ALAN KEYS

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Houston, TX *****

281-***-****

xd740c@r.postjobfree.com

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LICENSE State Bar of Texas, licensed to practice law

EDUCATION The University of Houston Law Center, J.D., May 2002

The University of Texas, B.A., English, August 1995

EXPERIENCE

Synergy Legal, Houston, TX (Document Reviewer) 4/09 - 11/10 and 6/12 - present

• Review oil and gas leases for contract litigation projects, searching for particular clauses and language in the leases and sort and classify the leases accordingly.

• Review various other types of litigation-related documents for other types of litigation projects and sort and classify documents by relevance, subject matter, privilege and confidentiality.

AgriBank, FCB, St. Paul, MN (Mineral Title Specialist) 11/2010-5/2012

• Analyzed division orders for accuracy of decimal paid to AgriBank and to ensure that the division order did not attempt to change the terms of the corresponding oil and gas lease(s). Communicated with oil companies as necessary concerning any errors or discrepancies, set up corresponding division order records in AgriBank’s computer database, scanned copies of division orders and other pertinent documents into computer, signed division orders and returned them to oil companies. If language in the division order differed materially from language and terms of the oil and gas lease, signed and returned AgriBank’s own division order form, based on the NADOA Model Form.

• Examined leases to determine royalty rate, acreage covered, term and whether Pugh and other clauses were present.

• Ran expiring lease reports so that AgriBank could lease unleased acreage.

• Audited wells on which AgriBank was being paid to ensure we were being paid properly, using AgriBank’s records of payments received and production quantities reported, State government web sites to track production reported by payors to the states for the wells in question and web sites that track the average regional prices paid for oil and natural gas.

• Reviewed weekly drilling permit listings in North Dakota and Arkansas to determine what wells in which AgriBank had an interest had been newly permitted and set up records for these prospective wells in computer database.

• Completed quarterly searches and reports on wells that had switched from a permitted to a drilling or producing status and updated the status of these wells in computer database.

• Conducted computer searches and reports on wells for which payment or division orders were past due and then contacted oil companies to request payment and / or division orders.

Reviewed records and contacted oil companies when necessary to ensure that we were being paid the correct decimal interest on wells for which we had not received a division order.

• Ran reports to determine which payors were improperly deducting tax from royalty payments made to AgriBank, FCB, a tax exempt entity, and contacted those companies to stop the withholding and obtain a refund.

• Trained new employees.

Allen Click and Associates, Austin, Texas (Title Attorney) 8/2008 – 4/2009

• Researched land ownership and drafted title opinions on Microsoft Word for prospective easements on a contract natural gas pipeline project.

• Conducted research at title companies, courthouses and online.

• Compiled summary spreadsheets on Microsoft Excel.

• Used Tobin maps to locate and determine the proposed route of the pipeline and the appropriate tracts to examine.

International Paper, Houston, Texas (Lease Analyst) 2/2007 - 8/2008

• Determined and recorded the company’s mineral ownership status on land throughout the United States on this contract assignment.

• Reviewed deeds, leases and other relevant documents to determine company’s mineral interest and the leasehold status of the tracts.

• Recorded findings in company’s computer database, using company’s mineral recording software. Cross-referenced the ownership record to the appropriate deeds, leases and other relevant documents.

• Used company’s G.I.S. computer system to locate tracts and attach graphic representations of tracts (color-coded polygons showing mineral ownership and leasehold status) to appropriate ownership record in database.

• Used Tobins and other maps to locate tracts.

• Worked with tracts in multiple states, gaining proficiency in different recording systems, such as Jeffersonian, and Texas and Louisiana descriptions.

• Maintained extensive physical records and files of deeds, leases, maps, and other relevant documents from every county that I worked.

• Winner of numerous monthly production contests.

• Trained new employees

Derwen Resources, Houston, Texas (Lease Analyst) 9/2005 - 1/2007

• Reviewed property records--both hard copies and online--and interviewed people to determine mineral ownership and mineral lease status in counties throughout Texas on this contract assignment.

• Located open mineral interests that the company then purchased or leased.

• Examined oil and gas leases, looking for particular language and clauses such as Pugh clauses, termination clauses, pooling clauses and unit designations.

• Searched for poor legal descriptions and missing signatures on the leases.

• Tracked down missing heirs and others whose signatures were missing from leases.

• Worked extensively with maps, including Tobins and tax appraisal maps.

• Used Tobin Land Suite and Tobin Land GIS to enter and organize data.

• Compiled spreadsheets and reports, using Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access.

• Hired, trained and managed a team of new employees.

First American Title, Houston, TX (Title Examiner / Abstractor) 2/2004 - 8/2005

• Examined public records, both hard copies and online, to determine whether this title insurer should insure properties throughout Texas.

• Oversaw and maintained complete physical title plants for Nueces, San Patricio and Jefferson counties.

• Often went back many years in title plant to construct chain of title and search for relevant documents.

• Used maps, plats and computer programs such as Title Data and Data Trace.

• Trained new employees.

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