Ezra Johnson was recently appointed to the VIA Board of Trustees. VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority is governed by a 11-member board of trustees. Board members are appointed by San Antonio City Council (appoints five), Bexar County Commissioners Court (appoints three), and the Suburban Mayors (appoints two). The Chair of the Board is elected by the Board members. The VIA Board of Trustees meets monthly to discuss and decide policy issues and hear comments from the community within its 1200-square-mile service area. VIA is in the process of converting its fleet to run on compressed natural gas, and now has one of…
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Associates Ezra Johnson and Robert Park co-authored “Just Because You Are Nonparticipating, Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have Fun”, a paper on nonparticipating royalty interests, non-executive interests and the duty of the executive right holder. The paper was published in the Oil and Gas Section of the State Bar of Texas’ Quarterly Report, Summer 2013.
Associate Ezra Johnson spoke on the topic “Can’t we all just get along? Surface, Minerals and Public Utilities in Texas” to the Keller Williams Real Estate Hill Country Office on June 20, 2013.
Arthur Uhl and Joseph Fitzsimons attended the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Summer Board Meeting at the Hyatt Hill Country Resort on June 10-13, 2013.
Partner Joseph Fitzsimons spoke on the topic "Leasing In The Eagle Ford Shale From The Land And Mineral Owner's Perspective" at the State Bar of Texas' 7th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course in Lubbock on May 23-24, 2013.
Trace Burton made a presentation to the Texas and the Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Association’s 2013 Annual Convention in Fort Worth, Texas on March 24, 2013 on the topic of “Surface Use Issues – Supreme Court of Texas and Texas Legislature Update for 2013." View PDF
UFJ&B acted as General Session Sponsor of the 2013 Texas Land Conservation Conference on February 27-March 1, 2013 at the Hilton Austin Airport in Austin, Texas. Joseph B. C. Fitzsimons spoke at a breakout session on the topic of “Oil & Gas CAN Work with conservation Easements – Sometimes”.