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Karolyn Gillespie is a senior counsel in our litigation section where she focuses on oil and gas litigation. Ms. Gillespie also has vast experience in contractual disputes, business torts, fraud, eminent domain, regulatory takings, market manipulation, personal injury and natural resource-based claims. She is a former in-house counsel for one of the world's largest oil and gas companies and was a commissioned lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Education J.D., cum laude, University of San Francisco, 1994 Law Review Moot Court Best Brief Award (1992) American Jurisprudence Award for Legal Research and Writing (1992) American Jurisprudence Award for Administrative Law (1993) M.P.A., University of Texas at El Paso, 1991 B.A., cum laude, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, 1985 Bar Admissions New Mexico Texas Admitted To Practice U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Federal Claims U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas Publications & Presentations Publications: Takings Law West of the Pecos: Inverse Condemnation of Federal Oil and Gas Lease Rights, 37 NAT. RESOURCES J. 253 (1997). The First Marketable Product Doctrine: Just What Is the Product? 37 ST.MARY’S L.J. 1 (2005). Presentations: University of New Mexico School of Law, Oil and Gas Symposium, November 1996 8th National Oil and Gas Royalty Conference, December 5-6, 2005 Professional History Senior Counsel in the law firm of Locke Liddell & Sapp Of Counsel, Beck, Redden & Secrest, LLP, Houston, 2004-2007 In House Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Houston, 2000-2004 Associate, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Nickens & Wilson, LLP, Houston, 1999-2000 Associate, Hinkle, Cox, Eaton, Coffield, & Hensley, Roswell, N.M. 1994-1999 Platoon Leader, U.S. Army, 13th Ordinance Company, Fort Bliss, Texas, 1988-1990 United States Army Officer Candidate School, Fort Benning, Ga., 1986 Commissioned Lieutenant, Quartermaster Corps. | 