Partner Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons, joined by Attorney Steve Small and Texas Agricultural Land Trust CEO Blair Fitzsimons, spoke on representing land and mineral owners where oil and gas development must coexist with conservation easements at The National Land Conservation Conference "Rally 2013", on September 17-19, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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:
Shelly Jewett was selected by her peers as one of S.A. Lawyers: Best of 2013 for real estate transactions in the July-August S.A. Scene Magazine.
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”.