work. Demetri and the KRCL energy team regularly speak on cutting-edge energy law issues throughout Texas. In support of KRCL’s Chambers-ranked bankruptcy practice, Demetri advises oilfield equipment financiers and banks in preserving and enforcing multi-million dollar security interests.
lectures across the country at industry organizations. He is the author of thought leadership materials designed to inform developers of changes in energy law and contributes to the Steptoe & Johnson “Summary of Selected Principals of Oil and Gas Law.”
Jennifer Horchem of Counsel, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP Ms. Horchem’s practice focuses on environmental law and public lands. She brings to DGS unique competencies acquired during her
William R. Keffer Professor, Texas Tech School of Law
Before joining the faculty in 2014, Bill Keffer was in practice for thirty years. After obtaining his BA in History from SMU in 1981 and his JD from the
seven years as Associate General Counsel and Vice President – Land Administration at Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. in Wichita, Kansas. There, she collaborated with outside counsel, landmen, and brokers during acquisitions and sales; conducted due diligence; and drafted lease-related documents, exploration and development agreements, and purchase and sale agreements. In addition, she reviewed title opinions and managed state and federal royalty and tax audit responses. Her litigation responsibilities involved title and royalty payment issues, as well as the drafting and negotiating of settlement agreements. Prior to joining Slawson Exploration Company, Inc.’s in-house legal team, Ms. Horchem was an associate at two Kansas law firms. Her work encompassed oil and gas, real estate, probate, and administrative law.
University of Texas in 1984, Mr. Keffer’s first position was with the Dallas law firm of Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, where he had a general litigation practice. His next position was as in-house litigation-management counsel with ARCO Oil & Gas Company, where he presided over a national docket of over 120 cases. While at ARCO, he began specializing in oilfield-pollution cases and handled all kinds of environmental claims in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, California, Kansas, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. After leaving ARCO and joining the Dallas law firm now known as Foley Gardere, Mr. Keffer’s practice focused exclusively on oilfield-pollution litigation, and he represented various energy companies, such as ARCO, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and Vastar. Mr. Keffer also, on occasion, successfully represented various landowners in prosecuting their oilfield-pollution claims, including ranch families in the Permian Basin and South Texas, as well as rural landowners in the Barnett shale in North Texas. After leaving Gardere, Mr. Keffer had his own practice in Dallas for thirteen years, where he continued to focus on environmental matters involving the oil-and-gas industry. During that time, he also served in the Texas legislature for two terms from 2003 to 2007, representing House District 107 in Northeast Dallas County.
Eli Murray, CPL, CDOA Land Manager, Dorchester Minerals LP Eli Murray is currently the Land Manager for Dorchester Minerals, L.P. She has held various positions at other companies ranging from File Clerk to
Landman to Property Administration and Division Order Manager. She is a Certified Division Order Analyst, Certified Professional Lease and Title Analyst, and Certified Professional Landman. She has a B.A. from Texas A&M University and a M.L.S. from the University of Oklahoma, and she is a veteran of the United States Army Reserves.
Demetri Economou Director, Kane Russell Coleman Logan
Demetri Economou has over a decade of high-stakes oil and gas experience and currently co-chairs KRCL’s Energy, Oil & Gas Practice Group. Demetri is regularly on the front lines of disputes,
Judy Moreland, CDOA Retired
Judy Moreland, CDOA, is the former Land Administration Manager at Concho Resources in Midland, TX. She is a NADOA Past President and
both before and during litigation. With over 10 years advising general counsel and business leaders in the energy industry, Demetri brings the experience and resolve necessary to meet any legal challenge. He provides trusted advice to KRCL’s upstream, midstream and oilfield services clients, including in high-dollar royalty litigation and cases involving lease and deed interpretation, surface use, midstream and services contracts, and oilfield trade secrets, including both trial and appellate
is currently the Executive Director at Friendship House in Midland, TX. Judy will teach select chapters of the CDOA Manual in the morning class on Wednesday September 5, 2023.
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