Articles

• Different business entities for prospective Texas business owners
• Can an LLC Offer Tax Benefits to Texas Business Owners?
• Hunting for a Commercial Space to Lease in Texas
• "Real Estate vs. Oil and Gas Developers" Presented and Authored by: Scott C. Petry and Susan A. Stanton. Co-Authors: Pascal P. Piazza and Donald G. Sinex, for the State Bar of Texas 32nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, July 8-10, 2010, San Antonio, Texas.
• "Drafting Basic Agreements Used in Developing Oil and Gas Prospects", co-authored by Donald G. Sinex, Susan A. Stanton and Terry I. Cross, presented to 2009 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Special Institute on Oil and Gas Agreements: The Exploration Phase, Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 30 - May 1, 2009.
• "Preparing and Drafting Agreements Used in Developing Oil & Gas Prospects", co-authored by Donald G. Sinex, Susan A. Stanton, Scott C. Petry and Terry I. Cross for the 2008 AAPL Summer Land Institute, Houston, Texas, August 26, 2008
• "Participation, Farmin/Farmout Agreements (Non-Seismic)" By Donald G. Sinex for the 2007 AAPL Annual Meeting Workshop on Contracts & Agreements Used in Oil & Gas Trades, June 13, 2007, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Volume 27, Number 3, March 2003 "The Nonparticipating Royalty Interest: Some Known and Misunderstood Dimensions", by Ronald G. Byrnes, and Pascal P. Piazza, for the State Bar of Texas March 2003 Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section Report.
• Volume 27, Number 2, December 2002 "Mechanics and Materialmen's Liens on Outer Continental Shelf Lands", by Ronald G. Byrnes and Pascal P. Piazza, for the State Bar of Texas December 2002 Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section Report.
• "After Acquired Title Revisited," By Donald G. Sinex and Susan Stanton, Presented at the Ernest Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute., University of Texas, Houston, Texas, March 26, 2004: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal, Vol. 42, No. 2, 2005.
• "Seller's Duty to Disclose to Buyer," by Donald G. Sinex for the American Association of Professional Landmen, Landman's Workshop on Acquisitions and Divestitures, May 21, 1999; The Landman, July/August 1999; The 47th Mineral Law Institute, LSU Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, March 30-31, 2000; the Energy Law Institute, Oil & Gas/Power, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas, August 17-18, 2000.
• "Lease Maintenance and Shut-in Royalty Issues," by Donald G. Sinex for The Landman, November/December, 1998.
• "Lease Maintenance and Term Royalty Issues," by Donald G. Sinex for the Houston Association of Professional Landmen 29th Annual Technical Workshop, Houston, Texas, April 6, 1998.
• "Ethical Responsibilities of Attorney and Landmen in Oil and Gas Transactions," by Donald G. Sinex for the Landman, January/Febuary, 1997; South Texas College of Law, Oil & Gas Institute, August 7, 1997; and Dallas Bar Association Energy Law Section, Review of Oil and Gas Law XII, August 21, 1997.
• "Drafting The Retained Acreage Clause: The Effect Of Governmental Authority On Retained Acreage", authored by Scott C. Petry, presented to the State Bar of Texas 27th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas And Energy Resources Law Course, Houston, Texas, October 9, 2009.
• "Marital Property Issues: Effects on Land Titles and Curative Implications", co-authored by Pascal P. Piazza, Dean Williamson, James Barnett, Jr. and Maurice Bresenhan, Jr., Curing Texas Land Titles II, March 25, 1985.

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