IEL Announces 2nd Leadership Class

The Institute for Energy Law (IEL) received an astounding seventy-one applications for the 2nd IEL Leadership Class. Forty impressive individuals were selected by a committee to take part in this year’s class. The class consists of attorneys, landmen, a professor, and an economic consultant from ten states and the District of Columbia.  Their experience in their field ranges from three to fourteen years, with an average of eight years in practice.  While many work in oil and gas litigation and transactions, several also have experience in areas such as environmental, toxic tort, construction, intellectual property, maritime, renewables, mining, power, and much more.  Class members are dedicated to the communities in which they live and their pro bono efforts.  The class includes multiple college athletes (discus, rowing, bodybuilding, football, and more), musicians, gardeners, board game lovers, and even a film festival screener.

The class will meet in September for a mandatory retreat, which includes one and a half days of programming geared specifically towards young energy professionals.  The class will continue through spring of 2020 with webinars, networking events, programming at IEL's 71st Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference, and IEL’s 4th National Young Energy Professionals’ Law Conference in Austin, Texas.

The 2019-2020 IEL Leadership Class consists of the following individuals:

  • Andrew Biberstein, Shell Oil Company
  • Stefanie Burt, Reed Smith LLP
  • Jane Campbell, Chevron
  • Andrew L. Carter, Baker Hughes, a GE company
  • Martha Buttry Daniels, White & Case
  • Tod Everage, Kean Miller LLP
  • Nicholaus Floyd, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
  • Christopher Furey, Bricker & Eckler, LLP
  • Anna Gryska, Winston & Strawn
  • Chelsea Rebecca Heinz, Babst Calland Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
  • Kelly Herrera, ConocoPhillips Company
  • Miles Indest, McGuireWoods
  • Amanda James, King & Jurgens, LLC
  • Matthew Jordan, EQT Production Company
  • Jennifer Kaiser, Continental Resources, Inc.
  • Adam Kowis, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • Andrew Martin, Davidson Summers, APLC
  • Jessica H. Mendoza, Railroad Commission of Texas
  • Adam Morgan, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation
  • Erin Murphy, Encana Oil & Gas
  • Ashley Nguyen, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  • Abigail (Abby) Noebels, Susman Godfrey LLP
  • William J. O'Brien Jr., Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
  • Laura Olive, NERA Economic Consulting
  • Kelly Perrier, Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett McCollam Duplantis & Eagan, LLC
  • Brett Podkanowicz, EnCore Permian
  • Roy Prather III, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
  • Michael Razeeq, Holland & Knight, LLP
  • Krystal Scott, Jones Walker
  • Ekin Senlet, Barclay Damon LLP
  • Matt Sherwood, Brown & Fortunato, PC
  • Alma Shields, Liskow & Lewis
  • Freddy Sourgens, Washburn University School of Law
  • Laura Springer Brown, Liskow & Lewis
  • Timothy Sullivan, GableGotwals
  • Joseph A. Unis, Jr., Locke Lord LLP
  • Elly Austin Vecchio, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
  • Kenyon Weaver, U.S. Department of Commerce, Commercial Law Development Program
  • Steven Williamson, King & Spalding LLP
  • Robert Woods, Yetter Coleman LLP