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Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Transactions; Oil and Gas Contracts

Additional Information: Order of the Coif. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1979-1980. Member of Board of Editors, Oil and Gas Reporter, published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender (1996�). Author: "Class Actions Pushed to the Extreme: Will Class Action Plaintiff Lawyers Be Permitted to Re-Zone Our Courts for Tract Housing?" 24 Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law 77 (2004)(Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 50th Anniversary Issue); "The Confused State of Oil and Gas Royalty Check Stub Law," 17 Texas Oil & Gas Law Journal 13 (2003)(LexisNexis Matthew Bender); "A Landman's Guide to Drafting Provisions for the Allocation of Gas Marketing Related Costs Under the Oil and Gas Leas," 45 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 21 -1 (1999); "Preferential Right of Purchase Issues in Oil and Gas Property Sales," ABA Natural Resources & Environment, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Spring 1996); "A Comparison of the Model Form Gas Balancing Agreements," 40 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, 15-1 (1994); Co-Author, "COPAS for Landmen and Lawyers," 48 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2002); Lead Editor and Co-Author of annual reports of case law and legal developments in energy law in the United States for the "Year in Review" publication of the American Bar Association (1985�). Co-Chair, 50th and 51st Annual Institutes on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, Center for American and International Law (1999-2000). Chair, Energy and Natural Resources Litigation Committee (2001-2003), and Chair, Oil and Natural Gas Exploration and Production Committee (1999-2001), American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources. President, Oklahoma City Mineral Lawyers Society (1989-1990). Trustee-at-Large for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (2003�). Chair of the Legal Committee for the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association (2001-2003). Chair of the Legal Committee for the Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association of Oklahoma (2004�). Member of Executive Committee for the Institute for Energy Law of the Center for American and International Law (2000�). Co-recipient, 1999 John Rogers Award, presented by the Center for American and International Law to the Editors of the Oil and Gas Reporter. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Natural Resources

Taught FRAC Law: From Land Contract Negotiations to Environmental Disputes, 2014.

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Firm Members: Richard Ford D. Meyers Kelly Callahan Clyde Muchmore Harry Woods Michael Bowling Mark Grossman Mary Tolbert Michael Laid Mack Morgan, III David Stewart Christopher Keim John Griffin, Jr. Lawrence Walsh Karen Rieger Kenni Merritt Kristin Huffaker Jessica Perry Jan Singelman Melanie Rughani