The Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Team provides legal support for those companies involved in the exploration and production of energy resources. Our attorneys handle all types of oil, gas and energy resource matters, which extend to property, title, contract, liability and environmental issues. The team provides the following services, including review of title and preparation of title opinions on mineral ownership and related issues; transactions for the purchase, sale or financing of prospects, production and operations; permitting, pooling, unitization and other E&P matters requiring regulatory approval; negotiation and preparation of agreements traditionally used in development of energy resources, i.e., leases, farmouts, operating agreements, joint ventures, etc.; permitting, contracts, ROWs, condemnation (expropriation) and other legal issues related to pipelines and other forms of transportation of oil, gas and energy resources; and litigation related to development, acquisition, and transportation of oil, gas and energy resources.

Some of our attorneys practice in forestry law and related legal issues which affect the community, including real estate (the acquisition and sale of forest land, contract preparation involving small or multi-states sales, and acquisition of mills and production operations); environmental (Phase I, II or III site assessment consultation, permitting, etc.); private property rights (endangered species advice and planning, eminent domain, wetlands advice and Wild and Scenic Rivers advice); contracts (sale and purchase of timber, application of chemicals to forest land, aerial burning, hunting clubs, surface leases, planting of seedlings and boundary line maintenance, etc.); oil and gas; litigation (obligations under timber deeds, wrongful cutting of timber, adverse possession, environmental degradation, surface damages, Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, fire loss, etc.); tax (like kind exchanges, timber depletion and losses); financing and administrative advices.