State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes CLE, January 2019 by Ryan ClintonI. INTRODUCTION How do we know when a lease has ended? Surely the lack of production during the secondary term will end a lease, but is that always true? How do courts decide which requirements...
State Bar Of Texas, Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Cle, September 2016 by Ryan Clinton & Jad DavisI. INTRODUCTION Retained-acreage clauses have been part of the fabric of Texas oil-and-gas law for quite some time. Loosely speaking, retained-acreage...
State Bar of Texas, Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law CLE, September 2017 by Ryan ClintonI. INTRODUCTION When a lessor challenges the validity of an existing oil-and-gas lease that is not currently being perpetuated by production, the lessee immediately...
State Bar of Texas, Damages in Civil Litigation Conference, February 2015 by Ryan Clinton & Jad DavisI. INTRODUCTION Oil-and-gas law covers a wide array of litigation topics—including condemnation, real-property rights, express and implied contract...
DGC appellate attorney Ryan Clinton presented at the 50th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute on April 4, 2004. Ryan presented on the topic “Estate Misconception & Presumed Grant: Navigating Mineral-Ownership Disputes after Van Dyke.” Ryan...
September 12, 2022 - In March 2022, Shareholder Julie Griffis, along with co-counsel, represented a DGC client in a large, complex industrial construction dispute in a bench trial before the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. At issue...
May 9, 2022 - On March 3, 2022, Shareholder Ryan Clinton’s article “Agony of the 1/8th: The Consistently Inconsistent Role of ‘Estate Misconception’ and the ‘Legacy of the 1/8th Royalty’ in Texas Deed Construction” was published in the Texas State Bar’s Oil,...
October 7, 2021 - DGC Law Associate Clayton Brown gave a presentation on Partial Oil and Gas Lease Termination and the Interplay between Solar Farms and Oil and Gas Production at the American Association of Petroleum Landmen (AAPL) Field Landman seminar in Midland, TX...
July 30, 2021 - Shannon Ratliff, a shareholder located in the Austin office of DGC, has enjoyed a 50 plus year trial and appellate career in complex business litigation. Over the years he has been asked by friends and acquaintances to employ his skills as an...
May 1, 2021 - The State Bar of Texas' "CLE Fifteen: Oil and Gas 2020 (Top Rated Topics from the Past Year)" included presentations from two DGC Shareholders, both of whom were listed twice: Mr. John A. (Jad) Davis (pictured left) and Mr. Robert Hargrove. Mr....