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R. Neal Pierce

Education

  • J.D. Georgetown University
    B.A. Ohio State University

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio
  • West Virginia

Recent Publications By R. Neal Pierce

Ohio Governor Kasich's New Budget – How it Impacts the Natural Gas Industry,
March 15, 2012
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OH Court Limits Surface Rights from Mineral Reservation,
March 6, 2012
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Regulatory Changes Coming to Oil and Gas Industry in Ohio,
March 5, 2012
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Planning Key to Success with Ohio Oil & Gas Rules,
October 4, 2011
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R. Neal Pierce
Of Counsel

R. Neal Pierce
Of Counsel

Neal Pierce brings more than 30 years oil and gas industry experience to the Steptoe & Johnson Energy Team. For over 15 years, he served as general counsel for one of the largest exploration and production companies in the Appalachian basin. He focuses on energy law, Utica and Marcellus shale gas law, as well as conventional oil and gas law, working in the

firm’s Columbus, Ohio office. His experience includes legal due diligence in reviewing land records and in managing administrative land teams, oil and gas acquisitions and divestitures, mineral leases, joint operating agreements and contracts and administrative regulatory practice related to mineral development, including rulemaking and legislative negotiation and drafting in several Appalachian Basin states and the Province of New Brunswick.

 

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Negotiated a $100 million dollar acquisition of a publicly traded entity
  • Directed internal due diligence team in reviewing major Appalachian producer's land records
  • Directed post-closing due diligence team reviewing land administration records

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2011
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 2006-2011
    Principal, Law Office of R. Neal Pierce, LLC
  • 2003-2007
    Robinson & McElwee
  • 1986-2003
    Columbia Natural Resources, Inc.
  • 1978-1985
    Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation
  • 1977-1978
    West Virginia Legislative Services

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Past President, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
  • Past President, Virginia Oil and Gas Association
  • David M. Young Award
  • John McClaugherty Award

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Co-author, "Orphans, Foundlings and Wards of the State: Liability for Orphaned and Abandoned Wells in the Eastern United States," 14 Eastern Mineral Law Annual Institute Proceedings, 1994