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Robert C. Bledsoe

Author/Speaker, THE OPERATING AGREEMENT: MATTERS NOT COVERED ORINADEQUATELY COVERED, 47TH Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 18-21, 2001.

Author/Speaker, TEN UNWORKABLE ASPECTS OF THE MODEL FORM OPERATING AGREEMENT AND SUGGESTIONS, 18TH Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, Houston, Texas, September 21-22, 2000.

Co-author with speaker Susan Richardson, 1995 COPAS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, OR, IS IT A VERY HARD UNDERTAKING TO SEEK TO PLEASE EVERYBODY, Dallas Bar Association, Energy Law Section, Review of Oil and Gas Law XII, Dallas, Texas, August 21-22, 1997.

Co-author with speaker Susan Richardson, A SHAKY MARRIAGE: JOINDER OF FORM JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT AND FORM ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, COPAS of Dallas Hot Topics Education Day Seminar, Dallas, Texas, June 1997.

Speaker, TROUBLE SPOTS IN THE OPERATING AGREEMENT, PSL, Inc., Houston, Texas, August 29, 1995.

Author/Speaker, LITIGATING THE OPERATING AGREEMENT, 12TH Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, State Bar of Texas, October 1994.

Author/Speaker, TEN MOST COMMON DEFECTS THAT IMPEDE CLOSINGS AND WHAT TO DO, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 43rd Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law, February 1992. Also for the Dallas Bar Association in July 1992.

Author/Speaker, THE TEN MOST REGRETTABLE OIL AND GAS DECISIONS EVER ISSUED BY THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT, 8TH Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1990. Also at the Permian Basin Landmans Association, January 1991.

Author/Speaker, OTHER PROVISIONS FOR OPERATING AGREEMENTS, AAPL Convention, June 1990.

Author/Speaker, CURRENT PROBLEMS BETWEEN OPERATORS AND NON-OPERATORS IN OPERATING AGREEMENTS, Southwestern Legal Foundation, February 1989.

Author/Speaker, CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OIL AND GAS CONVEYANCING, Review of Oil and Gas Law III, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, Dallas Bar Association, July 28-29, 1988.

Co-author/Speaker, with Tevis Herd, CROSSING THE SABINEPROBLEMS AND PITFALLS, Oil and Gas Law: Texas and Louisiana Style, South Texas College of Law, June 16 and 23, 1988.

Author/Speaker, OPERATING AGREEMENTS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE NON-OPERATOR, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, State Bar of Texas, October 1985.

Author/Speaker, A DETAILED LOOK AT FARMOUT AGREEMENTS, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Institute, State Bar of Texas, September 1986.

Author/Speaker, LIENS--TYPES, CREATION, AND PERFECTION, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, State Bar of Texas, October 1983.

Author/Speaker, EFFECTS OF BANKRUPTCY LAWS ON OIL AND GAS LIENS, Advanced Bankruptcy Institute, State Bar of Texas, May 6, 1983.

Author/Speaker, PROBLEM AREAS IN DRAFTING OPERATING AGREEMENTSSOME SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, State Bar of Texas, March 25, 1983.

Author/Speaker, PROBLEM AREAS IN DRAFTING OPERATING AGREEMENTSSOME SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, State Bar of Texas, October 15, 1981.

Author/Speaker, CONVEYANCE OF OIL AND GAS INTERESTS, Southwestern Legal Foundation 32nd Institute On Oil and Gas Law and Tax 83, 1981.

Author/Speaker, SELECTED CREDITORJOINT INTEREST OPERATIONS, Southwestern Legal Foundation 23rd Institute On Oil and Gas Law and Tax, February 1972.

Corby Considine

Author/Speaker, RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNABILITY, Permian Basin Landman's Association Seminar, Midland, Texas, May 23, 1996.

Author/Speaker, RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNABILITY, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, Colorado, March 1996.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson, Michel E. Curry, W. Clark Lea, Ellen M. House, GAS ROYALTIES: ISSUES FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 47th Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, February 1996.

Author, LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS, Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts Monthly Meeting, September 11, 1996.

Author/Speaker, GAS BALANCING WITH OR WITHOUT AN AGREEMENT, State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil Gas and Mineral Law Course, September 19-20, 1996.

Author, LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS, Texas State Bar Section Report of the Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, September 1996.

Author/Speaker, LEASING AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCCESSIVE INTERESTS, Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts, Monthly Meeting, September 1996.

Author, RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNABILITY, Texas Oil & Gas Journal, Fall 1996.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson, REVOLUTIONS IN THE OIL PATCH, The Texas Lawyer, October 9, 1995.

Author/Speaker, RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNABILITY, Energy Law Section, Dallas Bar Association, March 9, 1995.

Author/Speaker, RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNABILITY, Energy Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, August 1994.

Author/Speaker, RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNABILITY, Permian Basin Landman's Association of West Texas, October 27, 1994.

Author/Keynote Speaker, ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY IN THE OIL PATCH, Society of Independent Petroleum Earth Scientists (SIPES) Convention, 1992.

Author/Speaker, PAYMENT OF ROYALTY ON UNDER/OVER PRODUCED GAS, Natural Gas Producers Association, 1992.

Author/Speaker, ENVIRONMENTAL/OIL & GAS, Stay Abreast of the Law Seminar: Environmental Law and Oil and Gas Law, Joint Ector/Midland County Bar Associations, November 8, 1991.

Author/Speaker, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AS THEY IMPACT THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, Natural Gas Producers Association, 1991.

Michel E. Curry

Author/Speaker, The Operating Agreement - After the Honeymoon, 31st Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute, April 1, 2005.

Author/Speaker, Hot Cases in Operating Agreements and Other Issues, Live Oak CLE - Oil & Gas Issues in Texas and New Mexico, February 25, 2005.

Author/Speaker, Operating Agreement Workshop, Ark-La-Tex APL, Shreveport, La., February 2005.

Author/Speaker, Operating Agreement Case Law Update, San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen, February 2005.

Author/Speaker, Joint Operating Agreement Workshop - AAPL 610 Model Form, NAPE Institute, Houston, Texas, January 25, 2005.

Author/Speaker, Confidentiality of Information and Conflicts of Interest , NALTA Annual Meeting, October 2004.

Speaker, JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENTS: COMMON PROBLEM AREAS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists ("SIPES"), 40th Annual Meeting and Convention, April 3, 2003.

Author, UNLICENSED PRACTICE OF LAW - STATE BAR TASK FORCE PROPOSES REVISION TO STATUTES, The Landman, September/October 2002, Vol. 47, No. 5.

Author/Speaker, REASONS TO USE (OR NOT) THE 1989 MODEL FORM OPERATING AGREEMENT, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen's 25th Annual Fall Land Institute, November 12 & 13, 1998.

Author/Speaker, REASONS TO USE (OR NOT) THE 1989 MODEL FORM OPERATING AGREEMENT, South Texas College of Law, Oil and Gas Law Institute, August 1998.

Author/Speaker, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NON-REGULATORY OIL & GAS LAW, the HITZELBERGER and HERITAGE CASES, Permian Basin Landmen's Association Spring Seminar, May 1998.

Speaker, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver Colorado, March 1996.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson, Corby Considine, W. Clark Lea, Ellen M. House, GAS ROYALTIES: ISSUES FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 47th Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, February 1996.

Speaker, LANDMAN'S DUTY TO DISCLOSE DURING NEGOTIATIONS, Permian Basin Landman's Association, November 1995.

Author, RECORDING STATUTES, BONA FIDE PURCHASERS, AND OTHER ARCANE NOTIONS, Permian Basin Landman's Association Newsletter, October 1995.

Author, LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND THE MODEL FORM OPERATING AGREEMENT, 23 Tex. Tech L. Rev., n. 3, 1992, reprinted in 30 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Public Land and Resources Law Digest, n. 1, 1993.

Author, THE GLO SECTION 4.21(b) HEARING TO ENFORCE ROYALTY PAYMENTS, 5 Tex. Oil and Gas L.J., n. 2, 1990.

Author, TEXAS RELINQUISHMENT ACT--BENEFITS OF POSTLEASING TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT APPORTIONABLE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE SURFACE OWNER: SCOTT V. EXXON CORP., 31 TEX. SUP. CT. J. 565 (July 6, 1988), 20 Tex. Tech L. Rev., n. 1, 1989, reprinted in 4 Tex. Oil and Gas L. J., n. 1 (1989).

Rick D. Davis, Jr.

Author and Speaker, Private Lands - Surface Access and Use, Severed Minerals, Split Estates, Rights of Access, and Surface Use in Mineral Extraction Operations, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, West Minister, Colorado, February 17-18, 2005.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, American Association of Mineral Owners 2004 Conference, Houston, Texas, September 22, 2004.

Author, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, Public Land and Resources Law Digest, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2004.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts and Permian Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Midland, Texas, April 22, 2004.

Speaker, San Antonio Petroleum Landman Mid-Winter Seminar, February 21, 2004, San Antonio, Texas.

American Association of Petroleum Landman 2003 Santa Fe Advanced Oil & Gas Land Institute, September 15, 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Speaker, Surface Estate & Mineral Estate: Making Them Work Together, TBS Trust Financial Services Division Asset Management Task Force, April 19, 2002, San Antonio, Texas

Speaker, Don't Tread on (or Under) Me: Surface Access Disputes and Geophysical Trespass, 41st Annual Natural Resources Law Institute, February 20-23, 2002, Hot Spring, Arkansas.

Speaker, Dont Tread on (or Under Me): Surface Access Disputes and Geophysical Trespass, 41st Annual Natural Law Institute, Hot Springs, Arkansas, February 20, 2002.

Speaker, Accommodation Update, Advanced Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Course 2000, State Bar of Texas, October 10-11,2001, San Antonio, Texas.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, The 2001 Houston Landmans Institute, Houston, Texas, September 6, 2001.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, North Houston Association of Professional Landmen's Spring 2001, Houston, Texas.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, National Association for Royalty Owners Conference, San Angelo, Texas, June 1, 2000.

Author, CONFLICTS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES [PDF], Internal Paper, April 2000.

Speaker/Author, To Indemnify or Not to Indemnify, That is the Question, Permian Basin Landman Association Fall Seminar, November 1999.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, TBA Trust Financial Services Division, Asset Management Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, March 18, 1999

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, Oklahoma City Association of Petroleum Landman, Continuing Education Seminar, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 1, 1999.

Speaker, Conflicts Between Surface Owners and Mineral Lessees, Annual Review of Oil and Gas Law XIII, Dallas Bar Association, Dallas, Texas, August 20-21, 1998.

Speaker, CONFLICTS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES, International Right of Way Association, August 6, 1998, College Station, Texas

Author/Speaker, RIGHTS OF ACCESS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Denver, Colorado, May 1998.

Speaker, CONFLICTS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES, Permian Basin Landmen's Association, March 1998.

Speaker, GEOPHYSICAL ACCESS AND GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS, Houston Association of Professional Landmen, Fall 1997, Saturday Seminar, September 1997.

Speaker, CONFLICTS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES, American Association of Professional Landmen, 43rd Annual Meeting and International Conference Nashville '97, June 1997.

Speaker, CONFLICTS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES, Houston Association of Professional Landmen, 28th Annual Technical Workshop, March 1997.

Author/Speaker, CONFLICTS BETWEEN SURFACE OWNERS AND MINERAL LESSEES, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 48th Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Tax and Taxation, February 1997.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Texas Bankers Association, Asset Management Seminar, Austin, Texas, November 1996.

Speaker/Co-author, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, 9th Annual Oil & Gas Law Institute, South Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas, August 1996.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Houston Bar Association, Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section, April 1996.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, Colorado, March 1996.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, San Antonio Association of Earth Scientists, September 1995.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Energy Law Section of Dallas Bar Association, August 1995.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Permian Basin Landman's Association, May 1995.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen, March 1995.

Speaker, Surface Access Problems, Geophysical Trespass & Litigation, Dallas Association of Petroleum Landmen/Energy Law Section of Dallas Bar Association Educational Seminar, March 1995.

Co-author with Rick G. Strange, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Texas Oil & Gas Journal, January 1995 (Part I) and March 1995 (Part II).

Co-author, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, South Texas Geological Society Bulletin, October 1994.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Permian Basin Geophysical Society, Fall Meeting, October 1994.

Author, SEISMIC ISSUES, Panhandle Association of Petroleum Landmen Newsletter, August 1994.

Author, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS, Permian Basin Landman's Association Newsletter, May 1994.

Speaker, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, GEOPHYSICAL TRESPASS & LITIGATION, Permian Basin Geophysical Society, Annual Exploration Meeting, May 1994.

Co-author/Speaker with Rick G. Strange, SURFACE ACCESS PROBLEMS, 6th Annual Advanced Oil and Gas Law Institute, South Texas College of Law, 1993.

Author, ABANDONMENT OF THE SURFACE DESTRUCTION TEST IN DETERMINING OWNERSHIP OF UNNAMED MINERALS: MOSER V. UNITED STATES STEEL CORP., 15 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 699 (1984).

Author, INTRODUCTION TO TEXAS PROPERTY CODE, 15 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 605 (1984).

Author/Speaker, PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS IN ESTATE PLANNING. Wealth Management Strategies Seminar, Midland, TX, May 1998.

Co-author, PERFECTING TITLE AND TRANSFERRING REAL PROPERTY OUT OF THE ESTATE. Tenth Annual Advanced Estate Planning and Probate Course (State Bar of Texas), 1986.

Author/Speaker, TEXAS ESTATE PLANNING WHEN A BENEFICIARY IS A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY. Midland Business and Estate Council.

Tevis Herd

Author/Speaker, ASSURING THE TITLE: COTENANCY, POOLING, PROBATE, ETC., Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Dallas, Texas, September 1995.

Author/Speaker, ASSURING THE TITLE: COTENANCY, POOLING, PROBATE, ETC., Advanced Oil and Gas Short Course, University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, February 1995.

Author/Speaker, LUCKEL V. WHITE, AN INSIDE LOOK, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, Houston Bar Association, 1992.

Author/Speaker, TITLE EXAMINATION ISSUES--A PRACTICAL PRESENTATION FOR THE TITLE EXAMINER FOCUSING ON CURRENT ISSUES, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, State Bar of Texas PDP, 1991.

Co-author with speaker Robert C. Bledsoe, CROSSING THE SABINE -- PROBLEMS AND PITFALLS, Oil & Gas Law: Texas and Louisiana Style, South Texas College of Law, June 16 and 23, 1988.

Author/Speaker, CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT AND RETAINED ACREAGE CLAUSE, 6th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, State Bar of Texas, November, 1988.

Author/Speaker, CONVEYANCING--THE IMPLICATION OF ALFRED V. KRUM ON THE TWO-GRANT THEORY AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE DUHIG RULE, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, State Bar of Texas PDP, 1989.

Author, DEED CONSTRUCTION AND THE 'REPUGNANT TO THE GRANT' DOCTRINE, 21 Tex. Tech L. Rev., n. 2, 1990.

Author/Speaker, OIL AND GAS LAW: FOR LEGAL ASSISTANTS AND ATTORNEYS, State Bar of Texas PDP, 1984 and 1990.

Co-author/Speaker with Bill Howard, SELECTED TITLE ISSUES, 13th Annual Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law, 1987.

Author/Speaker, OIL AND GAS LAW FOR THE GENERAL PRACTITIONER, State Bar of Texas PDP, 1980.

Author/Speaker, TITLE OPINIONS FOR OIL AND GAS PURPOSES, STRUCTURE AND INFORMATION NEEDED BY A CLIENT, 33rd Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, Southwest Legal Foundation, 1982.

Co-author/Speaker with Tevis Herd, SELECTED TITLE ISSUES, 13th Annual Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, University of Texas School of Law, 1987.

Author/ Speaker, WAGE AND HOUR UPDATE. Presented at the Sterling Education Services Employment Law Update, May 2003.

Author, The Wine Corner, Permian Basin Docket Call Magazine, July 2002.

Author/Speaker, What Do You Mean It's Not Admissible? Some Documentary Evidence Issues from a Defense Perspective. Presented at the Legal Assistants Association/Permian Basin 2002 Spring Seminar, April 2002.

Speaker, Legal Assistants and the Unauthorized Practice of Law. Presented at the Legal Assistants Association/Permian Basin February 2002 meeting.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson, White Collar Crime in the Oil patch: Forfeiture, Fines, and Restitution, March 2001.

Author, Dual Representation and the Tripartite Relationship in Insurance Defense, Texas Paralegal Journal, Vol. 6, No. 4, Spring 2001, January 2001.

Author/Speaker, Recent Developments with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. Presented to the Human Resource Professionals of the Permian Basin, Seventh Annual Employment Update. October 2000.

Author/Speaker, THE TRIPARTITE INSURANCE RELATIONSHIPS: STOWERS LETTERS, KELLY CAUSES OF ACTION, AND THE TILLEY DUTY. Ector County Bar Association, March 2000.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson and Ellen House, White Collar Crime in the Oil Patch: Who Does the Time and Who Pays the Dime? February 2000.

Author/Speaker, Disagreeing Over Your Agreement: Figuring Out the Meaning of the Contract and, if Necessary, How to Get Out of It. Presented at the GPM Gas Seminar. July 1999.

Co-author with Chris Aycock, The Legal Assistant's Guide to the Top 10 Changes to the Texas Discovery Rules and The Discovery Rules Outline. April 1999.

Co-authored with Robert C. Bledsoe and Susan R. Richardson, 1995 COPAS Accounting Procedure, or It is a Very Hard Undertaking to Seek to Please Everybody, Part 2, Texas Oil and Gas Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 3, July 1998.

Co-authored with Robert C. Bledsoe and Susan R. Richardson, 1995 COPAS Accounting Procedure, or It is a Very Hard Undertaking to Seek to Please Everybody, Part 1, Texas Oil and Gas Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, May 1998.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson, The Ten Mistakes that Employers Make, April 1998.

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson and Julia Vaughn/Speaker, Identification and Investigation of Sexual Harassment, June 1997.

Author, Day-Time Curfews and Truancy Programs in Texas, Texas State Bar Section Report Juvenile Law, Vol 9, No. 2., June 1995.

W. Clark Lea

Co-author with Susan R. Richardson, Corby Considine, Michel E. Curry, Ellen M. House, GAS ROYALTIES: ISSUES FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 47th Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, February 1996.

Co-author, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS AND RELEASES, Advanced Civil Trial Course, August 28-30, October 9-11, October 30-November 1, 2002.

Richard T. McMillan

Author/Speaker, HOW TO SELL DEALS THE RIGHT WAY--A PRACTICAL SECURITIES LAW PRIMER, Permian Basin Landmens Association Fall Seminar, November 1997.

Terry W. Rhoads

Author/Speaker, ETHICS IN THE OIL PATCH -- DILEMMAS FROM PRIOR REPRESENTATION, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen's 25th Annual Fall Land Institute, November 12 & 13, 1998.

Susan R. Richardson

Author/Speaker, What? Me Worry? Or, When Can I Be Sued?, Permian Association of Lease and Title Analysts, Midland, Texas, June 12, 2003.

Author/Speaker, Settlement Agreements and Releases, State Bar of Texas 25th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course, San Antonio, Texas, November 1, 2002.

Speaker/Co-author with Alan Kramer, Arbitration, North Houston Association of Professional Landmen Spring Seminar, Houston, Texas, March 14, 2002.

Speaker/Co-author with Alan Kramer, Advantages and Disadvantages of Arbitration to Resolve Oil and Gas Disputes, South Texas College of Law 2001 Energy Law Institute for Attorneys and Landmen, Houston, Texas, August 16, 2001.

Speaker/Co-author with Alan Kramer, Arbitrating Oil and Gas Disputes, COPAS of Dallas: 28th Annual North American Petroleum Accounting Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 17, 2001.

Speaker/Co-author with Ellen M. House, David W. Lauritzen, Crime in the Oilpatch, St. Marys University School of Law, Litigating Oil & Gas Issues Seminar, Midland, Texas, March 3, 2000; COPAS of Dallas: 27th Annual North American Petroleum Accounting Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 18, 2000; published by the University of North Texas Institute of Petroleum Accounting, Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal, Fall/Winter 2000 issue and Spring 2001 issue.

Author/Speaker, White Collar Crime in the Oilpatch: Forfeiture, Fines and Restitution, Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section of Houston Bar Association, Houston, Texas, March 20, 2001.

Speaker/Co-author with W. Clark Lea, Workplace Violence: Recognition, Risk and Responsibility, City of Midland Management Training, Midland, Texas, May 2-3, 2000.

Author/Speaker, White Collar Crime in the Oilpatch: Who Does the Time and Who Pays the Dime?, The University of Texas School of Law, 26th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, Houston, Texas, March 31, 2000.

Co-author with W. Bruce Williams and David W. Lauritzen, Identification and Investigation of Sexual Harassment, Permian Basin of Community Centers, Midland, Texas, May 27, 1999.

Author/Speaker, Reductions in Force: The Downsizing of the Texas Workforce, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, P.C. Seminar on Selected Topics in Employment Law, Houston, Texas, March 4, 1999.

Author/Speaker, BANKER BEWARE: DUTIES IMPOSED UPON FIDUCIARIES HOLDING OIL & GAS PROPERTIES, Asset Management Seminar 1999.

Speaker, LEASES: DIVISION ORDER CHECK STUB STATUTE, Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts, 1999 Spring Seminar.

Author/Speaker, ETHICS IN THE OIL PATCH: OIL AND WATER?, National Association of Division Order Analyst 1999.

Author/Speaker, LEASES: DIVISION ORDER CHECK STUB STATUTE (INCLUDING PAYMENT, ADMINISTRATION, REPORTING, PRODUCTION, AND PAYMENT ISSUES), State Bar of Texas 1997 Advanced Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Course, October 8, 1998.

Author/Speaker, The Ten Mistakes that Employers Make, Permian Basin Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, Midland, Texas, October 22, 1998.

Speaker/author, Ten Popular Employer Misconceptions, Petroleum Accountants Society of the Permian Basin Fall Education Seminar, Midland, Texas, September 18, 1997.

Speaker/Co-author with Robert C. Bledsoe, 1995 COPAS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, OR, IT IS A VERY HARD UNDERTAKING TO SEEK TO PLEASE EVERYBODY, Dallas Bar Association, Energy Law Section, Review of Oil and Gas Law XII, Dallas, Texas, August 21-22, 1997.

Speaker/Co-author with Robert C. Bledsoe, A SHAKY MARRIAGE: JOINDER OF FORM JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENT AND FORM ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, COPAS of Dallas Hot Topics Education Day Seminar, Dallas, Texas, June 1997.

Co-author/Speaker, JOINT INTEREST AUDITS IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY-PROVISIONS, PROTOCOL, PROCEDURES AND PRECEDENT, Houston Bar Association, Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Section Luncheon Program, Houston, Texas, December 17, 1996.

Speaker, co-author with Rick Strange, BANKER BEWARE: DUTIES IMPOSED UPON FIDUCIARIES HOLDING OIL & GAS PROPERTIES, Texas Bankers Association, Asset Management Seminar, Trust Financial Services Division, Austin, Texas, November 1996.

Speaker, co-author with Rick Strange, GENIE IN A BOTTLE? WHAT DUTIES ARE IMPOSED UPON TRUSTEES HOLDING OIL & GAS PROPERTIES?, State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil Gas and Mineral Law Course, September 19-20, 1996.

Author (revised)/Speaker, COPAS--JOINT ACCOUNTING: HAVE THEY BUILT A BETTER MOUSETRAP?, 9th Annual Oil & Gas Law Institute, South Texas School of Law, Houston, Texas, August 15-16, 1996.

Author/Speaker, COPAS--JOINT ACCOUNTING: HAVE THEY BUILT A BETTER MOUSETRAP?, Permian Basin Landman's Association Seminar, Midland, Texas, May 23, 1996.

Author, COPAS--JOINT ACCOUNTING: HAVE THEY BUILT A BETTER MOUSETRAP?, 1996 Houston Association of Professional Landmen Technical Workshop, March 1996.

Author/Speaker, COPAS--JOINT ACCOUNTING: HAVE THEY BUILT A BETTER MOUSETRAP?, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, Denver, Colorado, March 1996.

Author, Employment Law: Issues and Answers, National Emergency Number Association, Texas Chapter, Spring Conference, Austin, Texas, February 15, 1996.

Co-author with Corby Considine, Michel E. Curry, W. Clark Lea, Ellen M. House, GAS ROYALTIES: ISSUES FOR THE THIRD MILLENNIUM, The Southwestern Legal Foundation 47th Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, February 1996.

Instructor, APA REVIEW PROGRAM/NEW OIL & GAS ACCOUNTANT CERTIFICATION, Denton, Texas, January 1996 (wrote questions and made videotape of lecture on Oil and Gas Laws for Auditors).

Author, Workplace Employment Law, A Current View, National Emergency Number Association, Texas Chapter, Texas Communications and Criminal Justice Information Conference, Houston, Texas, November 1, 1995.

Co-author with Corby Considine, REVOLUTIONS IN THE OIL PATCH, The Texas Lawyer, October 9, 1995.

Author, panel presentation with Kevin Beiter, Carolyn Hazel, PART III OF THE GAS MARKETING REVOLUTION: SHARING VALUES BETWEEN LESSOR AND LESSEES, Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Course, Austin, Texas, State Bar of Texas, September 1995.

Co-author/Speaker with Allen D. Cummings and Julia E. Vaughan, LITIGATING GAS ROYALTY CASES, Review of Oil and Gas Law X Seminar, Energy Law Section of the Dallas Bar Association, August 24, 1995.

Author/Speaker, COPAS - JOINT ACCOUNTING, 7th Annual Advanced Oil and Gas Law Institute, South Texas School of Law, August 1994.

Co-author/Speaker, AUDITING PROBLEMS UNDER THE COPAS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, Fourth Annual Education Day, Petroleum Accountants Society of Houston, Houston, Texas, May 27, 1993.

Co-author/Speaker, AUDITING PROBLEMS UNDER THE COPAS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, 20th Annual North American Petroleum Accounting Conferences, Dallas, Texas, May 21, 1993.

Co-author/Speaker, AUDITING PROBLEMS UNDER THE COPAS ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE, Council of Petroleum Accountants Society Conferences - Midland, Texas, February 18, 1992; San Francisco, California, October 23, 1992; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 1, 1992 and New Orleans, Louisiana, January 20, 1993.

Albert Sherman

Author/Speaker, Selected Liens Frequently Encountered in the Oil and Gas Industry, North Houston Association of Professional Landmen - Spring Seminar, March 14, 2002.

Author/Speaker, Issues Commonly Encountered in Title Examination, COPAS National Meeting, April 18, 2001.

Author/Speaker, Issues Commonly Encountered in Title Examination, Permian Basin Landmens Association, September 12, 2000.

Author/Speaker, Selected Liens Frequently Encountered in the Oil and Gas Industry, Permian Basin Association of Division Order Analysts, September 15, 1999.

Author, Selected Liens Frequently Encountered in the Oil and Gas Industry, Texas Oil and Gas Law Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, April 1999.

Author/Speaker, SELECTED LIENS FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTERED IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen's 25th Annual Fall Land Institute, November 12 & 13, 1998.

Author/Speaker, Selected Liens Frequently Encountered in the Oil and Gas Industry, Permian Basin Landmens Association - Spring Seminar, May 15, 1998.

W. BRUCE WILLIAMS

Author/Speaker, Premises Liability in the Oil Patch [PDF], 2003

Author/Speaker, Property Owner's/General Contractor's Control and "The Company Man", 2002

Speaker/Author of (Update) Identification and Investigation of Sexual Harassment, 1999

Author/Speaker, Ethical Dilemmas of In-House Counsel, 1995

Author/Speaker, Pursing Error at Trial: State vs. Federal Procedure, 1994

Michael Jay Willson

Author, A View of Justice in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure, 70 Notre Dame Law Rev. 695, 1995.

John A. Woodside

Author/Speaker, THE TAX PARTNERSHIP ELECTION IN EXPLORATION AND OPERATING AGREEMENTS, Permian Basin Landmans Association Take Off, February/March 2003.

Author/Speaker, TAX PARTNERSHIPS IN OIL AND GAS OPERATING AGREEMENTS, The Texas Tax Lawyer, Tax Section of the State Bar, Feb. 2003

Author/Speaker, TAX ASPECTS OF LITIGATION PROCEEDS, Permian Basin Accountants and Attorneys Seminar, May 2000.

Author/Speaker, THE TAX PARTNERSHIP ELECTION IN EXPLORATION AND OPERATING AGREEMENTS, Permian Basin Landmans Association Fall Seminar, December 1998.

Author/Speaker, THE TAX PARTNERSHIP ELECTION IN EXPLORATION AND OPERATING AGREEMENTS, Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen's 25th Annual Fall Land Institute, November 12 & 13, 1998.
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