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PUBLICATIONS

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

  • Surface Use Agreement: Representation of the Surface Owner. May 4, 2005

  • Understanding, Negotiating and Implementing A Surface Use Agreement. Sept. 17, 2005

  • Representing the Surface Owner. Oct. 22, 2005

  • Leasing, Top Leasing and Oil and Gas Production on Your Land. June 8, 2006

  • Understanding the Oil & Gas Lease and Factors Affecting Termination of the Oil and Gas Sept. 8, 2006 Lease Resulting in Cancellation. (National Association of Royalty Owners).

  • Oil and Gas Landowner Issues. (Presented to Montana State University). Dec. 20, 2006

  • Water Rights: What Every Realtor Should Know. (Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors). Jan. 24, 2008

  • Testimony Before the Colorado House of Representatives Regarding House Bill 09-1194. Feb. 18, 2008

  • Conservation Easements & Land Trusts for Realtors. (Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors). Feb. 21, 2008

  • What Every Realtor Should Know About Foreclosure. (Steamboat Springs Board of Realtors). Nov. 3, 2009

  • 2009 Rule Modification/Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission. Apr. 13, 2009

  • Statute of Limitations & Deadlines to Contest Underpayment of Royalties. Sept. 12, 2009

  • Skier & Boarder Liability 101. Mar. 2010

  • Bankruptcy - It’s Not a Dirty Word. Apr. 2010

  • Understanding & Negotiating the Oil & Gas Lease. Apr. 4, 2011

  • Drafting and Understanding the Pugh Clause. Apr. 4, 2011

  • Interstate Pipelines: Questions & Answers. Apr. 4, 2011

  • Understanding the American Natural Gas Boom - A Short Summary. July 19, 2011

  • A Common Sense Guide to a Better Understanding of the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Mar. 16, 2012 Fracturing.

  • Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission New Rule 205A – Hydraulic Fracturing Mar. 22, 2012 Chemical Disclosure.

  • “Unless” Provisions Oil and Gas Leases Strictly Construed – A Reminder from the Supreme July 18, 2012 Court of North Dakota.

  • The Battle to Determine the Right to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing: The Preemption Doctrine. Jan. 10, 2013 (Presentation to the Denver Petroleum Club)

  • Efficient Use of Arbitration: Drafting of Arbitration Clauses. May 9, 2013

  • Overview of Permitting of Oil and Gas Wells in Colorado: Understanding the Doctrine of June 6, 2013 Preemption and the Authority of “Home Rule” Municipalities.

(Presentation before the Colorado County Attorneys Annual Conference).

  • Sufficiency in Land Description in Oil & Gas Leases. June 3, 2013

  • ROAR (Periodical of the National Association of Royalty Owners): A Discussion of Legal June 2013 Framework to Regulate Fracking: Federal, State, and Local Concerns.

  • Efficient Use of Arbitration: Drafting of Arbitration Clauses (Published Utah Bar Journal). July/Aug. 2013

  • Successful Development of Renewable Energy Projects: Navigating the cloud of Bureaucracy. Oct. 2013 Presentation to the Colorado Environmental Management Society (“CEMS”).

  • Denver Petroleum Club - Keynote Breakfast Speaker: The Battle to Determine the Right to Regulate Jan. 10, 2014 Hydraulic Fracturing (“Fracking”): The Preemption Doctrine.

  • Pipeline Leadership Conference, University of Denver, Participated as a Panel Member in the Land Nov. 3-4, 2015 Management and Acquisition Panel.

  • Pipeline Leadership Conference, University of Denver. Presented as to Pipeline Permitting and Dakota Nov. 1-2, 2016 Access Pipeline Controversy.

  • A Primer on Arbitration Preparation (Utah Bar Journal). Sept. 2017

  • National Pipeline Leadership Conference, Dallas, Texas. Presented as to Stakeholder Rights and Nov. 2017 New Approaches to Environmental Group Intransigence

  • Pipeline and Gas Journal, Dakota Access Pipeline – Lessons for the Pipeline Industry, Vol. 245, No. 1. Jan 2018

  • Pipeline Energy Expo, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Presented: Dakota Access Pipeline – Harbinger of Things to Apr. 2018 Come.

  • Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver, Co. Presented: Oil and Gas Law for Geologists. Apr.2018

  • EUCI, Denver, Co. Presented: Joint Operating Agreements (JOAs) – Update to the Model Form – A Apr. 2018 Review of the New AAPL Form 610 – 2015 Model.

  • Damage Protection Professionals Journal: Recent Legislative Responses to Dakota Access Pipeline and Aug.2018 The Critical Infrastructure Control Act co-authored with Heather Johnson.

  • North American Oil and Gas Pipelines: Dakota Access Pipeline. the Critical Infrastructure Control Act Aug. 2018 and Recent Legislative Responses, co-authored with Heather Johnson.

  • “Legal Implications of Bell v. Land Title”, Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Survey on Oil and Gas, Jan 2019 Volume 5, 2018-9

  • COPAS, presented: Understanding the Impacts and Implications of Senate Bill 181 Mar 26, 2019

  • Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, Denver, Co. Presented: Oil and Gas Law for Geologists. April 8 – 9, 2019

  • COPAS, Presented: Cause and Effect – Senate Bill 181 and the Bigger Picture May 21, 2019

  • EUCI, Denver, Co. Presented: The Appraisal and Valuation of Mineral Interests June 19 – 20, 2019

  • ” Solving the Interconnection Problem”, Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Volume 6, 2020-2021 Jan 2021

  • Half Moon Education, Inc, Presented: Montana Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Eminent Domain April 2022

  • “Perspective on Wildgrass Oil and Gas Committee v. Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission April 2022 and the Embracing of Associated Standing”, Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Volume 8, 2021-2022

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