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Oil & Gas
Attorneys at Knox McLaughlin Gornall & Sennett, P.C. understand the unique opportunities and challenges involving the oil and gas industry. We have worked with numerous landowners in connection with oil and gas leases, pooling agreements, and mineral rights conveyances.
We have also worked with a number of oil and gas companies to help them with business reorganization, complex tax matters, exploration and drilling agreements, loan transactions, and environmental issues. Our legal comprehensive services cover a variety of areas, including:
Land Owners
- Oil and gas leases
- Mineral rights and conveyances
- Pooling and unitizing agreements
- Wills and estate plans
- Marcellus Shale land law
- Title research and transfer
- Dispute resolution
- Royalty agreements
Real Estate
- Real estate acquisition
- Land use and zoning
- Like-kind exchanges
- Sales
- Lease agreements
- Title insurance
- Financing
- Environmental issues
- Regulatory matters
Business & Tax
- Exploration and drilling agreements
- Utilization of oil & gas interests as loan collateral
- Corporate organization/reorganization
- Business succession planning
- Reverse stock splits
- Resolution of royalty disputes
Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights
- Debt recovery and collection
- Supplier bankruptcy issues
Labor & Employment
- EEOC & PHRC discrimination claims
- Unemployment compensation
- OSHA matters
- Employment-related documents and agreements
- Grievance processing and labor arbitration
- Supervisor training
Litigation
- Private and regulatory disputes
- Property/landowner disputes
- Liability claims
- OSHA litigation
- Insurance disputes
Workers' Compensation
- Counsel on prevention and loss control
- Defense of work injury claims