DAVID J. KREHER, J.D., Ph.D.

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Memphis, TN 38134

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BAR MEMBERSHIPS

U.S. P.T.O. Patent Bar, January, 2006

Tennessee, October, 2004

Washington, D.C., August, 2003

Oklahoma Bar Association, April 2001

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Legal Legal Counsel/Commercial Project Manager, Lurgi, Inc., Memphis, TN

March 2007 to April 2009.

Writing and negotiating contract change orders involving owner caused

delays and force majeure events.

Advising on contractual legal and risk management matters related to

all on-going projects including significant on-site construction

management activities at an ethanol plant in California.

Assisting with the compilation of monthly financial reports.

Coordinating with the purchasing department to facilitate negotiating

and drafting agreements.

Maintaining and negotiating non-disclosure agreements.

Working with outside counsel to resolve legal matters and preparing for

arbitration.

Attorney, Sole Practitioner, Memphis, TN, January 2005 to Present.

Primary client responsibility in matters involving both criminal law and

civil law in State and Federal Courts.

Interviewing, contracting with and maintaining clients.

Drafting all manner of pleadings, filing and defending lawsuits,

participating in all phases of discovery, writing legal memoranda and

briefs.

Appearing in Tennessee State General Sessions, Circuit, Chancery,

Criminal, and Juvenile Courts, and in Federal District Court on behalf of

clients for hearings and trials.

Conducting patentability searches, providing patentability opinions,

filing patent application.

Attorney, Consultant, Claremore, OK, July 2002 to December 2002.

Made recommendations for the modification of construction contracts

for work to be conducted in the United States, Africa, the Middle East,

and Central and South America.

Wrote and reviewed memoranda regarding partnership and joint

venture agreements in pursuit of potential opportunities.

Prepared documentation for the commencement of legal action in

accordance with arbitration procedures established by the International

Chamber of Commerce.

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Assured compliance with corporate governance and monitored and

assisted in the formation of litigation strategies.

Office of the Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Extern - Part time,

Oklahoma City, OK, Summer, 1998.

Investigated transition costs associated with the deregulation of the

natural gas industry on the federal level and its application to state

unbundling. Observed the Oklahoma Corporation Commission hearing

related to State unbundling of the natural gas industry.

Technical University of Memphis, Adjunct Professor, Memphis, TN, January 2004 to

May 2006.

Taught the lecture and laboratory for Environmental Geology as well as

first and second semester Introduction to Physical Geography.

APTI Group, Inc. Consultant, Tulsa, OK, April 2001 to July 2002.

Consulted on the design and engineering of pipelines, pipeline facilities

and compliance issues related to pipeline construction for Willbros

Engineers, Inc.

Developed a system for conducting pipeline operational integrity audits.

Willbros Engineers, Inc., Geologist, Tulsa, OK, Summer 2000; May 1996

to August 1999.

Drafted pipeline alignment sheets.

Supervised geotechnical drilling operations.

Designed horizontal directional drills for pipeline river crossings, wrote

bid packages for drilling operations.

Ensured compliance with state environmental permit requirements

associated with pipeline construction.

Reviewed and critiqued submitted reports and proposals, tracked and

modified labor and material change orders, and identified potential

pipeline access routes.

JAYCOR, Inc., Geologist, Vienna, VA, September 1992 to June 1994.

Collected samples and supervised drilling operations associated with

US Army RCRA and CERCLA sites.

Reviewed, interpreted and described data for the development of RI/FS

reports.

Acted as site safety officer and equipment manager.

Griffin Remediation Services, Inc., Field Geologist, Hammond, IN,

January 1991 to December 1991.

Collected soil and water samples and documented subsurface soil

conditions associated with state environmental compliance

requirements.

Designed, supervised the installation of, and operated groundwater

monitoring and treatment systems, and supervised the installation of

groundwater depression systems.

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Estimated in-situ soil and groundwater treatment systems, and the

maintained health and safety records.

Conducted soil and concrete sampling for contamination analysis.

MAECORP, Inc., Field Geologist, Glenwood, IL, September 1990 to

January 1991.

Reviewed underground storage tank interim and final closure reports as

a consultant to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Supervised the over-packing of contaminated waste drums.

U.S. Peace Corps, Volunteer, Senegal, West Africa, June 1989 to June

1990.

Lead discussions and coordinated village activities toward the goal of

reducing environmental degradation, increasing crop production, and

increasing the quantity of water available for basic needs and irrigation

while communicating in French and Wolof.

Education University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Science, Tulsa,

Oklahoma

Ph.D. – Geology: Geochemistry, May 2003

University of Tulsa, College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma

J.D., December 1998

University of Tulsa, College of Engineering and Science, Tulsa,

Oklahoma

M.S. Geology, December 1998

Albion College, Albion, Michigan

B.A. Geology and Philosophy, December 1988

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