Sharon O. Flanery | Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

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Sharon O. Flanery

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Charleston, WV,Houston, TX,The Woodlands, TX,Denver, CO

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(304) 353-8155, (281) 203-5700, (303) 357-4632

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Sharon Flanery concentrates her practice in the areas of energy and natural resources law and leads the firm's Energy and Natural Resources Department. As a petroleum engineer with both an operating and legal background in the industry, she brings real world experience to her practice. This experience includes acquisitions and divestitures, mineral leases, joint ventures, contract mining agreements, joint operating agreements, and sales and marketing agreements, as well as gathering, transportation, and processing agreements. In addition, she has substantial experience in land and legal due diligence associated with mineral transactions and in the legislative and regulatory arenas.

Representative Experience

Team leader responsible for numerous asset and equity transactions, lease transactions, and due diligence for acquisitions or divestitures, as lead or local counsel, involving over 1,000,000 gross oil and gas acres and involving hundreds of millions of tons of coal
Drafted legislation on behalf of a Fortune 500 energy client which clarified the requirements for notification of landowners in connection with coalbed methane development situations and prepared implementation guidelines and procedures for the client to use under the new legislation
Team leader responsible for drafting and negotiating multi-million dollar supply agreement for the production and sale of biomass to an electric generating plant. The project involved traditional contract issues, clean air and greenhouse gas regulations, potential tax credits and subsidies for renewable energy sources, corporate tax and intellectual property issues.

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Education

J.D. Duquesne University
B.S. West Virginia University

Experience

2004 Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, WV

2001-2003 Vice President, Exploration, Columbia Natural Resources, Charleston, WV

1998-2001 Assistant General Counsel, Columbia Gas Transmission/NiSource Corporate Services, Charleston, WV

1993-1998 Legal Department, CONSOL Energy, Pittsburgh, PA

1991-1993 Attorney, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, PA

1987-1990 Reservoir & Production Engineering Supervisor, CNG Development, Pittsburgh, PA

1983-1985 Reservoir Engineer, Aramco, Saudi Arabia

1978-1982 Special Projects Engineer, Columbia Gas Transmission, Charleston, WV

Memberships & Awards

United States Patent and Trademark License

President-Elect 2013-2014, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

2013 BTI Consulting Client Service All-Star

Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Band One Leading Lawyer, Natural Resources

The Best Lawyers in America®

Best Lawyers® Charleston, West Virginia Lawyer of the Year 2011

Super Lawyers®

Outstanding Alumni of the Year, WVU Mineral & Energy Resources Department

Guest Lecturer, Distinguished Lecture Series, WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Graduated cum laude, West Virginia University, Petroleum Engineering

Duquesne University Law Review

Institute for Energy Law

WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Visiting Committee

Member, Advisory Committee, WVU Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Peer Review Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell

Chair, Energy Law Committee, West Virginia State Bar

EMLF Representative, Appalachian School of Law Energy Symposium Steering Committee

Advisory Board, WVU College of Law Center for Energy and Sustainable Development

Know How

OVERVIEW OF POOLING AND UNITIZATION AFFECTING APPALACHIAN SHALE DEVELOPMENT

Part II: Pooling Statutes in NY, MD, OH, PA & WV

Part I: Pooling Statutes in NY, MD, OH, PA & WV

Pittsburgh Bans Gas Drilling

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