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 ROBERT
NORTON BARNES
Martindale-Hubbell
Rating AV
EDUCATION:
B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1970 with a major in English
Literature and a minor in Chemistry/Zoology.
J.D. from the
University of Oklahoma School of Law in May, 1974. Recipient of
the American Jurisprudence Award in Property Law.
LEGAL
EMPLOYMENT:
1992-Present. Barnes & Lewis, LLP.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
(formerly Robert N. Barnes, P.C. and Barnes, Smith,
Lewis & McCutcheon, P.C.).
1982-1992 Stack
& Barnes, P.C.Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1981-1982 President, Carson Petroleum Corp.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1979-1981 Vice President, Texas International Petroleum Corp.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1977-1979 Texas Oil & Gas Corp.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Dallas, Texas
1976-1977 Gibbon, Gladd, Clark, Barnes & Taylor, P.A.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
1974-1976 Robert N. Barnes
Solo practice
AREA
OF PRACTICE:
Mr. Barnes has concentrated his practice in
the oil and gas exploration and production business. He is primarily
a litigator handling complicated natural gas production and marketing,
geological, engineering and environmental issues. However, he has
also worked in the industry as an in-house attorney, landman and
executive. This varied background has given him a practical approach
to client representation.
WRITING & LECTURES:
Mr. Barnes authored "Preparing and Understanding
the Joint Operating Agreement", presented to the Oklahoma City
University School of Law in 1984 and to various other groups in
succeeding years. Mr. Barnes authored "Environmental Pollution
in the Oil Patch", presented to the Oklahoma Bar Association
in 1989. He co-authored "Common Law In Pollution Cases, The
Plaintiff's Viewpoint", published in the Oklahoma Environmental
Law Handbook. Mr. Barnes co-authored "Tort Liability for Past
Mineral Development Activities" Rocky Mountain Mineral Law
Institute, 1998, and presented the lecture at the seminar. He co-authored
"The Allocation of Risk in Gas Purchase Contracts After Golsen
v. ONG Western, Inc.", Oklahoma City University Law Review
Fall, in 1988. Mr. Barnes has been a frequent lecturer over the
years on many aspects of the petroleum industry.
COURTS
& ORGANIZATIONS:
Mr. Barnes is listed in The
Best Lawyers in America, is a member
of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, American
Bar Association, Oklahoma City Mineral Lawyers Society, and Oklahoma
Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice before the
Oklahoma Supreme Court, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, the
United States Supreme Court, the Federal District Court for the
Northern District of Oklahoma, the Western District of Oklahoma,
the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and the Texas Supreme Court.
REPRESENTATIVE
CASES:
Mr. Barnes was the lead counsel in the following
reported decisions:
Fischer v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 774 F. Supp. 616 (W.D. Okla.
1989)
Marshall v. El Paso Natural Gas Co., 874 F.2d 1373 (10th Cir. 1989)
Enfield v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 778 F.Supp. 33 (W.D. Okla. 1989)
Enfield v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 790 F.Supp. 1080 (W.D. Okla.
1989)
Branch v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 778 F.Supp. 35 (W.D. Okla. 1991)
Burk v. Hondo Oil & Gas Co., 139 F.R.D. 695 (W.D. Okla. 1991)
Branch v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 772 F.Supp. 570 (W.D. Okla. 1991)
Branch v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 788 F.Supp. 531 (W.D. Okla. 1991)
Branch v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 788 F.Supp. 537 (W.D. Okla. 1992)
Branch v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 788 F.Supp. 539 (W.D. Okla. 1992)
Davis v. Shell Oil Co., 795 F.Supp. 381 (W.D. Okla. 1992)
Branch v. Mobil Oil Corporation, 143 F.R.D. 255 (W.D. Okla. 1992)
Bethesda Boys Ranch v. Atlantic Richfield co., et al., 208 B.R.
980 (N.D. Okla. 1997)
Okland Oil Co. v. Conoco, Inc., 144 F.3d 1308 (10th Cir. 1998)
Ashworth et al v. Aspect Resources LLC, et al, Case No. 01-01-00815CV, Court
of Appeals for the First District of Texas, September
4, 2003.
NC Corff Partnership v. OXY, USA , 1996 OK CIV APP 92.
Ashworth, et al. v Aspect Resources LLC, et al., 2003 WL 22053712 [(
Tex. App.- Hous.(1 Dist)]
The Ashworth case is reported in Westlaw and not in SW3d.
Mr. Barnes was the
lead counsel in the Bridenstine
v. Kaiser-Francis Oil Co., et al., Case No. CJ-2000-1
(formerly Beaver county Case No. CJ-95-54), District Court
of Texas County, Oklahoma. Judgment entered on the jury verdict
of actual damages in the amount of $54,960,606.30 and punitive
damages in the amount of $18,803,446.85. Settlement with the
other Defendants, excluding Kaiser-Francis, totaled approximately
$26 million dollars. On
August 23, 2004 Bridenstine and sole remaining defendant
(Kaiser-Francis) reached a settlement after the case has been
pending for over 9 years. The
settlement amount is $82.5 million dollars accruing interest
at 6% until paid. Please see “Bridenstine
v. Kaiser-Francis” for more details about this case.
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