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DGC Represents West Texas Gas, Inc. in Whistler Pipeline Project Joint Venture

June 5, 2019 - Justin Clark and Anthony Bouselli represented West Texas Gas, Inc. in a joint venture with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, that along with WhiteWater Midstream and MPLX, invested in the Whistler Pipeline Project.

DGC Shareholder Justin Clark Speaks at Permian Basin Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs in Midland

May 24, 2018 - On May 24, 2018, DGC Shareholder Justin Clark spoke to an audience of Certified Public Accounts at a CPE hosted by the Permian Basin Chapter of the Texas Society of CPAs in Midland, Texas. Justin’s presentation addressed how the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act altered like kind exchanges under Code…

DGC Shareholder Omar E. Gallardo Looking Forward to “Jockeys, Juleps, & All That Jazz” Event

March 31, 2019 - Shareholder Omar E. Gallardo has been on the board of Communities in Schools of the Permian Basin (CISPB) for three years and now chairs the New Member Nomination Committee. CISPB is a non-profit organization formed to help provide socioeconomically challenged and at-risk students with the resources and support network to succeed…

DCG Wins Appeal on Lien/Contract Rights

February 22, 2019 - On February 22, 2019, the El Paso Court of Appeals affirmed a DGC client win in a dispute over whether a settlement released and extinguished statutory mineral property liens. Prior to attempting to foreclose upon liens placed on mineral property, the lienholders settled and released the debts underlying the liens. The…

Texas Supreme Court Declines to Revisit Landmark Property-Tax Decision

January 25, 2019 - Appellate Shareholder Ryan Clinton recently achieved a successful result for a client in a tax case that is sure to have a significant impact to the procedure for property tax protests. On January 25, 2019, the Texas Supreme Court denied Travis Central Appraisal District’s petition for writ of mandamus in a landmark…

DGC Attorney Ryan Clinton Speaks at State Bar Conference in Houston

January 11, 2019 - On January 11, 2019, DGC appellate attorney Ryan Clinton spoke to an audience of oil-and-gas professionals at the State Bar of Texas Oil and Gas Disputes Conference in Houston, Texas. Ryan presented on the topic of the oil-and-gas leasehold estate, how the estate is created, and how to determine whether the…

DGC Shareholder Julie Griffis Co-Chairs 45th Annual Crystal Ball

January 21, 2019 - Shareholder Julie Griffis and Tiffany Parsons, wife of Shareholder Joel Parsons, are co-chairing the 45th Annual Crystal Ball, benefitting High Sky Children’s Ranch. Proceeds from the ball contribute to providing care and treatment to more than 2,500 abused, neglected, and troubled children in West Texas each year. For over twenty years, DGC…

Texas Supreme Court Declines Review of Client Victory in “Rolling Termination” Dispute

December 14, 2018 - On December 14, 2018, the Texas Supreme Court declined to review a DGC client victory in a dispute over the meaning of a covenant-to-release clause in an oil-and-gas lease. The Court’s decision leaves intact the El Paso Court of Appeals’s holding that Apache Deepwater, LLC did not lose previously developed acreage long…

DGC Client Prevails in Continuous-Development Dispute

October 25, 2018 - In a dispute over leasehold rights to acreage in Howard County, Texas, the Eastland Court of Appeals adopted DGC client Energen Resources Corporation’s construction of a “150-day continuous development” clause. See Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. v. Energen Resources Corp., No. 11-17-00028-CV, 2018 WL 5290040 (Tex. App.—Eastland Oct. 25, 2018, no pet. h.).…

New Of Counsel Attorney Joins DGC Team

November 30, 2018 - Marc L. Skeen was recently hired as Of Counsel attorney at DGC Law. Mr. Skeen has almost 40 years of oil and gas legal experience in the Permian Basin and has rejoined DGC after taking a leave of absence to serve as deputy general counsel of Parsley Energy during its initial…