Education

LL.M., Georgetown University, 2005

J.D., University of Louisville, 2004

B.A., University of Kentucky, 2001

Distinctions

• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year Mining Law, 2018, 2022
• Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® Mining Law, 2013-present
• Recognized in Kentucky Super Lawyers® as a Rising Star, 2015-2018
• Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Environment, Natural Resources & Utilities: Natural Resources, 2016-present; Real Estate, 2025
• Best Appellee Brief; Tax Moot Court Competition, 2002
• Brandeis Inn of Court, Pupil, 2003

• Lead counsel to an energy exploration and production company in connection with a syndicated lending transaction involving a national bank.
• Lead counsel to a mining company in connection with a syndicated lending transaction involving an international bank in excess of $45mm.
• Counsel to a real estate holding company relating to the drafting and negotiation of commercial leases in multiple states;
• Lead counsel to an energy exploration and production company in connection with the acquisition of reserves and producing assets in excess of $40mm from a private equity firm.
• Lead counsel to a family-owned business in connection with the acquisition of a company that is in the business of importing goods from Asia.
• Representation of a land holding company in lease dispute concerning the failure to pay rents and royalties.
• Representation of a land holding company in connection with a right-of-way dispute with a publicly-traded transportation company.
• Representation of a regional bank in a variety of lending and banking law issues.

News

• Sale/Purchase of Coal Mines and Reserves, NBI Kentucky Coal Law Seminar, June 2015
• Acquisition of Distressed Assets, Ecology and Environment, Inc. Coal Conference, 2013.
• Restraints on Alienation in Coal Leases, 2012
• Restraints on Alienation in Coal Leases, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, 33^rd Annual Institute, 2012.
• Contract Mining Agreements - What You Do and Don't Want, Energy and Mineral Foundation, 33^rd Mineral Law Conference, 2008.
• Selected issues in the Law of Co-Tenancy, 2007
• Selected Issues in the Law of Co-Tenancy, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, 28^th Institute, 2007.

• Board of Directors, Kentucky Oil and Gas Association