Articles

  • “Update on the Ventura County 2040 General Plan and Non-Coastal Zoning Ordinance”
    September 2020
    Thomas A. Henry and Tracy K. Hunckler, Authors
  • “Update on CEQA and the Kern County Oil & Gas Ordinance”
    May 2020
    Thomas A. Henry and Tracy K. Hunckler, Authors
  • “Update on the Kern County Oil & Gas Ordinance”
    February 2020
    Thomas A. Henry and Tracy K. Hunckler, Authors
  • “Top Regulatory, Environmental, Legal, and Political Stories to Watch in 2020”
    January 2020
    Joshua L. Baker, Thomas A. Henry, Tracy K. Hunckler, and Carlin A. Yamachika, Authors
  • “Ethics for In-House Counsel: Best Practices for Establishing (and Maintaining) Attorney-Client and Work-Product Privileges in an Electronic World,” 65 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 18 (2019)
    July 2019
    Tracy K. Hunckler, Ryan Thomason, and Carlin A. Yamachika
  • Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Oil & Gas Survey (California – 2018)
    Joshua L. Baker
  • Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, Oil & Gas Survey (California – 2017)
    Joshua L. Baker
  • “Everything Old is New Again: Lease Maintenance Issues that Arise When Oil Prices Drop,” 62 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 20-1 (2016)
    July 2016
    Joshua L. Baker, Julie A. Carter, Tracy K. Hunckler, Sean B. Murphy, Carlin A. Yamachika
  • Bakersfield Association of Professional Landmen, Los Angeles Association of Professional Landmen, “Water Reporting Requirements for Oil and Gas Operators Increased in 2015: An Overview of SB 1281”
    January 1, 2015
    Joshua L. Baker and Brian E. Hamilton, Authors
  • Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Well Stimulation Treatments in California: An Analysis of Recently Proposed Interim-Period Regulations
    December 19, 2013
    Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Authors
  • SB 4 – Interim Well Stimulation Treatment Notice & Certification
    November 21, 2013
    Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Authors
  • Regulating Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Well Stimulation Treatments in California: An Analysis of Senate Bill 4
    September 23, 2013
    Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Authors
  • Pacific Northwest Reporter for the Mineral Law Newsletter, a Publication of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (quarterly)
    2007 – Present
    Carlin A. Yamachika, Author
  • Bakersfield Association of Professional Landmen, “Significant Changes to Surface Owner Notification Statute”
    October 2012
    Carlin A. Yamachika and Joshua L. Baker, Authors
  • AAPL Landman Magazine, “Top Leasing: From the Bottom Up”
    May/June 2012
    Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Authors
  • Matthew Bender’s California Environmental Law and Practice, Mineral Development Chapter
    James M. Day, Jr., Co-Author
  • LAAPL Override, “Use ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: A Warning to Severed Mineral Owners Dealing with Hostile Surface Owners”
    February 2011
    Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Authors
  • “Why Did We Hire that Lawyer, Anyway? A Brief Review of the California Supreme Court’s Recent Decision Regarding the Attorney-Client Privilege”
    January 2011
    Ryan Stephensen, Author
  • AAPL, “Oil and Gas Law: Comparison of Laws on Leasing, Exploration and Production”
    2010
    James M. Day, Jr., Sean B. Murphy, and Joshua L. Baker, Contributing Authors
  • California Onsite Generation, “Combined Heat and Power: A Spontaneous Solution”
    May 2008
    Ann L. Trowbridge, Author
  • California Onsite Generation, “CHP DG: Can’t Buy Me Love”
    August 2007
    Ann L. Trowbridge, Author
  • Spark, “Will California Finally Make Good on its Promise to Include DG in the State’s Energy Mix?”
    September 2005
    Ann L. Trowbridge, Author
  • California Onsite Generation, Regulatory and Policy Update, “The Itron Report: Progress or Sideways?”
    April 2005
    Ann L. Trowbridge, Author
  • NAESCO Newsletter, “Will DG be on Permanent Standby in California?”
    November 2004
    Ann L. Trowbridge, Author
  • The Landman Magazine, “Comparison of Oil and Gas Law in Texas and California (Part I and Part II)”
    November-December 1999 and January-February 2000
    James M. Day, Jr. and Sean B. Murphy, Co-Authors
  • ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, The Year in Review, “Public Lands and Land Use Committee Annual Report”
    1999-2001
    Sean B. Murphy and Carlin Yamachika, Co-Authors
  • California Environmental Law and Land Use Practice, Matthew Bender, Chapter on “Forestry Development”
    1999
    Sean B. Murphy, Co-Author
  • 43rd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, “Mining Law Update”
    1997
    Sean B. Murphy, Co-Author
  • Mining and Geothermal Institute of American Association of Professional Landmen annual meeting, “1996-1997 Mining and Geothermal Federal Legislative and Regulatory Highlights”
    1996-1997
    Sean B. Murphy, Co-Author
  • The Landman Magazine, Volume XXXIX, No. 4, p. 39 “California Legal and Legislative Update and Environmental Due Diligence: Representations, Warranties and Indemnities in Acquisitions and Sales of Producing Properties”
    July-August 1994
    James M. Day, Jr., Co-Author; Julie Carter, Co-Author
  • The Landman Magazine, “So, You Want to Drill for Gas in California”
    July – August 1987
    James M. Day, Jr., Author
  • The Landman Magazine, “Relative Rights of the Surface Owner and the Owner or Lessee of the Mineral Estate”
    October 1985
    James M. Day, Jr., Author
  • State Bar of California Real Property Law Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4, “Dealing with the Mineral Estate”
    1984
    James M. Day, Jr., Author