Law School
Louisiana State University, J.D., 1985
Law School Graduation Year
1985
College
University of Southwestern Louisiana, B.A., 1982
Memberships
Fifth Federal Circuit and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Louisiana Independent Oil and Gas Association; Independent Petroleum Association of America; American Association of Professional Landmen; Louisiana Mineral Law Institute (Member, Advisory Council); American Petroleum Institute (Former Member, AAPL Shelf Operating Agreement Subcommittee, 2002; Subcommittee on Offshore Operating Agreements; Forms Committee and Subcommittee on Model Form Deepwater Operating Agreement, 2000).
Biographical
Author: The Interplay Between Operating Agreements and Unit Orders in Establishing Ownership of Production, Landman, November/December, 1988. Co-Author: Subleases, Overriding Royalty Interests and Reversionary Rights, by R. Thomas Jorden, Jr., Margaret D. Swords, Landman, May/June 2001; AAPL Model Deepwater Operating Agreement, by Bill Moore, R. Thomas Jorden, Jr., HAPL Spring Technical Workshop, April 12, 2001; Subleases, Overriding Royalty Interests and Reversionary Rights, by R. Thomas Jorden, Jr. and Margaret D. Swords, 2000 Gulf Coast Institute, October 26-27, 2000. Author and Speaker: The 1996 API Model Form of Offshore Operating Agreement, 43rd Mineral Law Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 28-29, 1996; Joint Operating Agreements 101, A Back to Basics Review, AAPL 42nd Annual Meeting and International Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 19-21, 1996.