Speaker:
• Solutions to the “2050 Challenges” Looming for Agriculture and Food Production, American Agriculture Law Association Annual Education Symposium (Memphis, TN, November 2024) (Panel Chair with Audra Smith, Pepper Rousel, Ridge Howell, and Holiday Hull)
• With Progress Comes Pain: The Winners, Losers, and Challenges in Developing Rural Property to Meet the Needs of Urban Growth, State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Course (July 2024)
• Drafting Surface Use Agreements, State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course (2024)
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Strategies for Rural Real Estate Acquisitions, State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Strategies (2023) (with Roland Love, John Absher, and Paul Pruitt)
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Acquiring Rural Real Estate for Urban Development, Due Diligence, Oil and Gas Issues, Easements and Surface Use Agreements,
Texas Alliance of Land Brokers, June Conferences (2) (2024)
• Rural Subdivisions: Preparing Deed Restrictions without HOA’s and Creating Private Access Agreements,
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Drafting Course (2023) (with Emma C. Grotting)
• An Owners Legacy: Handling Reverters, Restrictions, Covenants, and Conditions (Panel Moderator),
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Strategies Course (2022) (with David Z. Conoly, Michael H. Gentry, and Marc D. Markel)
• When Urban Growth and ‘Farm Livin’ Collide, 30th Annual Texas Land Title Institute (2020)
• Mineral Estate Issues for Commercial Real Estate Transactions
, State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Course (2020)
• From Cradle to Grave: The Life Cycles of Farm and Ranch Ownership, From Acquisition through Operation to Disposition,
American Agricultural Law Association’s Annual Educational Symposium (2019)
• Creation, Enforcement, Avoidance and Termination of Deed Restrictions and Restrictive Covenants,
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Drafting Course (2019) (with Michael H. Gentry and Patrick W. Fogarty)
• Do I Really Have an “Ag Exemption” and How do I Maintain It?
Tarrant Cty. Bar Assoc. Real Estate Section (May 2019)
• Do I Really Have an “Ag Exemption” and How do I Maintain It?
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Course (2018)
• Updated Farm and Ranch Tools and Contracts, State Bar of Texas Adv. Paralegal Seminar (2017)
• Maintaining Agriculture Use and Open-Space “Exemptions,”
Dallas Bar Assoc. Real Estate Discussion Group (2016)
• Updated Farm and Ranch Transaction, Tools and Contracts,
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Law Course (2016)
• Legal Trends, Tips and Tools for Farms and Ranchers,
Texas Southwest Cattle Raisers Assoc. Annual Conv. (2016)
• Maintaining Agricultural and Open-Space Exemptions,
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Drafting Course (2016)
• Farm and Ranch Leases: Legal Issues and Negotiating Strategies,
Lorman Live Webinar (2016)
• Farm and Ranch Transactions, Tools, and Trends, Denton County Bar Assoc. Real Estate Section (Feb. 2016)
• Farm and Ranch Acquisitions: Trends, Tips and Tools, State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Law Course (2015)
• Drafting Effective Agreements for Farm and Ranch Acquisitions and Operations,
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Drafting Course (2015)
• Trends in Farm and Ranch Acquisitions, Tarrant County Bar Assoc. Real Estate Section (March 2015)
• Land, Crops, Cows: Farm and Ranch Acquisition and Financing Issues
, Univ. of Tex. Mortgage Lending Inst. (2014)
• Bi-Annual Real Estate Legislative Update, Austin Bar Assoc. – Real Estate Section (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
• Planning Committee: State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course (2015)
Author:
• Harvesting Soil Nutrient Deductions: Secret Tax Benefits Available to Farmers or Tools for Preserving America’s Rural Land? Or Both?
62:3 REAL EST., PROB., & TR. L. REP. ___ (December, 2024)
• An Owner’s Legacy: Handling Reverters, Restrictions, Covenants, and Conditions (Panel Moderator),
State Bar of Texas Adv. Real Estate Strategies Course (2022) (with David Z. Conoly, Michael H. Gentry and Marc D. Markel)
• Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions and Special Appraisals, 60:3 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 46 (August 2022)
• Updated Farm and Ranch Transaction Tools and Contracts,
26th Tex. Land Title Inst. (2016)
• Drafting Fair Default Remedies in Real Estate Contracts, 53:3 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 40 (July 2015)
• Checklists for Farm/ Ranch Acquisitions, 53:2 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 30 (Feb. 2015)
• Farmers/Ranchers Rights to Use, Sell and Restrict “Their” Water?
Tex. Longhorn Jrnl. 18 (Dec. 2014)
• An Overview of Statutes Affecting Texas Agriculture,
53:1 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 75 (Oct. 2014)
• Ranchers’ Rights to Use, Sell and Restrict “Their” Water
, 52:4 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 26 (July 2014)
• Auctions 101: Important Legal Principles, 52:3 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 45 (May 2014)
• Top Ten Issues Regarding Rural Oil and Gas Leases, 52:3 Real Est., Prob., & Tr. L. Rep. 38 (May 2014)
• LexisNexis® Practice Advisor: Texas Farm and Ranch Law including annotated forms
(2014)
Presentations to Trade Organizations:
• Acquiring Rural Real Estate for Urban Development, Due Diligence, Oil and Gas Issues, Easements and Surface Use Agreements, Texas Alliance of Land Brokers (June 2024)
• Snapshot of Farm/Ranch Opportunities/Challenges (2024)
Webcasts:
• Harvesting Soil Nutrient Deductions: Secret Tax Benefits Available to Farmers or Tools for Preserving America’s Rural Lands? Or Both?,
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