Nathaniel Corwin, an EMLF General Fund Scholarship recipient, is in his third year at University of Texas School of Law. He plans to study in Spain this fall, following his dream of managing global EPC contracts and operation agreements to provide the world with...
Addison Jones is going into her third year at LSU Paul N. Hebert Law Center. Jones said growing up in Louisiana, she always understood the critical role that the energy and natural resources industries play in both local and national economies. She's a recipient of...
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...
Current association: Appalachian School of LawPast associations: Woods & Rogers PLC (Blacksburg, Va.) and Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP (Cleveland and Columbus)Law School: Ohio State University College of LawUndergraduate: Miami University (B.A.,...
The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF) is proud to announce it has presented its 2025 John L. McClaugherty Award to Sandra K. Fraley. The McClaugherty Award is the Foundation’s highest honor and recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of energy and...
Keith B. Hall LSU Law School In The Grissoms, LLC v. Antero Resources Corp., 133 F.4th 605 (6th Cir. 2025), the United States Sixth Circuit held that the market enhancement clause in certain oil and gas leases in Ohio did not authorize the lessee to deduct the costs...
This year’s Annual Institute and the follow-up Special Institute on Bridging Traditional and Renewable Energy Practice will be in Nashville, Tennessee, a great city to visit. Nashville has fantastic food, refreshing drinks, wonderful music, interesting history, and...
The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation is proud to announce the chairs of its 46th Annual Institute, taking place June 8–10, 2025, in Nashville, Tennessee. This year’s chairs reflect the strength of leadership and the diversity of practice area and geography within...
By Keith B. Hall,LSU Law School A federal district court recently issued a decision, Briggs v. Southwestern Energy Production Co., 2025 WL 887779 (M.D. Pa.) (Briggs II), that involved the same parties and basic claim—a claim of subsurface trespass by hydraulic...
Current association: Clark Hill PLC, Pittsburgh, PA office, of counsel (working part time) Past associations: I started with Thorp, Reed and Armstrong, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, after law school and worked there as an associate, then partner. In 2013, Thorp Reed merged...