Joshua S. Korbini

Biography

Josh Korbini manages a team consisting of dozens of abstractors and attorneys who abstract, draft, and review drilling title opinions and division order title opinions for exploration and production companies. Using his strengths as a critical thinker and problem solver, Josh thrives on understanding the complexities of title associated with each piece of property and its relationship with the client’s business strategy. Having spent his entire legal career in the energy industry, Josh is skilled in all aspects of title work and understands the big-picture impact that securing and validating title has on drilling and revenue generation. Josh prides himself on resolving complex operational and legal questions and collaborating with litigators and business attorneys to provide comprehensive and business-minded responses. Josh is also the Practice Group Leader of the Mineral Title & Property Practice Group in the Energy & Natural Resources Department.

Representative Experience

  • Managed a team that has more than 700 division order title opinions and thousands of title opinions for publicly traded oil and gas producers
  • Provided practical, business centered legal advice to resolve matters before they proceed to litigation, saving clients time and money
  • Prepared transactional instruments for the acquisition and divesture of mineral property and leasehold estates
  • Prepared and reviewed complex division order title opinions for oil and gas exploration and production companies working in various shale plays
  • Conducted training for the preparation of title opinions and division order title opinions and educational training for clients

Licensed In

  • West Virginia

Education

  • J.D. West Virginia University College of Law
  • B.A. West Virginia University

Memberships

  • Vice-President of the Board, The Children’s Home of Wheeling, Inc.
  • Ohio County Bar Association

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