Representative Experience
- Negotiation and documentation of the acquisition and sale of businesses and related assets for coal, natural gas and land companies
- Representing lenders and borrowers in loan and other financial transactions related to the coal, natural gas and land holding businesses
- Negotiation and preparation of coal and gas supply agreements
- Negotiation and preparation of coal and oil and gas lease agreements
- Negotiation and preparation of contract mining, transportation, drilling, loading and other natural resource service agreements
- Negotiation and preparation of easements, licenses, rights-of-way, wheelage and other natural resource land use agreements
- Negotiation and preparation of pipeline operating and management agreements
- Representation of vendors for equipment and services in the natural resource industry
- Representing natural resource industry participants in civil litigation, arbitration and mediation
- Representing natural resource industry participants in permitting disputes with regulatory agencies
- Defending natural resource industry participants in enforcement actions and penalty assessments with regulatory agencies
Education
- University of Virginia, B. A., with honors, 1977
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1981
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Affiliations
- West Virginia Bar Association
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- Trustee, Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
- Member of Governor Wise's Energy Task Force
Awards and Distinctions
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Energy Law and Natural Resources Law
- Recognized by Chambers USA as one of "America's Leading Lawyers in Natural Resources Law"
- Listed by Super Lawyers/ West Virginia for Energy & Natural Resources and Business/ Corporate law
Other
- Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Field, Jr., Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981 - 1982
- Phi Beta Kappa
- St. Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Society