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Edmond, Oklahoma

• Plan and direct the client’s acquisitions of small cell wireless facilities in an emerging high tech industry and highly competitive marketplace.• Drive progress with strategic planning involving diverse stakeholders and a collaborative analysis of the constantly evolving laws and regulations.• Oversee a site acquisition team, allocating resources for feasible construction operations and building a strong legal framework with finalized permits and applications which meet the client’s many, occasionally conflicting, objectives.• Organize line item budgets and cost estimates, by interfacing directly and remotely with vendors, engineering, executive management, and government agencies supported by the adept use of cutting edge project management software.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Prepare contracts and amendments, negotiate terms and conditions, and monitor the performance of all parties to the agreement, from execution until termination.• Conduct accurate and efficient legal research by utilizing courthouse and electronic public records, online tools like Accurint and Intelius, and commercial software including Lexis Nexis and Westlaw.• Counsel clients in legal matters involving property law, oil and gas law, business incorporation, employment law, civil rights violations, family law, mediation and dispute resolution, and small claims. • Advocate for the client’s interests in legal proceedings and in negotiations with opposing counsel.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Negotiate with mineral owners and energy companies for the acquisition of mineral leaseholds and the assignment of working interests.• Create spacing and pooling applications, mineral and surface ownership reports, title run sheets, respondent lists, lease payment reports, and mineral owner account escrow reports. • Testify as an expert witness before administrative law judges at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in support of spacing and pooling applications. • Maintain electronic records of all executed agreements, payment information, and lease expirations utilizing contract management software.• Identify ownership of the mineral estate and determine HPB and open interests through comprehensive and cursory title examinations.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Created, prepared, and administered land use and commercial contracts, including purchase and sale agreements, master service agreements, water supply agreements, right-of-way agreements, and surface use agreements.• Drafted contractual amendments, addendums, and additional language that modified the terms of the agreements, and doing so in close consultation with the owners, suppliers, and their attorneys. • Conducted a price analysis of real property and water suppliers, while managing invoices and any payments due.• Negotiated contractual terms and conditions, product pricing, and damages payments, with suppliers and landowners, prior to acquiring supplies of drilling water or surface and mineral leaseholds.• Supervised a team of leasing agents by setting goals, assigning work, reviewing progress, and providing expertise. • Reviewed each agent’s draft contracts and the status of ongoing negotiations for adherence to the customer’s objectives, company policy, legal requirements, governing regulations, and contract’s terms and conditions.• Served as the client’s liaison between suppliers, surface owners, attorneys, community organizations, vendors and third party contractors, government agencies, and industry partners. • Managed records of payments and invoices for suppliers, drafts of contracts and amendments, and finalized agreements, using both physical archives and contract management software.• Represented the client during meetings in law offices, boardrooms, residences, and in the field, so as to facilitate excellent project communication and coordination.• Continuously monitored the performance of all contracting parties during the agreement’s implementation and Investigated non-compliance and breach of contract.• Provided informative communications to the client by submitting daily status updates and weekly project reports that summarized progress, proposed solutions to obstacles, and requested the customer’s input as necessary.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

• Created legal memorandum, based on a review of contract language and case law, on issues including telecommunications ratemaking, royalty disputes, drilling and spacing units, and forced pooling orders.• Composed comprehensive written summaries of the oral arguments presented in hearings before the Commission’s appellate judge.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• Conducted legal research, drafted motions and memorandum, and counseled clients both in and out of custody.• Negotiated with the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office to secure plea bargains on behalf of criminal defendants charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses.

Houston, Texas Area

• Provided clients with a comprehensive analysis of the integrity of their pipeline infrastructure that included recommendations to achieve compliance with the Department of Transportation’s regulations.• Directed workflow and supervised progress for a team of five data analysts responsible for preparing pipeline inspection data for analysis.• Trained all team members on issues of data analysis and preparation, best practices, and customer standards.• Developed procedures, wrote technical instructions, and taught individual and group training classes. • Monitored the team’s ongoing work and approved all finished work products, to ensure perfect adherence to deadlines, quality standards, legal requirements, company policies, and customer objectives.

Houston, Texas Area

• Served continuously for two to five week spans on offshore oil platforms during active drilling operations, in locations throughout the Gulf of Mexico.• Engaged in well control monitoring through active observation of the down hole pressure, well flow rates, and drilling fluid gas accumulation. • Created stratigraphic well logs, which documented geological formations and identified zones containing potential oil and gas productivity.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Oil And Gas Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History