Nathaniel I. Holland

Representative Experience

• Advised exploration and production companies on various oil and gas law issues, including ownership of oil and gas, leasing, unitization, joint operations, DEP and PUC regulation, and local land use regulation
• Performed senior oil and gas title review for transactions and drilling operations
• Advised natural gas midstream clients on securing easements and condemnation rights
• Advised solar energy clients on Pennsylvania real estate and public utility law
• Conducted real estate transactions for midstream clients in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New York

Licensed In

• New York
• Pennsylvania
• West Virginia

Education

• J.D. Cornell Law School

• A.B. Princeton University

Memberships

• Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
• Michael Late Benedum Chapter, American Association of Professional Landmen
• Institute for Energy Law
• Treasurer, Crawford County Bar Association
• Real Estate and Probate Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Energy And Environmental Law Section, Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Crawford County of Commerce Leadership Meadville Program

Speaking Engagements

• “Eastern States Roundtable,” National Association of Lease & Title Analysts Annual Conference (2023)
• “Cross-Unit Wells,” Energy & Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute (2021)
• “Bad Faith Trespass to Oil and Gas: Pennsylvania Standard’s Under Sabella v. Appalachian Development Corp.,” EMLF Kentucky Conference (October 2016)
• “Pipeline & Midstream Development from Wellhead to Burner Tip: Laws and Regulations Affecting Pipeline and Midstream Development in PA,” Annual Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Law Colloquium (July 2016)
• “Subsurface Trespass to the Oil & Gas Estate: Determining Damages in Pennsylvania,” PBI Oil and Gas Law Colloquium, Pittsburgh, PA (September 2015)
• “The Evolving Landscape of Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Royalty Disputes,” Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs Marcellus and Utica Shale Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (August 24, 2015)
• “Pennsylvania,” AAPL Pooling Seminar, State College, PA (July 31, 2015)
• “Quiet Title Actions,” Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, Annual Institute (2013)

Publications

• “Pennsylvania,” Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy Journal (2022-2025)
• “Pennsylvania and New York” Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy Journal (2016-2021)
• Co-Author, “The Law of Oil and Gas in Pennsylvania” Treatise (2016)
• “A State of Mind: Determining Bad Faith in Trespass to Oil and Gas,” 2 Texas A & M Law Review 53 (2014)
• “Survey on Oil & Gas,” Texas A & M Law Review, Pennsylvania and New York (2014)
• “Survey on Oil & Gas,” Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Pennsylvania and New York (2012-2013)