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Practice Areas: Energy & Natural Resources Industry Group; Energy & Natural Resources Dispute Resolution; Oil & Gas; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Commercial Litigation and Disputes; Energy & Natural Resources; Shale and Unconventional Gas Developments

Additional Information:

Kevin is a partner in the Energy & Natural Resources Group. He focuses his work in energy litigation and oil and gas law. He has more than 30 years of experience in representing clients in the oil and gas industry, natural gas exploration and production companies, interstate pipeline companies and utilities. Kevin is currently advising natural gas exploration and production companies on issues related to exploration of Marcellus and Utica shales. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

Kevin was lead counsel in winning a series of cases confirming the right to extend leases under the original payment terms, defeating class action claims seeking royalties on gas lost before the point of sale, royalties on hedging, and claims as to the allocation of post-production costs. He represented Pennsylvania’s industry groups in the leading Pennsylvania Supreme Court case on post-production costs and is currently representing the lessee in the case in which the Ohio Supreme Court will decide as to the proper treatment of post-production costs. Kevin is also representing lessees before the Ohio Supreme Court in a class action in which lessors claim that their leases are perpetual leases that are void as against public policy and in cases involving the interpretation of Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act.

Kevin teaches oil and gas law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In 2015, he was named by the University as the interim Executive Director of its Energy Law and Policy Institute.

Kevin is the recipient of the Pittsburgh Business Times' Energy Leadership Award and has been recognized in its "Who's Who in Energy" list. He has been recognized as a Top Rated Lawyer in Energy/Environmental Law by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™. Kevin has also been listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers in the energy field in every year since 2004, and in Super Lawyers Business Edition in the area of Energy & Natural Resources.

In the area of media law, Kevin represents several newspapers in libel cases, obtaining access to public records and proceedings, and responses to subpoenas. He has taught media law at the University of Pittsburgh.

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Firm Members: Kim Watterson Barry Coyne Kevin Katona Paige Forster Patrick Emergy Nicolle Snyder Bagnell