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College: Southern Methodist University
Law School: The University of Tulsa
Admitted to the State Bar of Texas in: 1999
Practice Area(s):
Energy
LitigationProfile:
Ms. Withrow, a senior counsel of the Firm, practices in the Energy Section focusing on oil and gas projects and related litigation. Ms. Withrow came to KRCL with extensive energy experience in the oil and gas industry. She began her career as inhouse counsel for Phillips Petroleum Company where she focused on oil and gas contracts, upstream, midstream and downstream, and products liability litigation, specifically involving catastrophic incidents. She then joined Occidental Chemical Corporation as Assistant General Counsel where her primary duties included commercial contracts, products liability litigation; and mergers, acquisitions and divestures. After leaving Occidental Chemical Corporation she joined Pioneer Natural Resources Company as Senior Attorney. At Pioneer, Ms. Withrow specialized in negotiating and drafting various oil and gas agreements for exploration, production and construction projects in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. She also had primary responsibility for litigation, commercial contracts and legal advice to Pioneer's Mid-continent, Gulf Coast (including the OCS and Deepwater Gulf of Mexico),West Panhandle Field and Alaska operations groups. In addition, she was a member of a team responsible for the due diligence and drafting of agreements for various mergers and acquisitions.
Scope of Practice:
Oil and gas projects and related litigation.
Recent Representations:
Represents several oil and gas companies in various due diligence projects for acquisitions and drafting and revising various upstream, midstream and downstream agreements, including Joint Operating Agreements, Oil and Gas Gathering Agreements, Participation Agreements, Production Handling Agreements, Drilling Agreements as well as other oil and gas agreements.
Defends petrochemical companies in toxic tort and chemical exposure litigation.
Assists petrochemical companies in the investigation of claims and litigation involving explosions.
Professional Affiliations:
Dallas Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Texas Association of Defense Counsel.
Admissions:
State Bar of Oklahoma, 1988; State Bar of Texas, 1999; U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. United States Claims Court. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Tenth Circuits.
Education:
The University of Tulsa College of Law, J.D. 1988; Southern Methodist University, B.B.A. 1985. | 