Energy Law Lecture Series

• Owen Anderson, University of Texas School of Law
• Leslie Beyer, President of PESA - Petroleum Equipment & Services Association
• Robert Bryce, author/lecturer
• Cody Campbell, Founder of Double Eagle Permian
• Chrysta Castaneda, The Castaneda Firm
• Cameron Chandler, Chandler Energy Resources; McCombs School of Business – University of Texas at Austin
• Wayne Christian, Commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas
• Jack and Elizabeth Ames Coleman, Energy North America
• Christi Craddick, Chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission of Texas
• Drew Darby, State Representative/Chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee
• John Davis and Keith Davis, Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation
• Kirk Edwards, President and CEO – Latigo Petroleum
• Craig Enoch, Enoch, Kever; former justice on the Texas supreme court
• Alex Epstein, New York Times Best-Selling Author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels and Center for Industrial Progress President and Founder
• Allen Gilmer, Chairman, Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) and President, Drillinginfo
• Russell Gold, Wall Street Journal senior energy reporter and author of The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
• Corey Goulet, TransCanada’s president of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
• Joey Hall, Executive Vice President of Operations for Pioneer Natural Resources
• Glenn Hegar, State Comptroller
• Hunter Hunt, CEO of Hunt Consolidated Energy
• Anne Idsal, Regional Administrator at EPA Region VI
• Karr Ingham, Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
• Hon. Phil Johnson '75, Former Justice – Supreme Court of Texas
• Bill Magness, CEO of ERCOT
• Mark Mathis, filmmaker, speaker, author, consultant, including a screening of spOILed the night before at Alamo Drafthouse; Clean Energy Alliance
• Phelim McAleer, Producer/Director, including a screening of FrackNation the night before at Alamo Drafthouse
• Brigham McCown, Senior Fellow and Director of the Initiative on American Energy Security
• Shelby McCue '78, former land and compensation manager for ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Highlands Ltd.
• Ken McQueen, Secretary of Energy and Environment – State of Oklahoma
• Melissa Miller, CleanTX
• Jason Modglin, President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
• William “Billy” Murphy, CEO – University Lands - Austin
• Donna Nelson '86, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas
• Dana Newsome, Chairman, Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
• Carlos Ortiz, Mexico’s director of information and energy studies at the Ministry of Energy
• Roe Patterson, CEO - Clear Well Dynamics
• Jesse Pierce, Pierce, O’Neill
• Steven H. Pruett, President and Chief Executive Officer of Elevation Resources LLC
• Doug Robison, Natura Resources
• Kathleen Sgamma, President – Western Energy Alliance
• Ryan Sitton, Commissioner of the Railroad Commission of Texas
• Mike Smith, Director of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
• Barry Smitherman, Texas Geothermal Energy Alliance
• Todd Staples, President, Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA)
• Scott Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas
• John Tintera, President of Texas Alliance of Energy Producers
• John Walker, CEO, EnerVest and Member, Texas Tech University Board of Regents
• Bernard Weinstein, Associate Director of SMU's Maguire Energy Institute
• Jim Wicklund, Stephens, Inc.
• Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director, Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment and author of Fueling Freedom

Nuts-and-Bolts Workshops

• Allyson Bazan, AG's Office, Ecology Division – State of Washington
• Suzie Boyd, Caballo Loco Midstream
• Nick Brock '06, Chevron
• Richard Brown, Brown & Fortunato
• Cole Bryan, Cole Bryan, P.C.
• Greg Curry '89, Thompson & Knight
• Demetri Economou, Kane, Russell, Coleman, Logan
• Brian Farabough, Lovell, Lovell, Isern & Farabough
• Bert Ferrara, General Counsel, Legacy Reserves
• Caleb Fielder, Energy Litigator
• Celia Flowers, Flowers Davis
• Jonathan Grammer, Grammer Land & Exploration
• Stephanie Hall '97, Valero Energy
• Amanda Hanks, Chevron
• Hunter Harris, Huffaker, Harris
• John Hays, Hays Law Firm
• Dave Helsabeck, EOG
• Dan Hinkle, Energy Lobbyist
• David Hopson, Partner, PetroCap
• Willie Hornberger, Jackson, Walker
• Cal Huffaker, Huffaker, Harris
• Jim Hund, WDJ Management Co.
• Scott Kidwell '92, Concho Resources
• Jeff King, K&L Gates
• Kiersten Kita '05, Associate General Counsel at HF Sinclair Corporation
• Alex Kuiper, Kuiper Law Firm
• Rick Lambert, Powell Law Group
• David Lauritzen, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson
• Curtis Leonard '79, ICA Energy
• Wes Lloyd '05, Freeman Mills PC
• Deacon Marek, Senior Vice President at William M. Cobb & Associates, Inc.
• Ray McKim, Steadfast Oil & Gas
• Cottie Miles '97, Managing Partner of Martin & Drought, P.C.
• Nate Murphy, Valero
• Sam Patranella '07, Luxe Energy
• Jon Platt '09, Baker Botts
• Michael Powell, Energy Litigator
• Wesley Ritchie, Jr. '18, Rash, Chapman
• Stephen Robertson '07, Permian Basin Petroleum Association
• Christina Sanders '12, NGP Energy Capital Management LLC
• George Snell, Steptoe & Johnson
• John Stretcher '12, Legacy Reserves
• Brian Sullivan, Vice President of Marketing & Sales at Energy Sciences Inc.
• Brian Sullivan, McElroy Sullivan & Miller
• Barry Thomas '88, Pioneer Natural Resources
• Paul Turner, Hecate Energy
• Lauren Valastro '12, Kelley, Drye
• Philip Weems '82, King & Spalding – retired
• Tom Zabel, Zabel Freeman

Important Links

• Giants in the Field
• Beyond the Classroom
• Energy Law Brochure
• Current Faculty and Energy Law Advisory Board

For more information, please contact:

William R. Keffer
Professor of Practice
Director, Energy Law Programs
Janet Scivally and David Copeland Endowed Professor of Energy Law
Co-Director, MSIS in Energy Degree Program
(806) 834-3178
william.keffer@ttu.edu