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F. Parks Brown joins the firm of Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC as an associate attorney.  A 2013 cum laude graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, Mr. Brown served as Articles Editor and was named Editor of the Year for the St. Mary’s Law Journal, and was a member of the John M. Harlan Society.  Mr. Brown is a native Texan, born and raised in Austin.  Following his graduation from Washington & Lee University in 2004, Brown spent six years as a landman for various oil and gas companies in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Brown brings…
Partner Joseph B.C. Fitzsimons, joined by Attorney Steve Small and Texas Agricultural Land Trust CEO Blair Fitzsimons, spoke on representing land and mineral owners where oil and gas development must coexist with conservation easements at The National Land Conservation Conference "Rally 2013", on September 17-19, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The partners of Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC, were highlighted in a recent San Antonio Business Journal article, "Renegotiating the Shale".  The article focused on the rights of property owners as they negotiate and renegotiate their oil and gas leases, in order to better address surface use issues, continuing mineral development and royalty payments.  To view the entire article, click here:            
Associates Ezra Johnson and Robert Park co-authored “Just Because You Are Nonparticipating, Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have Fun”, a paper on nonparticipating royalty interests, non-executive interests and the duty of the executive right holder. The paper was published in the Oil and Gas Section of the State Bar of Texas’ Quarterly Report, Summer 2013.