Oil & Gas Litigation

A Respected Shreveport, Louisiana, Oil and Gas Litigation Attorney

Since 1970, The Law Office of G. Warren Thornell, A.P.L.C. has successfully litigated cases that resolved whether an oil and gas well has produced in paying quantities, particularly for marginally producing wells. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in such cases. In fact, Mr. Thornell litigated Ben G. O’Neal and Sally Adrienne O’Neal Webb v. JLH Enterprises, Inc., et al, 862 So.2d 1021 (La. App. 2dCir 2003), a landmark case that continues to guide the law in this area.

We have also been heavily involved in numerous lawsuits dealing with boundary disputes and questions involving good and bad faith acquisitive prescription. Mr. Thornell frequently lectures on such subjects as boundary disputes, the validity of tax sales following a sheriff’s sale, tax redemption issues, and monition lawsuits.

The Law Office of G. Warren Thornell, A.P.L.C. has litigated on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in all areas of oil and gas law, including:

• Disputes between operators concerning accounting procedures
• Disputes between landowners and oil and gas companies over failure to pay royalties on a timely basis
• Title disputes, including adverse possession actions
• Issues involving heirs to mineral rights and royalties
• Expropriation (condemnation) of mineral rights by the state
• Environmental issues and cleanup
• Access to drilling sites

To speak with a skilled, knowledgeable, and experienced trial lawyer regarding oil and gas litigation and other oil and gas law issues, we invite you to contact G. Warren Thornell today.