John F. Shepherd
Recognized since 1995
Denver, Colorado
Administrative / Regulatory Law
Energy Law
Litigation - Environmental
Natural Resources Law
John specializes in resolving disputes for oil and gas and mining clients.
He handles litigation in virtually all aspects of the energy industry, including disputes over royalty payments, operating agreements, purchase and sale agreements, gas measurement, gas balancing, indemnity claims, and challenges to permits to conduct operations on public lands. He also represents clients in administrative appeals before the U.S. Department of the Interior, the U.S. Forest Service, and the EPA, including challenges to penalties imposed by the Office of Natural Resources Revenue and the EPA.
John has substantial experience in arbitrations involving oil and gas issues. He has represented clients in arbitrations, testified as an expert witness, and served as an arbitrator.
In addition to litigation and arbitration, John counsels clients on a broad array of issues affecting resource development, including compliance with royalty obligations and laws governing approval of operations on federal and Indian lands.
John served on the firm's Management Committee from 2013-2015 and previously served as Chair of the firm's Natural Resource Department.
- Lawyer Page: https://www.hollandhart.com/jshepherd/
- 555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 3200
Denver, CO 80202-3979
- Dartmouth College, A.B., graduated 1976
- Oklahoma, Oklahoma Bar Association
- District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
- Colorado, Colorado Bar Association
169 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
71 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Natural Resources Law, Denver (2020)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law, Denver (2018)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law, Denver (2015)
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Energy Law
- Litigation - Environmental
- Natural Resources Law
- Administrative
- Coal
- Endangered Species
- Energy
- Environmental
- Federal Royalties
- Litigation
- Mining
- Oil and Gas
- Regulatory
- Selected as a 2011 BTI Client Service All-Star
- Listed in Who’s Who in American Law
- Listed in Colorado Super Lawyers for the areas of Energy and Oil and Gas
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