The partners of Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC, were highlighted in a recent San Antonio Business Journal article, "Renegotiating the Shale". The article focused on the rights of property owners as they negotiate and renegotiate their oil and gas leases, in order to better address surface use issues, continuing mineral development and royalty payments. To view the entire article, click here:
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.
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