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Biographical: Born Ames, Iowa, 1961. Licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas. Also admitted to practice in United States District Courts for the Eastern, Western and Southern Districts of Texas, and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Listed as a "Texas Super Lawyer" in oil and gas law in the November 2003 and October 2004 issues of Texas Monthly magazine.

Education: South Texas College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1987); South Texas Law Review; American Jurisprudence Awards (Property, Contracts, Trial Procedure, Appellate Procedure); Order of the Lytae (honorary legal society); Texas A & M University, B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, 1983 Chevron Scholarship; Teaching Assistant Petroleum Engineering Department.

Board Certifications: Oil, Gas & Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Publications: Co-Authored Environmental Law Simplified: A Practical Guide for Oil & Gas Operations, PennWell Books, Tulsa and Houston, 1993; Buyer Beware: Evaluating Environmental Liabilities in Oil and Gas Transactions, PennWell Books, Tulsa and Houston, 1995; Texas Lawyer, Oct. 15, 2001, Vol.17, No. 32, pp. 1 & 17.

Presentations: Authored Land Rustling, Texas Style, September 23, 2004 National Association of Mineral Owners’ Meeting; Authored Mineral/Royalty Owner’s Dilemma – Do I Lease, Ratify or Do Nothing, June 14, 2004 NARO Regional Meeting; Authored Land Rustling in Texas Under the Vacancy Statutes, January 12, 2004 TIPRO Mid- Winter Policy Meeting; Authored Legal Sufficiency of Land Descriptions in Oil and Gas Instruments, Corpus Christi Association of Landmen Spring 2003 Seminar; Interest of Uncommon Denominator, Energy Law Report, Texas Lawyer August 4, 1997.

Member: State Bar of Texas; Society of Petroleum Engineers