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Michael D. Jones was born in Hettinger,
North Dakota on February 23, 1952, and was admitted to the Illinois
Bar in 1977 and the Texas Bar in 1980. Mr. Jones is admitted to
practice before all State Courts in Illinois and Texas, as well as all
U. S. District Courts in Texas, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,
the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
He received a
B.A., magna cum laude, from Shimer College in 1974 and a Juris
Doctorate degree, cum laude, from the University Illinois College of
Law in 1977. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Houston
Bar Association Since 1992 he has been Board Certified in Civil Trial
Law and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization. Mr. Jones has tried over 35 jury trials to conclusion
and judgment where the amount in controversy exceeds $250,000 and up
to $14,000,000. Mr. Jones has tried over 10 cases before the judge,
administrative tribunal, or arbitrators in judgment, decision, or
award where the amount in controversy exceeded $250,000 and up to
$4,000,000,000. The great majority of these cases involved oil, gas,
and energy law issues.
Mr. Jones is the
author of The Implied Covenant to Protect – Revisited,
delivered at the 30th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law
Institute, University of Texas School of Law in 2004; Subsurface
Trespass and Hydraulic Fracture Stimulation of Oil and Gas Wells,
33rd Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute 2007;
When Law and Technology Collide ABA Litigation Section Annual
Meeting, 2007; Garza and Subsurface Related Issues 20th Annual
Energy Law Institute, South Texas College of Law, 26th
Annual Oil Gas & Energy Resources Law Course; and Subsurface
Trespass by Hydraulic Fracturing (The Garza Case Revisited)
presented at State Bar of Texas 26th Annual Advanced Oil
Gas & Energy Resources Law Course.
Since 1991, he
has been an Adjunct Professor at South Texas College of Law. In 1998,
he received the Professor Excellence Award for Adjunct Professors.
Mr. Jones has served as an expert witness in oil, gas, and mineral law
cases, as a mediator in oil, gas, and mineral law cases, and has
served as an AAA arbitrator in oil, gas, and mineral law cases.
Mr. Jones’s
primary areas of practice involve and concern oil, gas and mineral law
issues and disputes, civil litigation including commercial matters and
oil and gas issues, and any appeals of these cases. Mr. Jones has
appeared and presented oral arguments before the Fifth Circuit Court,
the Texas Supreme Court, the First Court of Appeals in Houston, the
Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston, the Fifth Court of Appeals in
Dallas, the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio, the Thirteenth
Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi, and the Thirteenth Court of
Appeals in Edinburg. Mr. Jones has tried cases in numerous Texas
counties, including Austin, Bexar, Brazoria, Dallas, Ector, Fort Bend,
Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Liberty, Matagorda,
and Midland counties, as well as the trial of cases in Wyoming,
Colorado, California and Illinois.
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