Past associations: Staff Attorney at The Pittston Company Coal Group, 1981-1982; Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Virginia Attorney General, 1983-1987. Law School: University of Tennessee College of Law Undergraduate: Morehead State University...
Interview with Gillian Flick
Current association: Member, Steptoe & Johnson, Global President – Women’s Energy Network Past associations: Past President of Women’s Energy Network – Pittsburgh (2021) Law School: Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University Undergraduate: Washington...
Interview with Drew McCallister
Current association: Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary – Greylock Energy, Charleston, WV Past associations: Alpha Natural Resources, Patriot Coal, Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC Law School: Washington & Lee Undergraduate: West Virgina...
Iowa federal court holds that local ordinance restricting CO2 pipelines was preempted
Keith B. HallLSU Law School In 2022, the Shelby County Board of Supervisors (“Shelby County Board”) enacted Ordinance No. 2022-4 in response to the plans of Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC (“Summit”) to develop an interstate network of CO2 pipelines, part of which would...
EMLF Names New Young Professionals Committee Chairs
EMLF is proud to announce its newly appointed Young Professionals Committee Chairs, Sydney Boyd and Clayton Harkins. Sydney is the Marketing Specialist at the Pittsburgh-based John T. Boyd Company, and Clayton is an associate with Dinsmore & Shohl in Charleston,...
Ohio Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment for Leaseholder-Defendant
In SJBK, LLC v. Northwood Energy Corp., 2023 WL 8890826 (Ohio Ct. App. 7th Dist.), the plaintiff is a limited liability company that owns approximately 79.8 acres in Monroe County, Ohio. The land is covered by an oil and gas lease granted by a prior owner of the...
Interview with Richard Gottlieb
Current association: Counsel with Lewis Gianola PLLC Past associations: Enforcement Office with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Senior Counsel with Columbia Gas Transmission Corp; Chief Deputy Attorney General, State of West Virginia; Partner with Lewis...
Interview with Max Gottlieb
Current law firm: Partner with Hissam Forman Donovan Ritchie PLLC Past associations: Law Clerk to Judge Robert C. Chambers, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; Law Clerk to Judge Robert B. King, United States Court of Appeals for...
West Virginia Appellate Court Interprets Mineral Reservation
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...