By Keith HallLSU Law Center In Nicholson v. Severin POA Group, LLC, 2023 WL 7487311 (W. Va. Ct. App.), the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals reverse a circuit court and held that a 1902 deed reserved a one-sixteenth mineral interest, not a one-half mineral...
Interview with Megan Skiba
Current association: Reed Smith LLP Law School: University of Pittsburgh School of Law Undergraduate: University of Pittsburgh (French and Political Science) Current hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Favorite bar or restaurant in current home city? Why? I love trying new bars...
Interview with Paul Stockman
Current association: Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLPPast associations: K&L Gates, LLP; McGuire Woods LLPLaw School: University of VirginiaUndergraduate: Harvard College, A.B.Spouse: Carol Kraker StockmanChildren: Two sons: Jake (30) and Alex (27)Home:...
Recap: EMLF’s Special Institute on Carbon Capture
EMLF held its first ever program specifically devoted to carbon capture, storage, and sequestration technology and legal issues on November 16, 2023. The program was held virtually and consisted of eight excellent sessions covering a wide variety of topics. Co-chairs...
Interview with Rich Adkins
Current association: Adkins & Associates Land Services, LLC, Appalachian Mineral Ventures, LLC, Mountain V Oil & Gas, Inc. Past associations: The Keeton Group, BlackBurn Natural Resources, BlackBurn Exploration Education: University of Kentucky, BA Political...
Interview with Zyeda Cole
Current association: Appalachian School of Law Past associations: Intern at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy Law School: Appalachian School of Law Undergraduate: Muskingum University Children: n/a unless you count my four fur babies (3 huskies – Kodiak, Kenai, and...
Successful Fall Symposium Held in New Venue
EMLF held its Annual Fall Symposium October 10-12, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. More than 130 individuals participated, including numerous corporate counsel, attorneys from law firms, government, and academia, and law students from Appalachian School of Law,...
Interview with EMLF President Britt Freund
Current association: Steptoe & Johnson Law School: Duquesne University School of Law, JD Undergraduate: Ithaca College, BFA Musical Theatre Spouse: Denise Freund Children: Shay Freund and Brayden Freund Hometown: Wichita, KS Favorite restaurant: The Cheesecake...
Register for EMLF’s Virtual Special Institute on Carbon Capture
EMLF wades into the field of carbon capture, utilization, sequestration, and storage with its first ever Special Institute on Carbon Capture, which will be held entirely virtually on November 16. Generated from the work of the Alternative Energy Task Force, chaired...
Appellate Court Reviews Nature of Oil and Gas Lease Under Pennsylvania Law
By Keith HallLSU Law School In Douglas Equipment Inc. v. EQT Production Co., 2023 WL 5239153 (Pa. Super.), the “Holts and Lee” defendants own an approximately 321-acre tract (the “Property”) in Greene County, Pennsylvania. A predecessor-in-title to Holts and Lee...