Current association: Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Past associations: Bricker Graydon LLP; Dinsmore & Shohl LLP Law School: Capital University Law School Undergraduate: Ohio University Spouse: Jaime Children/Grandchildren: 5 Children – Olivia, Grace, Aubrey,...
December Member Spotlight: Helena Jackson
Current association: HRJACKSONLAW PLLC Past associations: During the last 21 years, I have worked in the energy space in various capacities; Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, PLLC and James River Coal Company are the two most relevant to the EMLF, as they were in Lexington...
December Member Spotlight: Andrew Ellis
Current association: General Counsel at GMS Mine Repair and Maintenance, Inc. Law School: West Virginia University Undergraduate: B.S. in Mining Engineering, West Virginia University Spouse: Summer Ellis Children: Claire Ellis Current Hometown: Morgantown, WV Favorite...
Pennsylvania Federal Court Decides Issues in Lease Formation Dispute
Keith B. HallLSU Law CenterIn Warner v. Shell Legacy Holdings, LLC, 2025 WL 2783702 (W.D. Pa. 2025), the court resolved several issues in ruling on motions for summary judgment. The Warner plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to pay bonuses due under oil and...
On rehearing, West Virginia’s Top Court Sticks to Expansion of Marketable Title Rule
Keith B. HallLSU Law Center In Romeo v. Antero Resources Corp., 917 S.E.2d 26 (W. Va. 2025), the plaintiffs brought a class action in state court, arguing that Antero Resources had underpaid the royalites owed under oil and gas leases covering land in Harrison County,...
Spotlight On: Fall Symposium Co-Chairs
The Fall Symposium is right around the corner - October 7 through 9 - and this year’s program chairs have been working hard with the planning committees to put together an excellent agenda. Click here for registration and more. The 2025 symposium is particularly...
Celebrating 50 Years of EMLF’s Fall Symposium
Celebrating 50 Years of EMLF's Fall Symposium As the Fall Symposium — f/k/a the Kentucky Mineral Law Conference — approaches its 50th year in 2025, the conference, to be hosted at Lexington’s all-new Central Bank Center, has become one of the longest running...
Register for the 38th Annual Kentucky Professional Engineers in Mining Seminar
A message from Steve Gardner, 2024 President of the National Leadership of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME): It has been my honor to serve as the 2024 President of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and...
Member Spotlight on Guy Hensley
Current association: Warrior Met CoalPast associations: Walter Energy, Jim Walter ResourcesLaw School: Cumberland School of LawUndergraduate: B.S. in Systems and Central Engineering, the University ofWest FloridaFamily: six children ages 14 to 24Home: Birmingham,...
46th Annual Institute a Smashing Success
Nearly 200 registrants gathered Sunday, June 8 through Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at The Westin Nashville for the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation’s 46th Annual Institute. The attendees included a record 22 law students who attended using Schetroma Travel Grants, as...