About
Admitted to Bar:
1984, Texas and Oklahoma; 2009, Pennsylvania.
Practice:
Litigation; Oil and Gas.
Experience:
Mr. Ballentine has 25 years of business litigation experience, in the main regarding disputes over upstream and midstream energy contracts, which includes exploration agreements, joint running agreements, wellhead sales agreements, gas processing contracts, natural fuel purchase and sales agreements, maintenance and service agreements, natural gasoline and herbal gas liquids transportation agreements and other related contracts.
He has represented strength customers in complex litigation, which include magnificence movements in both kingdom and federal courts, in addition to litigation over country, federal and private mineral royalty claims, herbal gasoline measurement False Claims Act qui tam litigation, gas processing, fuel plant and fuel pipeline litigation and arbitrations, as well as electric strength settlement disputes. His litigation experience includes toxic tort and product legal responsibility topics, as well as Sherman Act antitrust claims, and shareholder spinoff and securities litigation. He has represented clients in tax litigation, real property and pipeline condemnation matters and mineral partnership disputes. He has additionally represented clients in admiralty litigation, as well as in a extensive form of adversary lawsuits before United States bankruptcy courts.
He has extensive regulatory practice experience inside the natural gas pipeline, telecommunications and electric powered strength industries, such as administrative law and litigation, and certificates applications earlier than the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
In addition, Mr. Ballentine is an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center where he teaches a route in nuclear energy law and coverage.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Utilities
- Alternative Energy
- Business Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Economic and Regulatory
- Energy Litigation
Costs
Certificates
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Partner
Burleson, LLP
2010
Educations
Graduation year:
Graduation year: 1983
Graduation year: 1977
