Oil and Gas Transactions
The firm assists oil and gas industry participants in transacting a wide range of deals, including the acquisition and divestiture of properties, like-kind exchanges, performing due diligence, drafting assignments, and negotiating lease acquisition agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, farmout agreements, and seismic acquisition.
Oil and Gas Title Examination
The firm maintains an active oil and gas title examination practice, including rendering drilling, division order, limited, and mortgage title opinions, as well as assisting with due diligence in acquisitions.
Oil and Gas Title Curative
The firm assists oil and gas industry participants in a wide variety of title curative measures, such as oil and gas lease cancellations, conducting probates, actions for adverse possession, reformation of deeds, receiverships, judicial determination of death and heirship, and drafting affidavits.
Oil and Gas Litigation
The firm assists oil and gas industry participants in resolution of a variety of conflicts, including oil and gas lease cancellation, enforcement of implied covenants, operating agreement and joint interest billing disputes, operator liens and removals, contract disputes, title issues, and contested surface damage negotiations.
Wills, Trusts, Estates, and Family Businesses
The firm has an active estate planning practice. We regularly counsel clients on all aspects of wills, trusts, estates, and family businesses. Additionally, we assist our clients in the settlement or litigation of disputes involving wills, trusts, estates, and family businesses.
Real Property Transactions
The firm represents buyers, sellers, lessors, lessees, and lenders in negotiating and drafting purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements, and financing agreements for agricultural, commercial, farming, ranching, and residential real property.
Real Property Litigation
The firm is often engaged to assist clients in resolution of disputes involving real property, including adverse possession, breach of contract, condemnation, easements by necessity, nuisance, partition, erroneous legal descriptions, title issues, and trespass.