Bruce E. Cryder Bruce is a member of the Regulatory and Administrative Practice Group, and the Energy and Natural Resources Team Co-Chair. His practice focuses on mineral, energy and natural resources law, with a particular emphasis on the coal industry. He represents coal producers, utilities, investors, lenders and others in connection with acquisitions and dispositions, mineral leasing, and commercial transactions of every nature. He also represents his clients in commercial litigation matters.
Education
B.A., English, cum laude, Ohio University, 1968
J.D., cum laude, Ohio State University, 1972
Admitted to Practice
Ohio, 1973
Kentucky, 1981
Courts Admitted to Practice
U.S. Supreme Court, 1976
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
Fayette County Bar Association
Kentucky Bar Association
Ohio Bar Association
Professional Leadership
Board of Trustees, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law
Honors and Awards
Selected to Kentucky Super Lawyers, 2007; Listed as one of the Top Ten Super Lawyers in Kentucky.
Listed in Best Lawyers In America, 1997 - present
Listed in Chambers USA - America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Selected Publications and Presentations
"Coal Supply Contracts: Impossibility, Commercial Impracticability, and Failure of Purpose," 29th Kentucky Mineral Law Conference, 2004
"Legal Right of Entry for Coal Mining Permits in Kentucky," Fourteenth Annual Kentucky Professional Engineers in Mining Seminar, 2001
"Ownership of Coal Refuse and Underground Voids," 26th Mineral Law Conference, University of Kentucky Mineral Law Center, 2001
"Real Property Co-Ownership and Natural Resources Development," Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute, 1997
"Environmental and Regulatory Aspects of Mine Closings," Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, 1995.
"Lessor Liability for Reclamation Under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act," Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, 1994
"Coal Mining in Wetlands," University of Kentucky Mineral Law Seminar, 1991
"Concurrent and Successive Ownership of Coal Property," 11 Eastern Mineral Law Institute, 1990
"Subsidence Law," University of Kentucky Mineral Law Seminar, 1990
"Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Mineral Industry," University of Kentucky Mineral Law Seminar, 1988
"What's Left of the Broad-Form Deed?" University of Kentucky Mineral Law Seminar, 1984
"Strip Mining: The Ohio Experience," Capital University Law Journal, 1975.
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