Jeffrey C King

Practice Areas

Jeffrey King is a partner in the firm's Fort Worth office where he is a member of the oil, gas, and resources practice group. He has tried many cases to jury verdicts as well as to the bench and before arbitration panels. Jeffrey has represented a variety of oil and gas producers in federal and state courts and before arbitration panels in Texas, California, Kansas, Colorado, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia and Wyoming, as well as before the Supreme Courts of Texas, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. He also has extensive experience in multi-district and class action litigation.

Professional Memberships

Jeffrey is a frequent speaker and author on various oil and gas topics.

Publications

Co-Author, The Uniform Electronic Transaction Act: Risk of Binding Oil and Gas Industry Contracts, Journal

of the Energy Law Practioner, Vol 1, Issue 1, Texas Tech University School of Law, July 2022

Co-Author, Oil and Gas Litigation Update 2018, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course 2018

Houston Court of Appeals Binds Pre-PSA Emails Created Binding Contract (October 24, 2017)

Co-Author, Up and Coming Trends in Oil and Gas, Annual Judicial Education Conference (2014)

Co-Author, Trends in Oil and Gas Litigation, State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course 2014

Co-Author, Factual Causation: The Missing Link in Hydraulic Fracture--Groundwater Contamination Litigation, 22 Duke University Environmental Law & Policy Forum 341, 2012

Selected Re-Emerging and Emerging Trends in Oil and Gas Law as a Result of Production from Shale Formations, 18 Texas Wesleyan Law Review, 2011

Co-Author, A Primer on Oil and Gas Law in the Marcellus Shale States, 4 Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy law 155 (2009)

Co-Author, When Does An Oil & Gas Lease Contain a Continuous Drilling Obligation, The Landman Magazine, 2008

The Compression of Natural Gas, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, 2006

Lower Natural Gas Prices Will Raise Difficult Questions, Fort Worth Business Press, 2005

Natural Gas Royalties, Texas Bar Journal, 2000

Natural Gas Royalties--Lessor vs. Lessee and the Implied Covenant to Market, Petroleum Accounting and Financial Management Journal, Vol. 19, No.3, 2000

Title Defect Doesn’t Equal Lease Loss, authored with John B. Holden, Jr., North Texas Oil and Gas Newsletter, 1999

Education