• Acquisition of Oxy Land Grant assets in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah for $1.33 billion
• Acquisition of Canadian and U.S. oilfield services companies
• Representation of artificial intelligence (AI) company that uses its AI/ML discovery platform to find mineral deposits
• Divestiture of midstream assets in Colorado for in excess of $590 million
• Divestiture of upstream assets in Wyoming for $350 million
• Acquisition of upstream and midstream assets in Colorado and Utah in excess of $290 million
• Divestiture of upstream assets in Montana in excess of $200 million
• Preparation of numerous asset exchange agreements in the DJ/Wattenberg Basin and in Wyoming
• Preparation of water gathering and disposal agreements in Colorado, Wyoming and Texas
• Preparation of private placement memoranda for energy and real estate industries
• Acquisition of multi-family real estate properties located in Colorado, Oregon and Idaho
• Mineral exploration projects in Nevada, Wyoming, Canada, Chile, Argentina, French Guiana, Mongolia and Peru
• Representation of start-up and established companies for corporate matters

• Acquisitions and Divestitures
• Oil & Gas Transactions
• Mining
• Corporate Law
• Real Estate
• Mineral Title Examination
• Renewable & Alternative Energy

Honors

• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Energy Law & Natural Resources Law (2021–2024)
• Named Best Lawyers® 2023 Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Denver
• Ranked by Chambers USA in the practice area of Natural Resources & Energy (2020–2024)
• Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Oil & Gas Law (2020–2024)
• Selected as a 5280 “Top Lawyer” for Natural Resources Law (2019–2024)
• Selected as a Super Lawyer for Energy & Natural Resources Law (2019–2024)
• Listed by Lawdragon as one of the “500 Leading U.S. Energy Lawyers” in 2023
• Named by Business Today® as a Top 10 Influential Colorado Energy & Natural Resources Lawyer in 2023
• Named to “Who’s Who in Energy” by the Denver Business Journal (2016–2019)
• Named a “Top Woman in Energy” by the Denver Business Journal (2016)
• Selected for inclusion in Rising Stars by Colorado Super Lawyers (2009–2012)

Insights

• Co-author and presenter, “Your State or Mine – Practical Considerations for Choice of Law and Venue Provisions,”  Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law Annual Institute (July 2024)
• Co-author and presenter, “The Modern Day Gold Rush:  The Race for Helium and Why You Should Care,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute (July 2021)
• Co-author and presenter, “Contractual Holes in the Right to Drill and Hydraulically Fracture Horizontal Wells,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute: The Law of Fracking (January 2019)
• Co-Presenter, “Purchase & Sale Agreements and Due Diligence in Oil and Gas Transactions,” Denver Association of Lease and Title Analysts (November 2018)
• Panelist, “Letters from the Front: Practical Advice on Due Diligence,” Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute: Due Diligence in Oil & Gas and Mining Transactions (September 2018)
• Author, 1 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Law of Federal Oil & Gas Leases, Chapter 4, “Lessee and Transferee Qualifications” (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2018)
• Co-Presenter, “How to Attract and Retain Top Female Talent,” Geneva Group International North American Conference (2015)
• Author, “An Overview of Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Law” (National Association of Division Order Analysts, 2005)
• Co-Author, “Equitable Defenses Against the Government in the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Context,” 17 Pace Env. L. Rev. 273 (2000)

Education

• J.D., College of William and Mary, 1997
• B.A., University of Connecticut, summa cum laude, 1994
• Phi Beta Kappa Society

Bar Admissions

• Wyoming
• Florida
• Colorado

• Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law
  • Treasurer, Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law (2023-present)
  • Board Member, Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law (2023–present)
  • Co-Chair, “Oil & Gas Agreements:  Purchase and Sale Agreements,” Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law (January 2023)
  • Chair, Programs Committee, Foundation of Natural Resources and Energy Law (2020-present)
  • Co-Chair, “Advanced Landman’s Institute,” Co-Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the AAPL (November 2019)
  • Trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (2011–2014; 2016–2018)
  • Vice-Chair of the Special Institutes Committee for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (2019–2020)
  • Chair of the Site Selection Committee for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Annual Institute (2015–2018)
  • Member, Financial Advisory Committee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (2017–2019)
  • Chair of the Public Lands Section of the 57th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2011)
  • Co-Chair of the Landman’s Section of the 54th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute (2008)
• Past Chair of the Natural Resources and Energy Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association
• Past Co-Chair of the Legal and Legislative Committee of the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen
• Volunteer High School Mock Trial Coach (2019–2022)