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Before attending law school Bob spent ten years working in exploration and production in various engineering and management assignments throughout Louisiana, Texas, California, and New York. Bob earned his J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law in 1966. Following graduation, Bob spent eleven years in various in-house oil company legal departments and six years as a lobbyist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Bob's law practice has focused on Louisiana oil and gas regulatory law and litigation. Bob frequently addresses industry groups, including the 32nd Mineral Law Institute, March 28-29, 1985, on "The 'Take-or-pay' Controversy: Considerations of the Seller,"—the 40th Mineral Law Institute, March 25-26, 1994 on "Unanswered Questions after Frey v. Amoco" and the 46th Mineral Law Institute, March 25-26, 1999, on "Preferential Rights to Purchase and Consent to Assign Provisions." He is a member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Intrastate Pipelines, Office of Conservation, State of Louisiana, the Committee on Revision of Rules of Procedure, Office of Conservation, State of Louisiana and the Advisory Committee, Commissioner's Office of Conservation, State of Louisiana. Bob is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Bob has litigated numerous and diverse contract disputes affecting the oil and gas industry, including lease interpretation and performance issues, joint operating agreements, marketing and sales issues, and forced pooling issues. He regularly represents clients before the Louisiana Office of Conservation and the Louisiana Office of Mineral Resources. | 