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K&L Gates represents midstream and upstream clients in a wide range of judicial and administrative proceedings related to crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids royalty payment issues, as well as disputes over gas sales contracts, personal injury, municipal regulation of oil and gas development and storage rights disputes. Jeffrey King is based in Fort Worth and act for a number of oil and gas producers, gas marketing companies and pipeline companies in complex litigation before federal and state courts. Another key member is Elizabeth Tiblets, an expert in putative class action litigation, who handles disputes over non-payment of royalties, title issues and a wide range of other contractual matters. Dallas’ Chris Brown and Pittsburgh’s Thomas Ryan are also recognized as experts in oil and gas litigation. Jamie Lavergne Bryan has left the firm.
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Key clients
- Enterprise Products Partners
- Continental Resources
Work highlights
- Represented Enterprise Products Partners in breach of contract and various tort claims stemming from alleged hydrological impact arising from pipeline construction and operation, which ended in a settlement favourable for the client.
- Represented Range Resources Corporation in an alleged underpayment of royalties to several royalty owners of gas produced from certain Oklahoma wells.