Hal’s practice has concentrated on real property law – land and minerals – for almost forty years.  More recently, he has represented Wyoming’s ranchers, surface owners, and mineral owners in the ongoing horizontal drilling boom in the Powder River Basin, negotiating hundreds of oil and gas leases, surface use agreements and other contracts related to mineral development on private lands. He has also helped numerous clients buy and sell ranches and assists families with inter-generational transfers of ranch properties  Hal enjoys bird watching (frequently in distant places), bird dogs, bird hunting and fly fishing.

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Education

    BA: Yale University, 1975

    JD: University of Wyoming,1983 

 

Current Membership

    Wyoming State Bar, admitted 1983

    U.S. District Court - Wyoming, admitted 1983

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 Primary Areas of Practice

    Oil & Gas, Mineral Law, Business, Real Estate, and Probate

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Civic Activities

    Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, 1993-1999

    Audubon Wyoming, Board Member, 1999-2009

    Wyoming Wildlife Heritage Foundation, Board Member, 2005-2012

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Publications

    Land Editor, Land and Water Review, 1982-1983

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