Education

• J.D., Duquesne University School of Law, Pittsburgh, PA (2008)
  • Graduated cum laude
  • CALI Award: Constitutional Law
  • CALI Award: Advanced Constitutional Law
  • Katie Westbrook Award: Faculty Selected Outstanding 3rd Year Student
  • AAJ National Moot Court Competition, Finalist
• B.F.A., Musical Theatre, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York (1994)

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Affiliations

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia State Bar Energy Law Committee
• West Virginia Independent Oil & Gas Association, Commerce Committee
• Energy and Mineral Law Foundation

Professional Highlights

• Assist in providing general representation to the West Virginia Independent Oil & Gas Association
• Appears before West Virginia Public Service Commission on behalf of WV IOGA
• Serves as outside counsel to large coal producers and oil and gas producers with regard to title and environmental due diligence concerning real property acquisitions and corporate mergers
• Counsels mineral producers and mineral owners with regard to real property lease and development rights and contractual disputes
• Co-authored “Carbon Sequestration: Critical Property Rights and Legal Liabilities - Real Impediments or Red Herrings?” for the EMLF Annual Institute
• Has spoken at various educational programs regarding legal and regulatory issues related to mineral development