Georgia Barker, J.D. / PLM
**** ******** ***** *****, ********, Texas 76049
e-mail abg62n@r.postjobfree.com
214-***-**** cell
SUMMARY
PLM /JD with strong negotiating and drafting skills. Eagle Ford Shale,
Texas, Louisiana and 15+ years experience in negotiating lease
acquisitions, contracts, right-of-way agreements, surface sites, damage
claims, and title examinations. Computer skills include Microsoft Office,
GIS, TLS, and land systems.
EXPERIENCE
. Negotiated and drafted leases, deep water and other oil and gas
contracts, joint bidding agreements, unit designations, easements, surface
sites, farmouts, JOA's, JV's, 3-D seismic permits and acquisitions,
consistently meeting corporate guidelines and adding value.
. Supervised and managed outside field landmen, attorneys, paralegals,
and clerks to contain costs and maximize profits. Received merit
bonus for leasing several thousand acres of difficult to lease acreage
from a charitable organization.
. Saved over $1.0 million by negotiating trade-off settlement where
lessors had $1.8 million in a drainage claim and Phillips had a
counterclaim for $.8 million on producing property.
. Evaluated deal terms, merger, acquisition, due-diligence, structure
and strategies of outside opportunities and coordinated with other
cross functional team members to maximize value.
. Analyzed and briefed cases; provided legal research on surface sites;
oil and gas, pipeline, and deep water issues. Testified as an expert
on Joint Operating Agreements.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Current Oil and Gas Title Attorney - Willey, Edwards, and Wright -
Houston, TX
2010 Senior Land Advisor - Western Production Company- Fort Worth, TX
2007-2010 Senior Landman - Pioneer Natural Gas Resources USA Inc, Irving,
TX
1999-2007 Attorney - Harris and Ft. Bend County; Oil and Gas Contract
Attorney- B. P.
1997-1999 Senior Landman - Deepwater Business Development Specialist -
Union Oil Company of California dba Spirit Energy 76, Sugar
Land, TX
1996-1997 Senior Landman - Phillips Petroleum Company, Midland, TX
1995-1996 Landman - Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America and MidCon
Texas
Texas Pipeline Corp., subsidiaries of Occidental Petroleum
Corp., Houston, TX
1993-1993 Legal Intern - Rhodes, Hieronymus, Jones, Tucker, and Gable,
Tulsa, OK
1992-1993 Legal Intern - Hon. Justice Janice Dreiling, Bartlesville, OK
1980-1990 Landman, Staff Landman, Gen. Landman - Phillips Petroleum Co.,
Houston, TX
EDUCATION / LICENSING
1995 Licensed to practice law in Texas, Bar # 00792499
1994 Licensed to practice law in Oklahoma, Bar # 015472
1993 Juris Doctor, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
1986 Former Certified Professional Landman # 3836
1979 Petroleum Land Management Degree, University of Texas,
Austin
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Oklahoma and Texas Bar - Oil and Gas Section
Dallas and Fort Worth Bar- Energy Sections
American, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston Association of
Professional Landmen
Fellow Member of the State Bar College