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Kevin M. Beiter

McGinnis Lochridge
  • Recognized Since:
    1997
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation - Construction
    Litigation - Environmental...
  • Law School:
    Saint Mary's University
  • Website:
    http://www.mcginnislaw.com
  • Languages:
    English, German
  • Location:
    600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100
    Austin, TX 78701

Kevin represents a diverse clientele in virtually all aspects of the energy industry. With a background in petroleum geology, he has operated and participated in oil and gas exploration and development projects across North America. As a transactional lawyer, he has represented owners and operators with documentation, due diligence, and business counseling for acquisitions and divestitures and for exploration and operation. As a trial lawyer, he has represented plaintiffs and defendants, both majors and independents, in energy and environmental disputes before administrative agencies and at all levels of state and federal courts in Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Kevin has international experience in the Americas, including Central America and Canada, and in West Africa, Eastern Europe, and Australia.

Kevin is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Specialization. He has been listed in Best Lawyers©, Oil & Gas Law since 2007 and Natural Resources Law since 1995, as well as in Litigation focusing on Construction, Environmental, Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions since 2011. He has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters service, (2003-2015). Kevin is a recognized speaker, lecturer, and author on the energy industry and related policy matters.

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Lawyer Bio

Kevin represents a diverse clientele in virtually all aspects of the energy industry. With a background in petroleum geology, he has operated and participated in oil and gas exploration and development projects across North America. As a transactional lawyer, he has represented owners and operators with documentation, due diligence, and business counseling for acquisitions and divestitures and for exploration and operation. As a trial lawyer, he has represented plaintiffs and defendants, both majors and independents, in energy and environmental disputes before administrative agencies and at all levels of state and federal courts in Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Kevin has international experience in the Americas, including Central America and Canada, and in West Africa, Eastern Europe, and Australia.

Kevin is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Specialization. He has been listed in Best Lawyers©, Oil & Gas Law since 2007 and Natural Resources Law since 1995, as well as in Litigation focusing on Construction, Environmental, Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions since 2011. He has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters service, (2003-2015). Kevin is a recognized speaker, lecturer, and author on the energy industry and related policy matters.

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Education:

  • Saint Mary's University, J.D., graduated 1984
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., graduated 1979

Bar Admissions:

  • Texas, State Bar
 

Court Admissions:

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Courts for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Courts for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Courts for the Western District of Texas

Affiliations:

  • American Association of Petroleum Landman - Member
  • Independent Producers Association of America (IPAA) - Member
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation - Member
  • South Texas Geological Society - Member

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Environmental
  • Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Oil and Gas Law
 

Awards:

  • Board Certified, Oil Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1989
  • Listed in Best Lawyers©, Natural Resources Law since 1995 and Oil & Gas Law since 2007
  • Listed in Best Lawyers©, Litigation focusing on Construction, Environmental,  Real Estate, Mergers and Acquisitions since 2011
  • Texas Super Lawyers list, a Thomson Reuters service, (2003-2015)

Special Focus:

  • Oil and Gas
 

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McGinnis Lochridge
http://www.mcginnislaw.com
 
Headquarters
600 Congress Avenue, Suite 2100
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 495.6000
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203 West Walnut Street, Suite 100

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