Steptoe & Johnson

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Served as settlement agent for numerous commercial and residential real estate transactions; drafted and reviewed various documents incidental thereto (e.g, settlement statements, escrow agreements, deeds, option agreements, easement and right of way agreements, etc.)
• Assisted regional oil and gas client in conducting its due diligence and acquisition of the various leasehold estates covering the Marcellus shale being held by production ("HBP") by another oil and gas operator
• Performed and supervised others in conducting mineral title examinations; drafted title reports regarding ownership of the coal, oil and gas interests, including division order title opinions
• Assisted oil and gas information provider in its acquisition of a competitor by drafting the closing documents (settlement statement and purchase and sales agreement) and consulting agreement relating to retention of the competitor's former owner / IT specialist
• Litigated quiet title action relating to enforcement of a right of reconveyance found in prior assignment with respect to various oil and gas leasehold estates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2009
  Steptoe & Johnson
• 2008-2009
  Legal Intern, West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation
• 2008-2009
  Participant, West Virginia University College of Law Clinical Law Program

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

• Member, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF)
• Graduated summa cum laude, West Virginia University
• Order of the Coif
• West Virginia Law Review
• Phi Beta Kappa

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Adjunct Professor, Ohio Valley University, History 219: "American Civil War"
• Member, Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGA)
• Secretary, Board of Directors, Appalachian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts (ABADOA)

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Presented to various banks regarding recent changes to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (“RESPA”).
• Presented to Fortune 500 company and large interstate gas transmission company regarding numerous real property issues and topics, including adverse possession of minerals, scope and validity of powers of attorney, leasing and allocation of proceeds between life tenants and remaindermen, apportionment of royalties, recording and acknowledgment requirements, and testate and intestate succession.