Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Areas of Practice

• Oil, Gas and Mineral Law 50%
• Commercial Real Estate Purchase, Sale, Management 25%
• Commercial Leasing and Landlord/Tenant 20%
• Property Owners Associations and Deed Restrictions 5%

Representative Clients

• Oil and Gas Exploration Companies
• Mineral Interest Owners
• Commercial Real Estate Purchasers, Sellers, Owners
• Commercial Real Estate Landlords, Tenants, Brokers

West Practice Categories

Business & Commercial Law, Commercial Leasing, Contracts, Energy Law, Oil & Gas, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Conveyancing, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, Title Insurance

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1992

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas, 1992 - 2007 (Member)
• Houston Bar Association, 1992 - 2007 (Member)
• Women in Commercial Real Estate, dba CREW Houston, 1998 - 2007 (Member, Past Treasurer and Board Member)
• Briargrove Park Property Owners, Inc., 2004 - 2007 (Vice President and Board Member)
• Women in Real Estate and Finance, 1998 - 2007 (Member)
• Houston Producers Forum, 2001 - 2007 (Member)

Classes and Seminars

• Ernest Smith Oil Gas and Mineral Law Institute, University of Texas, 2004
• Advanced Oil and Gas Seminar, University of Houston Law Center, 2001 - 2006

Past Employment Positions

• Thompson & Knight LLP, Partner, 1998 - 2006

Education

• University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  Honors: Order of Barons
  
  Law Journal: Houston Journal of International Law, Managing Editor
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  M.A.
• University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
  B.S.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Major: History

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Phi Alpha Delta

Published Works

• After Acquired Title Revisited, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Review, Vol 42, No. 2, 2005
• After Acquired Title Revisited, Landman, March/April, 2005

Address

Suite 1100
1177 West Loop South
Houston, TX 77027

Phones

(713) 965-7597
(866) 959-4821

Faxes

(713) 963-9169

Emails

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Websites

http://www.zbsllp.com