A landman since 1981, Curt provides his clients with a full range of field land services, with experience in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arkansas, Utah, Louisiana and Montana. After joining the American Association of Professional Landmen in 1997, Curt earned his CPL designation in 1999. He recently served on the AAPL Governmental Affairs committee, having previously chaired the Technology, Certification, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, Ethics, Publication and Field Landman Committees, as well as the 2013 AAPL Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. He was elected to the Executive Committee as Treasurer for 2007-2008. Curt has been named recipient of the 2018 AAPL Best Member Communication Award, the 2008 AAPL Education Award, the 2007 AAPL Best Member Communication Award, and the 2002 AAPL Field/Independent Landman Award. On the local level, he is a member of the West Houston Association of Professional Landmen and the Houston Association of Professional Landmen, having served in leadership positions for both.Mr. Horne serves as an instructor for the AAPL CPL/RPL Exam Review and other AAPL seminars, presenting topics which include Real Property Law, Contract Law, The Oil & Gas Lease, Title Opinions and Curative, Conveyancing, Interest Calculations, Negotiations and Ethics. He has also spoken on a variety of topics for the Texas Land Institute, HAPL, NHAPL, ALTAPL, SAAPL, NADOA, HADOA, NALTA, ALTA and NARO.Curt lives in the Houston suburb of Pearland with his wife Jamie, and they have a daughter, age 26, and son, age 25 and a grandson, age 5. They are active parishioners at St. Helen Catholic Church, where Curt is an Instituted Acolyte and served as the Chairman of the 2008 Parish Bazaar and Auction. Curt enjoys cycling and running, and has successfully completed the BP MS150 (15 years), the Triple Bypass, the Hotter'n Hell Hundred and the Houston Marathon.