Oil and Gas Law
Todd W. Spake
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Todd W. Spake is the chair of Kelly Hart's Oil & Gas/Energy Practice Group and represents oil and gas operators and interest owners across the state in his broad-based energy practice. Mr. Spake's primary focus is on transactional matters, including the purchase and sale of oil and gas producing properties, farm-outs, joint development agreements, natural gas processing and sale agreements, seismic agreements, complex rural and urban oil and gas leases and surface use agreements, pipeline easements, wind power agreements, and sand and gravel leases.
Mr. Spake also has experience representing clients in a variety of energy-related litigation matters, including cases involving oil and gas royalty underpayments, oil and gas lease termination issues, seismic trespass claims, inverse condemnation of mineral rights by governmental entities, as well as energy-related contract disputes.
Overview
- Texas Tech University, J.D., graduated 1996
- Texas Christian University, B.S., graduated 1992
- Texas, 1996
- Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
- TCU Energy Institute - Board of Advisors
- Texas Christian University - Adjunct Professor, Energy MBA program
- AddRan College, Texas Christian University - Board of Visitors
- Institute for Energy Law - Advisory Board Member
- Texas Tech School of Law Energy Law - Advisory Board
- Texas Tech School of Law Journal of the Energy Law Practitioner - Advisory Board Member
- Fort Worth Public Library Foundation - Board of Directors
- Fort Worth Public Library Foundation - Board
- University of North Texas Health Science Center Foundation - Board of Directors
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- Texas, 1996
- Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
- TCU Energy Institute - Board of Advisors
- Texas Christian University - Adjunct Professor, Energy MBA program
- AddRan College, Texas Christian University - Board of Visitors
- Institute for Energy Law - Advisory Board Member
- Texas Tech School of Law Energy Law - Advisory Board
- Texas Tech School of Law Journal of the Energy Law Practitioner - Advisory Board Member
- Fort Worth Public Library Foundation - Board of Directors
- Fort Worth Public Library Foundation - Board
- University of North Texas Health Science Center Foundation - Board of Directors
- Texas Tech University, J.D., graduated 1996
- Texas Christian University, B.S., graduated 1992
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Oil and Gas Law
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Natural Resources Law
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
Special Focus:
- Contract
- Gas
- Litigation
- Minerals
- Pipeline
Awards:
Top 100: 2025 Dallas/Fort Worth Super Lawyers
- Energy & Resources
Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report, 2008-2026
- Oil and Gas Law
Texas Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2020-2025
- Energy & Resources
Top Attorney in Oil and Gas Law, 360 West magazine, 2017-2025
- Oil & Gas Law
- Land Use & Environment
Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine, 2005-2024
- Oil & Gas Law
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2007-2010
- Energy & Resources
- 40 Under 40 honoree, Fort Worth Business Press, 2006
- Rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell
News & Media
Case History
Transactions
- $6.6 B Oil & Gas Sale
Represented a group of privately held entities in their sale to a publicly traded major oil company for total consideration of over $6.6 billion, and involving over 275,000 acres of producing properties, primarily located in the New Mexico Delaware Basin
- $855 M Oil & Gas Sale
Represented a privately held E&P entity in the sale of oil and gas producing properties located in the Delaware Basin for a purchase price of $855 million
- $500 M Oil & Gas Acquisition
Represented a privately held E&P entity in the acquisition of oil and gas producing properties located in Wyoming for a purchase price over $500 million
- $300 M Oil & Gas Acquisition
Represented a privately held E&P entity in the acquisition of oil and gas producing properties in the Permian Basin for $300 million
- $200 M Oil & Gas Sale - Barnett
Represented an independent E&P entity in the sale of natural gas producing properties located in the Barnett Shale area for $200 million
- Joint Development Agreement
Represented a privately held E&P operator in the negotiation of a joint development agreement covering 100,000 acres in Montana
- $500 M Permian Basin Oil & Gas Sale
Represented a group of privately held E&P entities in the sale of producing Permian Basin assets for over $500 million
- Oil & Gas Acquisition and Joint Development Agreement
Represented an operator in the acquisition of 32,000 net acres of oil and gas leases in the Barnett Shale area, and the subsequent negotiation of a joint development agreement covering the acreage
- $200 M Oil & Gas Acquisition
Represented a privately held E&P entity in the acquisition of producing properties in North Dakota for $200 million
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