Lear & Lear
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Law Offices

Practice Areas


El Paso Leland Bench #35-22 Well, Uintah County, Utah, Photo by Kari H. Herron © 2002

  • Acquisition, exploration, permitting, and production of oil and gas and mining properties

  • Federal, Indian, and state regulatory compliance
  • Complex title examinations and acquisition due diligence
  • Oil and gas conservation matters, including, spacing, forced pooling, gas flaring, secondary recovery, injection wells, bonding, compulsory unitization, and royalty payment compliance
  • Pipeline acquisition and permitting
  • Mineral taxation
  • Administrative hearings and appeals
  • Natural resources litigation and appeals
  • Environmental policy, compliance, and litigation
  • Condemnation
  • Mineral financing
  • Resource development on Indian lands
  • Water rights
  • Railroad law and litigation

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