Manager Real Estate
Resume:
Resume of
KENNETH SAVOY
New Orleans, Louisiana 70125
E-Mail:*************@***.***
EXPERIENCE:
SUMMARY:
Landman (field-independent contractor):
16.33 years
Landman (in-house):
7.5 years
Attorney (11 years overlap with field landman period):
17.83 years
INDEPENDENT LANDMAN September 2003
- Present
New Orleans, Louisiana
CLS Group, 609 S. Kelly Ave., Edmond, OK 73003
June 19, 2010 - April 21, 2011
February 24, 2011 -
April 21, 2011
. Managed a due diligence project in Michigan:
o managed a crew of title specialists;
o reviewed title obtained by the title crew; judged validity of
title and oil and gas leases; made curative recommendations;
prepared reports concerning the foregoing;
October 11, 2010 - February
24, 2011
. Title research and examination; preparation of title reports in
Ohio;
June 19, 2010 -
October 10, 2010
. Managed a due diligence project in Michigan:
o managed a crew of title specialists;
o reviewed title obtained by the title crew; judged validity of
title and oil and gas leases; made curative recommendations;
prepared reports concerning the foregoing; examined letter
agreements, AMI agreements and operating agreements; prepared
reports concerning the foregoing;
TRINITY LAND SERVICES, L.L.C. September 2005
- March 16, 2010
Lafayette, LA
and
KEN SAVAGE & ASSOCIATES, INC. September 2003 -
September 2005
Beeville, TX
. Examination of title, title research and abstracting of title for a
broad spectrum of oil and gas purposes (surface and mineral)
including:
o drill sites, unit tracts, lease and well acquisitions, access
road and pipeline rights-of way, salt dome storage facilities;
. Preparation of title reports and abstracts of title regarding the
foregoing title research and abstracting activities;
. Development of interested parties lists;
. Examination of mineral activity/development and preparation of
mineral histories;
. Examination of title and preparation of title reports concerning
leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (conducted at the U.S.
Department of the Interior's Mineral Management Service - Gulf of
Mexico OCS Region);
. Negotiation, preparation, and acquisition of title curative
instruments;
ATTORNEY October 1992 - March 29, 2011
SOLO PRACTITIONER January 2002 -
March 29, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana
. General Civil Practice;
KIRKPATRICK AND ASSOCIATES, LLC July 2001 -
December 2001
Metairie, Louisiana
(Transactional practice concerning wireless telecommunications tower
site lease and license acquisitions)
. Title examinations;
. Review and critique of land surveys;
. Review and interpretation of environmental/NEPA opinion letters and
supporting environmental/NEPA reports;
. Risk analysis and risk assessment;
. Negotiation, preparation, and acquisition of title curative
instruments;
. Negotiation of leases/licenses with tower companies/owners,
landowners and building owners;
. Review, construction (drafting) and preparation of tower site
leases/licenses and amendments thereto and all supporting
documentation;
. Construction and preparation of title opinion letters and title
review letters;
. Assembly and preparation of lease/license document package;
DELTA TITLE CORPORATION May 1999 - June
2001
New Orleans, Louisiana
. Residential real estate title examinations;
. Conducting residential real estate sale/loan closings;
. preparation, and acquisition of title curative instruments;
. Evaluating, responding to and resolving title insurance claims;
INDEPENDENT LANDMAN 1995 - May 1999
New Orleans, LA
. Examination of residential property titles and preparation of
abstracts of title concerning same;
. Examination of title, title research and abstracting of title for a
broad spectrum of oil and gas purposes (surface and mineral)
including:
o drill sites, unit tracts and lease, mineral and well
acquisitions;
. Preparation of title reports and abstracts of title concerning oil
and gas properties;
. Examination of mineral activity/development and preparation of
mineral histories;
. Negotiation, preparation and acquisition of mineral leases, seismic
permits and title curative instruments;
. Examination of title and preparation of title reports concerning
leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (conducted at the U.S.
Department of the Interior's Mineral Management Service - Gulf of
Mexico OCS Region);
ATTORNEY October 1992 - May
1999
SOLO PRACTITIONER
New Orleans, LA
. General Civil Practice;
. Litigation support, appellate briefs, succession matters,
consultations;
LANDMAN (in-house) March 1981 -
August 1988
VICE PRESIDENT - LAND March 1985 -
August 1988
DYNAMIC EXPLORATION, INC. and DYNAMIC OF TEXAS, INC. (operating in
south Louisiana [land and inland waters] and southeast Texas)
Lafayette, LA
Corporate officer and manager of the land department (responsible for
oil and gas leasehold and collateral interests and assets)
Duties included:
. Management and supervision of the following:
o Acquisition, maintenance, divestment (conveyance) and
enforcement of and compliance with leasehold rights and
interests, operating rights and interests, natural gas sales
contracts and servitudes;
o Title matters, including acquisition of all title curative
materials;
o State (Louisiana and Texas) unitization and Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission matters and other regulatory matters;
o Preparation of division orders and divisions of interest;
o Administration of lease records, division orders, gas contracts
and other contract records;
o Restoration of drilling and production sites;
o Contract landmen (lease brokers);
o Corporate relations and dispute resolution with lessors and
royalty owners;
o Royalty evaluation and payments;
Other duties included:
. Assistance with the review, evaluation and marketing of prospects;
. Negotiation, construction/preparation, acquisition, analysis and
enforcement of oil and gas leases, servitude instruments, title
curative instruments, joint operating agreements, joint venture
agreements, participation agreements, farmin agreements, farmout
agreements, letter agreements, natural gas sales contracts,
assignments, damage settlement agreements and site restoration
agreements;
. Determination and preparation of divisions of interest;
. Dispute resolution concerning landowners, lessors, royalty owners
and working interest owners;
. Due diligence reviews concerning purchases of producing properties;
. Assistance with geological, engineering, and accounting
issues/problems of a contractual nature;
LAND MANAGER June 1982 - March
1985
DYNAMIC EXPLORATION, INC. and DYNAMIC OF TEXAS, INC.
Lafayette, LA
. Managed land functions; duties included many of those described
above;
STAFF LANDMAN March 1981 - June
1982
DYNAMIC EXPLORATION, INC. and DYNAMIC OF TEXAS, INC.
Lafayette, LA
Duties included:
. Administration of lease records, division orders, gas contracts and
other contract records;
. Limited responsibility for negotiation, preparation and acquisition
of oil and gas leases, servitudes, title curative instruments,
farmin agreements, letter agreements, assignments and damage
settlement agreements;
. Determination and preparation of divisions of interest;
. General supervision of lease brokers and some acquisition projects;
INDEPENDENT LANDMAN 1977 - February 1981
Lafayette, LA
. Title research for oil and gas purposes (surface and mineral) and
preparation of reports concerning those matters;
. Examination of mineral activity/development and preparation of
mineral histories;
. Negotiation, preparation and acquisition of oil and gas leases,
servitudes, title curative instruments and damage settlement
agreements;
OTHER 1976 -
1977
Lafayette, LA
Employed in technical positions in the oil and gas industry
EDUCATION:
Loyola University School of Law
1991
New Orleans, LA
Doctor of Jurisprudence
University of Southwestern Louisiana
1975
Lafayette, LA
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
LOUISIANA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL LANDMEN (CPL)
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