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SELECTED BOOKS:

SELECTED ARTICLES:

  • Reducing Conflict and Risk: Why Parties Benefit from Using Enumerated Adjustment Clauses in Energy Construction and Services Agreements (Energy Law Journal 2021)
  • How Political Risk Associated with Climate Change is Impacting Pipeline Construction Agreements (Energy Law Journal 2019)
  • How Can Governments Accelerate International Shale Development (Energy Law Journal 2015)
  • The ABA Task Force Report on the Future of Legal Education: The Role of Adjunct Professors and Practical Education in the Energy Sector (Energy Law Journal 2014)
  • Mitigating the Resource Curse: A Proposal for a Microfinance and Educational Lending Royalty (Energy Law Journal 2011)
  • The Allocation of International Petroleum Licenses to National Oil Companies: Insights from the Coase Theorem (Energy Law Journal 2010)
  • The Use of Quantity Terms to Improve Efficiency and Stability in International Gas Sales & Purchase Agreements (Energy Law Journal 2008)
  • Publishing by U.S. Court of Appeals Judges: Before and After the Bork Hearings, 26 Journal of Legal Studies 371 (University of Chicago 1997)

SELECTED TEACHING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2009 Houston)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2010 Houston)
  • Angola Investor Conference, Angolan Petroleum Law (2011 Paris)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2011 Houston)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2012 Houston)
  • Vinson & Elkins Young Lawyer Training Program, Approaches to Business Development (2012 Houston)
  • Namibia Oil & Gas Conference, Upstream Petroleum Development Financing Challenges (2012 Namibia)
  • Institute for Energy Law, General Counsel Forum (2012 Houston)
  • Marathon Oil Executive Training, Two-Day Negotiation Skills Workshop (2012 Houston)
  • University of Texas at Austin Energy Symposium, Natural Resources Curse (2013 Austin)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2013 Houston)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Oil and Gas Law Course – Guest Lecturer (2013 Chicago)
  • University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Emerging Markets Summit Fireside Chat (2013 Chicago)
  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, Natural Resources Curse (2013 Houston)
  • Marathon Oil Executive Training, Two-Day Negotiation Skills Workshop (2013 Houston)
  • Institute for Energy Law, International Business Development Webinar (2013 Internet)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2014 Houston)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Energy Law Seminar (2014 Chicago)
  • Upstream Oil & Gas Conference, International Oil and Gas Contracts (2014 Houston)
  • State Bar of Texas Annual Meetings, Natural Resources Curse (2014 Houston)
  • Marathon Oil Executive Training, Negotiation Skills Workshop (2014 Equatorial Guinea)
  • Hart Publishing: A&D Strategies and Opportunities, Tips, Tricks and Traps in Dealmaking (2014 Dallas)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2015 Houston)
  • University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Booth Energy Forward Conference Energy Policy Panel (2015 Chicago)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Energy Law Seminar (2015 Chicago)
  • University of Houston Law Center, Law and Business in the Context of Startup Companies (2015 Houston)
  • Institute for Energy Law, General Counsel Forum (2015 Houston)
  • 5th Asia Shale Gas Forum, Incentivizing Small Companies to Pursue Global Shale (2015 China)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2016 Houston)
  • University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Booth Energy Forward Conference Energy Policy Panel (2016 Chicago)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Energy Law Seminar (2016 Chicago)
  • GLG Roundtable, Distressed Energy Investments (2016 New York)
  • CBS Director Roundtable Series, Consequences of Inaction in the Board Room (2016 Houston)
  • Houston Bar Association, Reimagine Energy Policy (2016 Houston)
  • Chevron, International Bid Round Simulation (2016 San Ramon)
  • World Affairs Council, Energy Economics Workshop (2016 Houston)
  • GLG Roundtable, Distressed Energy Investments (2016 New York)
  • CBS Director Roundtable Series, Consequences of Inaction in the Board Room (2016 Houston)
  • Pipeline and Compressor Station Construction Agreement Training (2016 Corpus Christi)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2017 Houston)
  • Energy Construction Agreement Training (2017 Houston)
  • Houston Young Lawyer’s Association, Dynamic Transitions: How to Manage Your Career in Today’s Unstable Legal Market (2018 Houston)
  • Traveler’s Century Club, Strangest Tales Around the World (2018 Houston)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2018 Houston)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Energy Law Seminar (2018 Chicago)
  • Houston Young Lawyer’s Association, Leadership Academy Career Panel (2019 Houston)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2019 Houston)
  • World Affairs Council of Houston, Strange Tales of World Travel (2019 Houston)
  • Travel Writing Convention, Strange Tales of World Travel (2019 San Francisco)
  • Various Book Stores and Airports Around the Country, Strange Tales of World Travel (2019 San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Houston)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Lessons for Young Lawyers (2019 Chicago)
  • Pipeline Construction and Services Agreements (2019 Edmonton)
  • Pipeline Construction and Services Agreements (2019 Calgary)
  • Pipeline Construction and Services Agreements (2019 Minnesota)
  • Pipeline Construction and Services Agreements (2019 Houston)
  • Texas A&M University, How a Liberal Arts Education Prepared Me for a 21st Century Legal Career (2019 College Station)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2020 Houston)
  • Houston Young Lawyer’s Association, Dynamic Transitions: How to Manage Your Career (2020 Houston)
  • Energy Executive COVID-19 Panel Discussion (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Energy Construction Agreements (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Energy Services Agreements (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Overview of Issues in Construction & Services Agreements (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Services Agreement Training Part 1: Terms & Conditions (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Services Agreement Training Part 2: Exhibits (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Construction and Services Agreement Training Part 1: Terms & Conditions (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Construction and Services Agreement Training Part 2: Master Agreements (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Construction and Services Agreement Training Part 3: Exhibits
  • SparkCon 2020: Contractual Completeness in Energy Contracts (2020 Zoom Presentation)
  • Houston Young Lawyer’s Association, Dynamic Transitions: How to Manage Your Career (2021 Houston)
  • Rice University Graduate School of Business, International Energy Development Course (2021 Houston)
  • University of Chicago Law School, Energy Transactions Seminar (2021 Chicago)