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Biography
Robert C. Grable is a partner in Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, the head of its Energy practice group, and one of the firm’s seven founding members. He obtained his bachelor of arts from Southern Methodist University in 1968 and graduated with high honors in 1971 from the University of Texas School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and Chancellors, an Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review, and Grand Chancellor of his class.
Mr. Grable’s practice consists largely, but not exclusively, of representing clients in litigation and administrative hearings involving various facets of the oil and gas industry. He has represented independent producers, major oil companies, pipelines, and royalty owners in a wide variety of litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts and before state and federal administrative agencies. He is counsel of record in over 30 appellate decisions, including five significant oil and gas opinions of the Texas Supreme Court, in all of which he represented the prevailing party.
Although Mr. Grable’s practice principally involves legal matters arising in domestic on-shore activities, he also has represented clients in certain aspects of international oil and gas operations, including government concessions and operations in on-shore France, off-shore Bahrain, and Ras al Khaimah, a member of the United Arab Emirates.
Mr. Grable is President and a Trustee for the University of Texas Law Foundation, as well as a member of the McDonald Observatory and Astronomy Board of Visitors at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the University of Texas Development Board and the Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee. Mr. Grable is also a former Chairman and member of the Management Committee of the Texas Ballet Theatre.
Bob and his wife, Marty, have two grown children. Bob enjoys golf, reading, the visual and performing arts, and travel.
Education & Honors
University of California at Los Angeles
Southern Methodist University, B.A., 1968
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with high honors, 1971
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1970-1971
Chancellors
Order of the Coif
Admission & Affiliations
Texas, 1971
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Vice President and Trustee, University of Texas Law School Foundation
Member, University of Texas Development Board; Chancellor’s Council Executive Committee
Phi Delta Phi
Phi Kappa Phi
Board Certified, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Chairman, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law section, State Bar of Texas, 1991-1992
Listed in the Best Lawyers in America, 1995 and subsequently
Lieutenant JAGC, U.S.N.R. (active duty), 1971-1974
Significant Matters
El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Lea Partners, L.P., 2003 WL 21940729 (Tex.App.-El Paso 2003)
In re Bass, 113 S.W.3d 735 (Tex. 2003)
Carter Trust ex rel. Fortson v. U.S., 256 F. Supp. 2d 536, 91 A.F.T.R.2d 2003-1946, 2003-1 USTC P 50,418 (N.D. Tex., April 11, 2003)
In re Hoover, Bax & Slovacek, L.L.P., 6 S.W.3d 646 (Tex.App.-El Paso, 1999)
Sid Richardson Carbon & Gasoline Co. v. Interenergy Res., Ltd., 99 F.3d 746 (5th Cir. (Tex.) 1996)
Harrison v. Bass Enter. Prod. Co., 888 S.W.2d 532, 130 Oil & Gas Rep. 138 (Tex.App.-Corpus Christi, 1994)
Texas Water Comm’n v. City of Fort Worth, 875 S.W.2d 332 (Tex.App.-Austin 1994)
Moncrief v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., 861 P.2d 516, 65 A.L.R.5th 707 (Wyo. 1993)
Moncrief v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co., 861 P.2d 500 (Wyo. 1993)
Amoco Prod. Co. v. U.S., 852 F.2d 1581 (10th Cir. (Utah) 1988)
Sowell v. Northwest Cent. Pipeline Corp., 703 F. Supp. 575 (N.D.Tex., 1988)
Sowell v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America, 789 F.2d 1151 (5th Cir. (Tex.) 1986)
Sid Richardson Carbon & Gasoline Co. v. Internorth, Inc., 595 F.Supp. 497 (N.D. Tex. 1984)
R.R. Comm’n v. Lone Star Gas Co., 587 S.W.2d 110 (Tex. 1979)
Exxon Corp. v. R.R. Comm’n, 571 S.W.2d 497 (Tex. 1978)
R.R. Comm’n v. Graford Oil Corp., 557 S.W.2d 946 (Tex. 1977)
Imperial Am. Res. Fund, Inc. v. R.R. Comm’n, 557 S.W.2d 280 (Tex. 1977)
Publications & Speeches
"Operator Liability, Marketing Obligations, Tension Points, and Royalty Calculations Under Joint Operating Agreements," Dallas Bar Association Energy Law Section Annual Review of Oil and Gas Law, August 2003
"The Discovery Rule in Oil and Gas Litigation: A Rematch," State Bar of Texas 16th Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, October 1998
"The Discovery Rule and How It Applies to Oil and Gas Litigation," State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, September 1995
Author and Lecturer, "Royalty and Division Order Issues," 15th Annual Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, March 1989
"Selected Problems in Split Stream Gas Production," State Bar of Texas Advanced Oil, Gas and Mineral Institute, September 1987
"Panhandle Field Litigation," Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section Report, Vol., II, No. 2, Dec. 1985
Practice Areas
Appellate
Energy Regulations and Administrative Hearings
Energy Litigation
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