Mr. David E. Butz has above 30 years of experience in the field of Law & Legal. He earned his BA from Bethany College and his JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Currently, this expert is a Director and Co-Chairfor Litigation Section at Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co., L.P.A....
Mr. William D. Griffin has 51 years of experience in Petroleum Engineering and he earned his BS in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech University. Today, this expert is licensed as a Professional Engineer in the States of Texas and Louisiana. Formerly, this expert served as a Special Projects Engineer and as a Reservoir Engineering Group Supervisor with Amoco Production Company. He was also the Owner and Principal of Griffin Consulting PLLC. He currently serves as a ...
Dr. Shagun N. Bhat has 16 years of experience in Environmental Engineering. He earned his BTech in Chemical Engineering from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, his MS in Chemical Engineering from Lamar University, and his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Rice University. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Manager at Environ International Corporation and as a Senior Engineer at Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. Currently, this expert serves ...
Mr. James F. Hardwick Jr. has 40 years of experience in Geology with expertise in Petroleum Geology. He earned his BA in Geology from the University of Colorado Boulder and his MA in Geology from the University of Texas at Austin. Today, this expert is certified as a Private Pilot by the Federal Aviation Administration and a Petroleum Geologist by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Formerly, this expert served as a Geologist in the Production and ...
Mr. Peter W. Keller has 47 years of experience in Oil and Gas finance. He earned his BA in History, Environmental Studies, and Economics from Williams College. Formerly, this expert served as the Managing Director and Vice President at Bank of New York Mellon, as the Principal at RPI Institutional Services, Inc., and as a Corporate Banking Officer at Midlantic National Bank. Currently, this expert is the Managing Director at Berkeley Research Group, LLC....
Dr. Elliott Taylor has over 35 years of experience in the field of Environmental and Marine Sciences. He earned his BS in Oceanography from the Autonomous University of Baja California in Mexico and his Ph.D. in Oceanography from Texas A&M University. Formerly, this expert served as a Senior Project Scientist at Woodward-Clyde Consultants and the Principal at Taylor Environmental and Marine Services, Inc. Currently, he serves as the Principal at Polaris Applied ...
Mr. Frank M. Paskewich has over 30 years of experience in the field of Coastal Disaster Response, including Oil Spills. He earned his BS in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture from the United States Coast Guard Academy. He also completed his MS in Marine Engineering and Naval Architecture, and Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. Today, this expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Michigan. Formerly, this expert served in the ...
Dr. David R. Dutton has over twenty years of experience in Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology. He received his MS in Toxicology from the University of Arizona and his Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Kansas Medical Center. He then went on to complete Postdoctoral Training at the University of California San Francisco. Today, this expert is a Certified Industrial Hygienist by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Formerly, he served for BP Amoco/BP PLC in a ...
This expert has nearly 30 years of experience consulting on matters involving energy and utilities, oil and natural gas, refining, renewable energy, petrochemicals, and project management. He earned a BS in engineering from Bangalore University in India, and served as a project manager at an engineering consultancy in India for two years before attending graduate school in Texas. While earning a MS in engineering at Texas Tech University, this expert served as a research ...
This expert earned his PhD in law at the University of Naples Parthenope and his masters degree in comparative law at the University of Miami. He has formerly worked as the director of the India-U.S. Chamber of Commerce of Florida and the chairman and CEO of the United States Association of the Club of Rome. He is currently the president and CEO of a company that organizes speaking engagements for energy companies from around the world....
This highly-qualified expert has more than 20 years of experience in oil and gas accounting. She earned her BS in accounting from Phillips University and is an accredited petroleum accountant. She is active in her field as a member of the Council of Petroleum Accountants Society and the Petroleum Accountants Society of Oklahoma. She formerly served as a financial analyst at KCS Resources/Petrohawk Energy and as a senior financial analyst and joint venture audit ...
This case involves a man who was seriously and permanently injured while working as an employee at an oil drilling site. At the time of the incident in question, the man had been tasked with operating a tracked vehicle that…
This case involves an explosion in a small apartment building that killed an elderly female tenant in Arkansas. On the day of the incident, a resident of the building called the utility company regarding a suspected natural gas leak. The…
This is a reporting requirements and severance tax case involving a multinational energy company in Pennsylvania. Allegedly, the company had manipulated their royalty payments by overcharging on post-production expenses, reducing the amount of royalties they needed to pay. The company…
This case involves a man who was employed by an offshore drilling company in Florida. He worked as a roughneck, and was charged with helping to collect and organize pipes from the drill string as it was being extracted from the…
CASE: Mar Oil Co. v. Korpan, 973 F. Supp. 2d 775 BACKGROUND: On January 27, 2000, MAR Oil Company entered into a Consulting and Gross Overriding Royalty Interest (GORI) Agreement with Myron Korpan as its consultant for exploring oil and…
This case is an intellectual property (IP) dispute involving fracking and petroleum products and applications in Pennsylvania. A major designer and manufacturer of heavy equipment used in hydraulic fracturing had accused one of it’s primary competitors – a smaller firm that…
This case involves the alleged underpayment of royalties to a group of plaintiffs involved in the extraction, refinement, and sale of a variety of oil and gas products in the Alaska. The plaintiffs were the owners of a tract of…
This case involves a number of workers who claimed that they were exposed to a number of highly toxic substances during their employment at a large petroleum processing facility. The facility in question was undergoing an extensive modernization refit throughout…
Background This case arises from Plaintiffs’ complaints of a “rotten egg” odor emitted from a natural gas facility neighboring their home. Defendants moved for summary judgment, asserting Plaintiff’s claims are barred by the Restrictive Covenant they signed in order to…