decade of legal experience, Will has developed a broad corporate practice, with an emphasis on securities offerings, business transactions, and general corporate governance. He has extensive experience representing individuals, public and private companies, financial institutions and local governments in a wide variety of matters including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, early-stage and venture capital investments, technology transactions, commercial contracts, securities regulation and compliance, corporate structuring and formation, and general corporate matters.

Will has represented corporations in the issuance of debt, equity and convertible...

Martin C. Law is an associate in the litigation section of Patout & Shaw, PLLC. His primary practice areas are arbitration, mediation, oil and gas, commercial law, real estate litigation and development, construction law, and consumer transactions. While in law school, Mr. Law was awarded the Lawrence C. Hoff Jr. Memorial Scholarship and the Dean’s Scholar Award. Mr. Law actively participated in the school’s award winning advocacy program, which culminated in a first place finish at the 2013 FINRA/St. John’s Securities Dispute Resolution Competition. He was an active member in the Oil and Gas Law Society, the Environmental Law...

Daniel Charest gets results for his clients in high-stakes litigation. His career reflects a history of big wins in the court room and high-profile settlement agreements. He achieves those results through a combination of smarts and daily hard work. Daniel understands that trust and accountability with his clients, plus a dedicated group of attorneys, form the foundation of a strong legal team.

From international arbitrations in London to small-town courthouses, Daniel knows each victory—no matter the size—matters to the client. Daniel co-founded Burns Charest with the mission to form a team of dynamic attorneys from varied backgrounds who are motivated...

Clint J. Hays is a Senior Attorney in the Oil & Gas Division with Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC. He has over seventeen years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, with a focus on complex title examination and oil and gas transactional matters. Clint has been Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2009. After graduating from the Texas Tech School of Law in 2004, Clint began his career as a Petroleum Landman/Associate General Counsel for a land services company in Midland, TX, and has spent the last sixteen years as...

Rand is the principal attorney at Zumwalt Law Group. After heading the bankruptcy and general counsel departments of two medium-sized Texas law firms, Rand decided to open his own law firm, merging the best aspects of both firms with his own strong personal ethics and creative legal mindset. Through Zumwalt Law Group, Rand strives to elevate personal service while taking care of foundational legal issues in a client-focused professional manner. Rand's areas of practice include business litigation, contract law, mergers & acquisitions, copyright and tax law, and legal issues relating to startups and nonprofit formation. Helping Austin startups...

Linkedin Bio at: http://www.linkedin.com/in/smarrs. TRIAL ATTORNEY and ARBITRATOR. Over 20 years of experience in complex international and energy arbitrations and lawsuits: oil & gas, energy, chemical, commercial, international and intellectual property matters, including disputes relating to: upstream and downstream agreements and operations, alternative energy, biofuels, pipelines, supply agreements, exploration, production, refining and processing, service company issues, title, drilling, royalty, transportation, catastrophic events, accounting, international, fiduciary duty, fraud, products liability, environmental, rig and plant construction matters. Represents plaintiffs and defendants (apx 50/50). Also experienced with intellectual property, including disputes involving patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets. ...

Steven Goodspeed is a partner at My Church Law firm, a full-service, client-centered and cost-effective firm dedicated to serving churches, private schools, and nonprofit ministries nationwide. He has over 23 years of experience representing nonprofit organizations and is dedicated to delivering high quality legal services and advocating for you.

Robert W. St. Clair, born Pampa, Texas, July 5, 1957; admitted to Texas bar, 1982; also admitted to practice before: United States Supreme Court,1998; United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1988; United States District and Bankruptcy Courts, Northern (1982), Western (1987), Eastern (1987), and Southern (1987) Districts of Texas. Preparatory education, Abilene Christian University (B.B.A., 1979); legal education, South Texas College of Law (J.D., 1982). Board Certified, Business Bankruptcy Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization (since 1988). Member: State Bar of Texas (Bankruptcy Section, Member; Litigation Section, Member); Lubbock County Bar Association; and West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association (Secretary 1989-90, President 1997-98). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Texas...