Patrick A. LeMasters

Patrick A. LeMasters represents clients in energy, real property, and commercial litigation matters throughout Texas.  He attended Texas Tech University School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and graduated in the top 10% of his class.

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

• American Bar Association
• San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen, Member
• State Bar of Texas: Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section, Leadership Academy (2024-2025)

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

• Scene in SA, “San Antonio’s Rising Star Lawyers,” 2023, 2024
• Order of the Coif

NEWS/PUBLICATIONS

01.17.25: What is Production and Production in Paying Quantities?, State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

11.08.24: The Right of Mineral Owners and Non-Operators to Information and Records of Operations, The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation), Advanced Landman’s Institute, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

09.25.24: How Do We Get There? Issues in Leasehold Ingress and Egress, State Bar of Texas, 42nd Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author and speaker

07.10.24: Impact of Minerals on Real Estate Transactions, State Bar of Texas, Real Estate Law 101 Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

06.14.24: Presumed Grant and a New Landscape for Deed Interpretation, State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas & Mineral Title Examination Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author and speaker

02.08.24: Allocation and Production Sharing Agreement Wells in Light of Opiela, San Antonio Bar Association, Natural Resources Section, Patrick A. LeMasters, speaker

01.19.24: The Status of Allocation Wells after Opiela, State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

01.01.24: Perpetuating Oil and Gas Leases in the Permian Basin, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2024), Patrick A. LeMasters and Corey F. Wehmeyer, authors

09.07.23: Van Dyke v. Navigator Group: A New Landscape for Deed Interpretation Litigation, State Bar of Texas, 41st Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

05.25.23: The Search to Establish When Permian Basin Oil & Gas Leases Are Held By Production, Law of Permian Basin Oil & Gas Development and Operations, Special Institute, The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation), Santa Fe, New Mexico, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

01.24.23: Non Operators’ and Mineral Owners’ Rights to Information from Operators, San Antonio Association of Professional Landmen (SAAPL), 34th Annual Mid-Winter Seminar, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

01.19.23: The Status of Allocation Wells and Opiela, State Bar of Texas, Oil and Gas Disputes Couse, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

11.10.22: Voluntary Pooling in Texas, San Antonio Bar Association, Natural Resources Section, Patrick A. LeMasters, speaker

07.22.22: The Right of Mineral Owners and Non-Operators to Information and Records of Operations, The 68th Annual Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law (formerly Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation), Vail, Colorado, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

06.30.22: Fixed or Floating Royalty, State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas & Mineral Title Examination Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

10.01.21: An In-Depth Analysis of Texas Pooling Issues, State Bar of Texas, 39th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

10.01.21: Fixed or Floating? Issues in NPRI Interpretation and Classification, State Bar of Texas, 39th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course, Patrick A. LeMasters, author

03.26.21: Non-Participating Royalty Interest Litigation, The University of Texas School of Law, 47th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute, Patrick A. LeMasters, author