Longtime EMLF employee Carolyn May retired in October of 2020, but continued to help out through this Spring during the transition to a new staff member. Carolyn, who worked at EMLF for almost 15 years, served as the CLE and Membership Coordinator. EMLF Executive...
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...
Sheila Nolan Gartland of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP became President of EMLF at the conclusion of EMLF’s Annual Institute in Memphis. Gartland previously had served EMLF in several posts, including those of Vice President, Treasurer, and Secretary. She is...
EMLF returned to in-person programs with its 42nd Annual Institute, which was held June 20-22, 2021 at the historic Peabody Hotel in Memphis. More than 100 people registered for the event and the conference attendees seemed excited to attending an in-person...
One of EMLF’s most popular programs is its academic scholarship program. In June 2021, EMLF presented $29,000 in scholarships to eleven students from six different law schools, including the Appalachian School of Law, University of Pittsburgh, West Virginia...
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”...