HAPL Monthly Luncheon (SOLD OUT)


The luncheon will be held in the Coastal Room on the second floor of the Petroleum Club.
 
If you make a reservation, pay for it, and later decide to cancel it before the reservation deadline, you can apply for a refund through the HAPL Office.   We must receive your request to cancel your registration in writing by email at hapl@hapl.org or fax at  713-622-3723.  You will receive the total amount charged minus a $5.00 credit card processing fee.

When you request a refund, include the credit-card number that you used to pay for the reservation and the confirmation e-mail you received when you paid. If you have lost that e-mail, send as much information as you can about the name and date of the event, the date that you paid, and how much you paid.  Refunds cannot be made for reservations that were paid for, but not cancelled before the reservations deadline. When that happens, you are considered a no-show.
 
All pre-registered members/guests for this event that have not prepaid and do not attend will be billed as a no-show.
 
*If paying by check, the price of the luncheon is $30 for members and $35 for non-members before the reservation deadline.*
Speaker Jeff Weems
Partner Harrison, Bettis, Staff, McFarland & Weems   Jeff Weems has practiced energy-related litigation for over 22 years.  Jeff grew up working in the oilfield.  He paid for school working on both onshore and offshore rigs.  After receiving his B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management from The University of Texas in ...

Partner
Harrison, Bettis, Staff, McFarland & Weems





 


Jeff Weems has practiced energy-related litigation for over 22 years.  Jeff grew up working in the oilfield.  He paid for school working on both onshore and offshore rigs.  After receiving his B.B.A. in Petroleum Land Management from The University of Texas in 1983 (with high honors), he was a landman, first for Shell Western E&P Inc. and then on his own. Jeff graduated with honors from The University of Texas School of Law in 1989 where he was an associate editor of the Texas Law Review.  He began his legal career at Liddell Sapp in 1990.  After becoming a partner at Liddell, Jeff joined several friends as a partner at Harrison, Bettis, Staff, McFarland & Weems, L.L.P.  He has been there twelve years.


 


Jeff is licensed to practice in the state of Texas, in the District Courts of the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  He was selected as a Texas Super Lawyer in Energy Law in 2007.  He is a member of the API-Houston, TIPRO, and the AAPL.  He is a member of the committee charged with updating the AAPL 610 Model Form Operating Agreement.  In 2010, he was the Democratic candidate for Texas Railroad Commissioner.  He is a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. 


 


 


Practice Areas:  Energy Litigation / Commercial Litigation


Education:  University of Texas, J.D., with honors, 1989University of Texas, B.B.A., with high honors, 1983


Court Admissions:  U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit,


United States Supreme Court


Professional Memberships and Activities:  State Bar of Texas; Life Fellow – Texas Bar Association; Houston Bar Association, Member, Sections on: Litigation, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Construction Law; American Petroleum Institute.


Honors and Distinctions:  Associate Editor, Texas Law Review


 


Topic:



 


Presentation will be on 82 and 89 JOA with horizontal language


pertaining to operating in the Shale plays.



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Organizer Diane Snyder

When?

Thu, Sept. 20, 2012
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
(GMT-0500) US/Central
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Where?

Houston Petroleum Club
800 Bell St.
Houston, TX 77005