Experience

Elias, Books, Brown & Nelson

• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney

  • Nov 2021 - Present



Pierce, Couch, Hendrickson, Baysinger & Green

• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Associate Attorney

  • Apr 2021 - Nov 2021



Millennial Energy Partners

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• A&D Manager

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2020

• Land Manager

  • May 2018 - Dec 2020

  • Facilitate communications with competitors within our area of interest to work on acquisitions and divestitures to monetize our position and increase our exposure in highly economic areas• Partner with General Counsel of Millennial to draft Assignments, Purchase Sale Agreements, Exhibits to the Assignments, Closing Statements and Post-Closing Statements; continue to work with General Counsel until a final document is approved by Millennial and the counter party• Prepare our operated wells to drill and complete• Manage brokers in title and leasing efforts in the sections identified as Millennial operated• Send well proposals to all owners with the right to drill• File all regulatory applications (Spacing, Pooling, Increased Density, Multi-Unit and Location Exception, if necessary) with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission• Negotiate surface use agreement with surface owner• Testify in the regulatory hearings regarding notice and fair market value; testify in any protested cases if necessary• Manage title attorneys and the delivery of the drilling title opinion and the division order title opinion• Work with Accounting to set up JIB and Revenue decks • Handle communications with royalty owners and working interest owners• Maintain all lease records, assignments records, acquisition records in an organized and easily accessible manner• Draft Confidentiality Agreements with companies Millennial wishes to share confidential information or with which Millennial wishes to receive confidential information from • Create map requests for Millennial’s position, potential acquisitions, potential divestitures, expiration summaries and mineral position• Monitor Millennial position and track when new OCC applications are filed on lands Millennial has an interest in Show less

• Senior Staff Landman

  • Jan 2017 - May 2018



Continental Resources

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Landman II

  • Jul 2014 - Jan 2017

  Prepare wells to drill within the Springer and Woodford formations in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) Primary duties: ordering and reviewing drilling title opinions and division order title opinions, preparing letter agreements with working interest owners, prepare applications needing to be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, prepare division of interest and send well proposals Manage brokers in title and leasing efforts Prepare wells to drill within the Springer and Woodford formations in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) Primary duties: ordering and reviewing drilling title opinions and division order title opinions, preparing letter agreements with working interest owners, prepare applications needing to be filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, prepare division of interest and send well proposals Manage brokers in title and leasing efforts



Chesapeake Energy

• Landman I

  • Aug 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Prepare wells to drill in the Eagle Ford of Southern Texas by acquiring leases for unleased owners, reviewing and approving plats of Units and filing permits with the Texas Railroad Commission • Order and review title opinions and title requirements in order to put wells in pay status • Prepare letter agreements and assignments with working interest owners, partners or other third parties • Negotiate trades within my area of responsibility to better utilize our current leasehold • Approved Drilling Units in West Virginia and Pennsylvania for both payment and drilling of laterals • Created original Ownership Reports for counties in Oklahoma and Kansas using TitlePro software and analyzing documents of record from Patent to present Show less



Chesapeake Energy

• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Legal Intern

  • May 2010 - Jun 2010

  Drafted legal memorandum, attended depositions, assisted with the discovery process through legal research. Drafted legal memorandum, attended depositions, assisted with the discovery process through legal research.