REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Jeffrey C. King
Co-counsel with Elizabeth Tiblets in North Dakota oil royalty litigation. Argued certified question to North Dakota Supreme Court.
Lead Trial Counsel in Oklahoma marketable product royalty underpayment case. Obtained complete defense verdict.
Lead Counsel in defending major oil company in Ohio royalty underpayment class action. Case won on the merits.
Obtained Affirmance from West Virginia Supreme Court of Injunction Concerning Oil and Gas Related Partnership.
Successful Prosecution of trespass and lease termination suit.
Prosecution of mineral lien case. Case won on the merits at bench trial.
Lead counsel in defense of arbitration concerning Gas Purchase Agreement.
Lead Counsel in Texas royalty underpayment case. Case won on the merits at bench trial.
Lead counsel in trespass case concerning hydraulic fracking. Obtained dismissal on the merits.
Lead Counsel in arbitration concerning Oil and Gas Asset Purchase Agreement. Case won on the merits.
Co-counsel in breach of contract dispute concerning fuel contract pay-outs. Case won after one week bench trial.
Lead Counsel in cost of plugging dispute of off-shore well. Case won after one week jury trial.
Lead Counsel in substantial Dispute between Operator and Non-operator. Case won after 4 week jury trial and on appeal.
Lead Counsel in case against surface/royalty owner. Case settled after two weeks of jury trial.
Lead Counsel in defense of 124 cases for breach of lease contract. Cases won on the merits including one bench trial.
Lead counsel in defense of multiple groundwater contamination cases allegedly caused by hydraulic fracture stimulation. Cases won on the merits.
Lead counsel in defense of single royalty owner cases concerning Texas law.
Lead counsel in defense of largest royalty underpayment MDL in U.S. concerning Texas oil and gas leases. Successful settlement was obtained.
Lead counsel in defense of class action cases concerning royalty underpayment relating to Oklahoma oil and gas leases and the Production Revenue Standards Act. Successful settlements were obtained.
Lead counsel in defense of class action concerning royalty underpayments relating to Kansas oil and gas leases. Class certification defeated. Case won on the merits.
