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PRACTICE AREAS:
Oil & Gas, Construction,
foreign & domestic matters, Maritime Operations,
Federal Royalty Issues, General Corporate Matters
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EDUCATION:
Loyola University - JD, 1962
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PROFILE:
In his thirty-nine year
career as an attorney in the corporate and private
sector, Mr. Brannan has represented clients in legal
matters involving all facets of the oil and gas exploration
and production industry in Louisiana, Colorado, Norway
and offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico, the
Gulf of Suez, Alaska, Trinidad and the North Sea. He
has negotiated and drafted numerous contracts involving
virtually every aspect of oil and gas exploration and
production operations, both domestic and international,
including drilling contracts, service contracts, construction
and installation contracts for offshore platforms and
pipelines, and the conversion of a 1,200 foot tanker
in Singapore for use as a floating production facility
offshore the Congo.
Mr. Brannan has extensive experience in defense litigation
resulting from oil well blowouts, as well as litigation
involving personal injury, death and property damage
occurring from oil and gas operations, both maritime
and non-maritime.
His vast experience encompasses the handling of matters
relating to royalty valuation issues at the federal
and state level, in addition to royalty issues arising
from claims and litigation brought by private landowners.
Mr. Brannan has prepared countless title opinions on
lands throughout South Louisiana for use by oil companies
in onshore drilling and production operations and payment
of royalties on production. The knowledge and experience
that Mr. Brannan has gained during his thirty-nine
year practice uniquely qualifies him to advise clients
on any legal matters which might arise in oil and gas
exploration and production operations.
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BAR ADMISSIONS:
All state and federal Courts in Louisiana
United States Claims Court
United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal
United States Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal
United States Supreme Court
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PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES:
Speaker at 1987 meeting of the Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Author of Division Orders, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation 1987
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
Served on the Sub-Committee, Exploration and Production
Law of the American Petroleum Institute
Insurance Committee
of the Construction Industry Institute
Louisiana State
Bar Association
American Bar Association
Southeastern Admiralty Law
Institute, served as the Director of the Institute
from 1988-1990
Serves as Ad Hoc Judge, New Orleans
Municipal Court, from 1999 - present
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