Speaker:
• 2050 Challenges Looming for Ag & Food Production, National Farm Business Managers and Analysts National Conference (June 9-12, 2025, Fort Worth, TX
• Harvesting Soil Nutrient Deductions: Powerful, Proven Tools, 18th Annual John Huffaker Agricultural Law Course (May 28-30, 2025, Lubbock, TX)
• Drafting a Reservation, State Bar of Texas Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course (March 2025)
•2050 Challenges Looming for Ag &Food Production, National Farm Business Managers and National Conference ( June 9-12, 2025, Fort Worth, TX)
• 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?
62:4 REAL EST., PROB.,&a&p; 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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