The EMLF Fall Symposium, formerly the Kentucky Mineral Law Conference, will be held in Lexington, Kentucky October 12-14, 2021. EMLF is excited to welcome the Honorable Shelley Moore Capito, United States Senator from West Virginia, as our keynote speaker. Senator...
Current association: Member, Steptoe & Johnson; joined the firm in 2002 Past associations: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 1995-2002 Law School: University of Virginia Undergraduate: Washington & Lee, B.A. Spouse: Marcy Children: Bianca...
Current law firm or association: San Jacinto Minerals, LLC, a parent company of Three Rivers Royalty, LLC Past associations: EQT Production Company Law School: Western New England University School of Law and an MBA from Waynesburg University Undergraduate:...
Current association: Member, Frost Brown Todd Law School: Duquesne University, J.D., 1997; Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Masters of Laws (LL.M.), 2020. Undergraduate: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, B.A.,...
Current association: Blackhawk Mining, LLC Past associations: Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP (now Dentons Bingham Greenebaum)Law School: University of KentuckyUndergraduate: University of Kentucky, b.b.a. Finance and EconomicsSpouse: Anne Sydney Parrish Children: Winnie...
Current law firm or association: Bowles Rice LLP Past associations: I’ve been with Bowles Rice since they took me in from law school. Law School: West Virginia University College of Law Undergraduate: West Virginia University – Political Science Spouse: Robert “JR”...
Aaron Cromer, from Oklahoma City, is in his third year at University of Houston Law Center. He grew up near the oil fields, the son of hardworking parents who "imbued in me their tough work ethic in order to get where I’m going," Cromer said. At Oklahoma State...
Emma Duncan, from Cumberland, Md., is in her third year at West Virginia University College of Law. She planned her courses in anticipation of a career related to energy, natural resources, or environmental law. “With every new course, I have consistently been...
Jacob Snuffer, from Beckley, W.Va., is in his third year at Appalachian School of Law. He's a descendant of Appalachian blue-collar workers and coal miners. Snuffer says putting his all into his studies stems from a desire to give back to his community, something he's...
Tyler Compston, from Charleston, W.Va., is in his second year at the University of West Virginia School of Law. Compston said he always wanted to work in energy, knowing his home in Boone County was “mined and harvested to power and build the world.” Prospects from...