Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
University of Oklahoma, B.A., with highest honors, 1977
Biographical
Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1979-1980. Member of Board of Editors, Oil and Gas Reporter (Southwestern Legal Foundation and Matthew Bender). Author: A Landman's Guide to Drafting Provisions for the Allocation of Gas Marketing Related Costs Under the Oil and Gas Leas, 45 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 21 -1 (1999); A Comparison of the Model Form Gas Balancing Agreements, 40 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 15-1 (1994); Preferential Right of Purchase Issues in Oil and Gas Property Sales, ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Spring 1996); Gas Balancing Issues Under the Operating Agreement in Oklahoma, 30 The Landman 47 (November 1985). Editor, American Bar Association's Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Committee Year in Review annual report of recent legal developments in the United States (1985—). Co-Chair, 50th and 51st Annual Institutes on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, Southwestern Legal Foundation (1999-2000). Special Lecturer in Law, Oil and Gas Contracts, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 1984 and 1999. Chair, American Bar Association, Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Committee. Vice Chair, Annual Programs, Energy and Natural Resources Litigation Committee, American Bar Association (1998-1999). President, Oklahoma City Mineral Lawyers Society (1989-1990). Advisory Board, International Oil and Gas Educational Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation (1997—). Co-recipient, 1999 John Rogers Award, presented by the Southwestern Legal Foundation to the Editors of the Oil and Gas Reporter. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Natural Resources Law).