Phillip Wm. Lear
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Email: phillip.lear@learlaw.com

Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Mining Law; Public Land Law; Mineral Title; Oil and Gas Conservation; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Administrative Adjudications; Hearings and Appeals; Natural Resources Litigation; Timber and Logging Law.

Admitted: 1975, Utah; 1991, Colorado and Wyoming; U.S. District Court, District of Utah, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Tenth Circuits, U.S. Supreme Court and Tribal Court, Uintah and Ouray Reservation; 2006, U.S. Court of Claims

Law School: University of Utah, J.D., 1975

College: University of Utah, H.B.A., magna cum laude, Honors College, 1969

Member: Colorado Bar Association; Utah State Bar; Wyoming State Bar; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (President, 2002-2003); Utah Association of Professional Landmen (President, 1997-1998); American Association of Professional Landmen.

Biography: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Theta. Author: Representative Articles: "Utah Oil & Gas Conservation Law and Practice," Utah L. Rev. 89, 1998; "Exhaustion of Tribal Court Remedies: Rejecting Bright-Line Rules and Affirmative Action," 71 N.D.L. Rev. 275 (1995); "Utah's Short Statutes of Limitation for Tax Titles: The Continuing Specter of Lyman v. National Mortgage Bond Corp. - A Need for Remedial Legislation," 1976 BYU L. Rev. 457. Registered Land Professional.

Military: Lt., U.S. Navy, 1969-1972

Languages: German.

Reported Cases: Ecosystem Resources, L.C. v. Broadbent Land & Resources, L.L.C., 158 P.2d 685 (Wyo. 2007); Dye v. Miller & Viele, 587 P.2d 139 (Utah 1978); Bennion v. Graham Resources, Inc., 849 P.2d 569(Utah 1993); Bennion v. ANR Production Co., 819 P.2d 343 (Utah 1991).

Born: Logan, Utah, January 24, 1945

ISLN: 905573685