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Hargrove, Smelley, Strickland & Langley, P.L.C. offers a wide variety of legal services with a particular expertise in the areas of commercial transactions, natural resources and the regulation thereof. The firm is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice, Litigation, Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, Administrative Law, Corporation and Business, Trusts, Probate, Real Estate, Commercial Lending Transactions.

Representative Clients:

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
El Paso E & P Company
J-O'B Operating Company
Goodrich Petroleum Co.
BEPCO, L.P.
J-W Operating Company
F. Howard Walsh, Jr. XTO Energy Company
JMI Energy, Inc.
Greystone Oil & Gas, L.L.P.
Devon Energy Corporation
Energen Resources Corporation
Petro-Hunt, L.L.C.
Manti Operating, Co.
Nelson Energy, Inc.
Sugar Creek Producing Company
Camterra Resources, Inc.
Conoco Phillips Company
Samson Contour Energy E&P
Bridas Energy USA, Inc.
Chesapeake Operating, Inc.
Will-Drill Production Co., Inc.
Matador Production Co.
Petrohawk Energy Corporation
Indigo Minerals, L.L.C.
Coronado Energy E & P Company, L.L.C.

Address

401 Market Street, Suite 600
Shreveport, LA 71101, (Caddo Parish)

Phone

Phone: 318-429-7200
Fax: 318-429-7201

Website

http://www.hssl-law.com

ASSOCIATES

Magan F. Causey (Associate) born Monroe, Louisiana, February 1, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S. Economics, 2003); Louisiana State University (J.D., B.C.L. 2006). Member, Louisiana Law Review, 2004-2006. Member: Shreveport and Louisiana Bar Associations; Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen. Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Magan F. Causey

Louise F. Pearce (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, December 23, 1957; admitted to bar, 2004, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., 1979); University of Louisiana at Monroe (B.S., 2001); Louisiana State University (J.D., B.C.L., 2004). Member, American Association of Professional Landmen; Member and Past Director, Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen; Member, Shreveport Geological Society. Member: Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mineral Law.Email: Louise F. Pearce

T. Issac Howell (Associate) born West Monroe, Louisiana, January 2, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S. 2002); Louisiana State University (J.D., B.C.L., 2005). Member: Shreveport and Louisiana State Bar Associations; Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen. Practice Areas: Mineral Law.Email: T. Issac Howell

Chad E. Sepulvado (Associate) born Shreveport, Louisiana, November 8, 1982; admitted to bar, 20007, Louisiana. Education: Centenary College (B.A., Political Science, 2004); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2007; B.C.L., 2007). Member, Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen, 2008—. Member: Shreveport, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Energy; Oil and Gas; Commercial; Commercial Litigation.Email: Chad E. Sepulvado

Julianna P. Parks (Associate) born West Monroe, Louisiana, May 23, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana; 2007, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University at Shreveport (B.A., 2003); Louisiana State University (J.D., 2006; B.C.L., 2006). Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Tom Stagg. Member, Ark-La-Tex Association of Professional Landmen, 2007—. Member: Louisiana State and Shreveport Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Mineral Law.Email: Julianna P. Parks

Bendel L. Carr, Jr. (Associate) born Monroe, Louisiana, August 16, 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.S., Finance, 2003); Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 2006; B.C.L., 2006). Order of the Coif. Formerly with Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond and Mintz. Member: New Orleans Federal, Baton Rouge and Shreveport Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Energy; Oil and Gas; Commercial; Commercial Litigation.Email: Bendel L. Carr, Jr.

OF COUNSEL

William G. Conly (Of Counsel) born Shreveport, Louisiana, April 30, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Louisiana. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1976). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Louisiana Law Review, 1975-1976. Member: Lafayette and Louisiana State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Title Examination; Successions and Probate.