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DAN FOSTER

OF COUNSEL

Dan Foster focuses his practice on representing individual and business landowners throughout the state of Texas in the areas of eminent domain and condemnation, including in government negotiations, administrative proceedings, and civil trials. Mr. Foster also represents clients in cases involving property rights, vested rights, real estate, and civil litigation. Mr. Foster is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Travis County Bar Association, and the Real Estate Council of Austin. Mr. Foster attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1990 and his Juris Doctorate in 1999. He was admitted to practice in Texas in 1999. Mr. Foster grew up in Hughes Springs, Texas.

  • B.A., The University of Texas at Austin (1990)
  • J.D., The University of Texas at Austin (1999)
  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association

H. ALAN CARMICHAEL

OF COUNSEL

Alan Carmichael is a member of the State Bar of Texas where he has served on numerous committees and is a Life Fellow with the Texas Bar Foundation. Mr. Carmichael is also a member of the Nolan County Bar Association and is admitted to practice in the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Carmichael attended Texas Tech University, where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance in 1977 and his Juris Doctorate in 1980.

  • B.B.A. Finance, Texas Tech University (1977)
  • J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law (1980)
  • State Bar of Texas (Director of District 16 2015-2017, Committees: Litigation and Contracts; Member Services and Education; General Negligence, Intentional Personal Torts, Professional Development; Environmental and Natural Resources; and Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law. Currently serving on Pattern Jury Charge Malpractice Committee and Chairman of the Client Security Fund Committee)
  • Nolan County Bar Association
  • Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
  • U.S. District Courts: Northern and Western Districts of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director 1999-2000)
  • Co-Author, “Emerging Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law: Leases, Tax Abatements, and Ownership of Wind Rights,” Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Section Report, Vol. 28, No. 3, March 2004
  • Author/Speaker, the West Texas Rural Counties Association, Professional Education Conferences, 2004 and 2005, “County and School District Tax Abatement Agreements under Texas Tax Code §312 and 313″
  • Author/Speaker, Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers Association, Spring Meeting, 2006, “Wind Leases and Surface Protection”
  • Co-Author/Speaker, 2006 Wind Energy Institute, Wildcatting for Wind, Texas State Technical College, Sweetwater, Texas,          “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2006″
  • Co-Author/Speaker, Expanding Horizons CLE: Practical Topics from the Giant Side of Texas, Texas Tech University School of   Law and Texas Bar CLE, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2006,” November 3, 2006
  • Co-Author “Wind Leases: Developer and Land Owner Perspectives”, Wind Energy Institute sponsored by the University of          Texas School of Law, Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and the Wind Coalition,               Austin, Texas, February 2007
  • Co-Author/ Speaker, Real Estate Seminar sponsored by Texas Bankers Association, Wealth Management & Trust Division,          Austin, Texas, May 17, 2007, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2007: Leases, Ownership of Wind Rights              and Litigation”
  • Co-Author/Speaker, Wind Law Institute sponsored by West Texas Wind Energy Consortium, Sweetwater, Texas, June 14-15,      2007, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2007: Leases, Ownership of Wind Rights and Litigation
  • Co-Author/Speaker, 29th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, July 12-14, 2007,    “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2007: Leases, Ownership of Wind Rights and Litigation
  • Co-Author/Speaker, “Trends in Wind Energy”, Farm, Ranch & Agri-Business Bankruptcy Institute, sponsored by the Texas Tech                Law School Foundation, Bankruptcy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, The West Texas Bankruptcy Bar         Association, Inc. and the Association of Chapter 12 Trustees, Lubbock, Texas, September 2007
  • Co-Author/Speaker, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law”, sponsored by University of Houston, Oil, Gas and Energy Law                 Section, September 2007
  • Wind Energy Panelist-Speaker, Winter Conference, Western States Land Commissioners Association, Texas General Land           Office, Austin, Texas, January 6-10, 2008
  • Co-Author/Speaker, Wind Law III, TSTC West Texas, Sweetwater, Texas, June 19-20, 2008
  • Co-Author/Speaker/Co-Panelist, Wind Energy Institute, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, January 21-22, 2009
  • Co-Author/Speaker, National Trust Real Estate Association, 2009 Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 4-7, 2009
  • Co-Author/Speaker, Third Annual Agricultural Law Course, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, May 14, 2009
  • Author/Speaker, 2009 Civil Law Seminar, “Texas Tax Abatements”, Texas District and County Attorneys Association, Dallas,     Texas, May 27, 2009
  • Co-Author/Speaker, 24th Annual Real Estate Law Conference, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2009″, South Texas     College of Law, Houston, Texas, June 4, 2009
  • Co-Author/Speaker, 31st Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2009″, State       Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Texas
  • Co-Author/Speaker, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy”, 2010 Real Estate Oil & Gas Conference, Texas Bankers   Association, San Antonio, Texas, April 2010
  • Co-Author/Speaker, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy”, 4th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course, Lubbock,          Texas, May 2010
  • Co-Author/Speaker, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy”, South Texas Wind Energy Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas,         September 2010
  • Co-Author, Speaker, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy”, Midland and Ector County Bar Associations 2011 West Texas        Seminar, Midland, Texas, February 2011
  • Speaker, “Wind Energy Leasing:  Representing Landowner Interests”, AALA 32nd Annual Ag Law Symposium, Austin, Texas,    October 2011
  • Speaker, “Wind Leasing From a Landowner’s Perspective”, Half Moon, LLC Utility-Scale Wind Energy Projects Conference,      September 2012
  • Speaker, “10 ½ Most Important Wind Lease Clauses”, Texas Tech School of Law, April 2013
  • Speaker, “Earth, Wind & Fire: A Discussion of Current Trends and Issues in Water, Wind and Solar Leases”, Texas Bankers        Association Real Estate, Oil & Gas Conference, San Antonio, Texas, March 2014
  • Speaker, “Ride Like the Wind: Selected Issues in Multi-Party Wind Lease Negotiations”, University of Texas School of Law,       Austin, Texas, March 2014
  • Contributing Author, Ernest E. Smith, Roderick E. Wetsel, Becky H. Diffen, and Melissa Powers, Wind Law (LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2015)