Presentations

Private Client, “Corporate Attorney-Client Privilege: Best Practices for Establishing (and Maintaining) Attorney-Client Privileges in an Electronic World”
October 2020
Tracy K. Hunckler and Ralph R. Nevis, Co-Presenters
Bakersfield Association of Professional Landmen, “Uncertainty in the California Regulatory Environment: A Review of Ventura County and State Efforts to Stop Oil and Gas Projects”
October 2020
Thomas A. Henry and Tracy K. Hunckler, Co-Presenters
Bakersfield Association of Professional Landmen, “Gaps in Production under HBP Leases”
May 2020
Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenter
37^th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “On My Desk Today: A Day in the Life of a California Landman”
September 2019
Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenter
65th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, “Ethics for In-House Counsel: Best Practices for Establishing (and Maintaining) Attorney-Client and Work-Product Privileges in an Electronic World”
July 2019
Tracy K. Hunckler and Carlin A. Yamachika, Co-Presenters
36th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “We Know a Thing or Two Because We’ve Seen a Thing or Two: A Thirty Year Perspective on Title”
September 2018
Julie A. Carter and Sean B. Murphy, Co-Presenters
35th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Oil and Gas Conveyances in California: How to Get (or Give) What You Want”
October 2017
Private Client, “Farmout Agreements and JOAs”
May 2017
Sean B. Murphy, Julie A. Carter, Tracy K. Hunckler, Carlin A. Yamachika and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “Updates from the New AAPL Model Form Operating Agreement (Ironically Dated 2015)”
May 2017
Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen
Private Client, “Key Considerations for Farmout Agreements”
November 2016
Sean B. Murphy, Julie A. Carter, Tracy K. Hunckler, Carlin A. Yamachika and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
34th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Co-Tenancy Rights and Obligations, With and Without a Joint Operating Agreement”
September 2016
Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
62nd Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, “Everything Old is New Again: Lease Maintenance Issues that Arise When Oil Prices Drop”
July 2016
Sean B. Murphy and Carlin A. Yamachika, Co-Presenters
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “Lease Maintenance Issues in Today’s Market: What’s Enough?”
May 2016
Sean B. Murphy and Carlin A. Yamachika, Co-Presenters
Sacramento County Bar Association, Real Property Law Section, “Gathering Sticks Back into the Bundle: How Property Owners Can Reacquire Ownership of Severed, Dormant Minerals”
March 2016
E. Ryan Stephensen
Private Client, “Exploration Agreements in the Oil and Gas Industry”
December 2015
Julie A. Carter and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
33rd Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “In Good Times, Bad Times and Everything in Between: The Always-Important Farmout Agreement”
September 2015
Sean B. Murphy and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
Private Client, “Surface Use and Right-of-Way Agreements in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry”
August 2015
Julie A. Carter and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
Private Client, “Confidentiality and Indemnification Agreements in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry”
June 2015
Tracy K. Hunckler and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
Los Angeles Association of Professional Landmen, “California’s Oil and Gas Lien Act: Offense & Defense”
May 2015
E. Ryan Stephensen
Bakersfield Association of Professional Landmen, “California’s Oil and Gas Lien Act: Offense & Defense”
March 2015
Ralph Nevis
32nd Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Actual, Constructive and Inquiry Notice When Conducting Title Due Diligence: Is it Ever Okay to Keep Your Head in the Sand?”
October 2014
Julie A. Carter and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
Los Angeles Association of Professional Landmen, “Understanding SB 4: What’s in it for You as a Land Professional”
March 2014
Tracy K. Hunckler
Bakersfield Association of Petroleum Landmen, “Senate Bill 4: Conducting Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Well Stimulation Treatments Under SB 4”
November 2013
E. Ryan Stephensen
Air and Waste Management Association, “Greenhouse Gas CEQA Lawsuit”
October 2013
31st Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “The Changing Tide of Your JOA Form for Horizontal Operations”
September 2013
Tracy K. Hunckler and Carlin A. Yamachika, Co-Presenters
Bay Planning Coalition, “Cap and Trade Mechanics”
June 2013
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “Force Majeure: Is Your Clause Keeping Up With the Times?”
April 2013
Joshua Baker and Carlin Yamachika, Co-Presenters
Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. Conference, “Developing Compressed Air Energy Storage Projects”
April 2013
James M. Day, Co-Presenter
Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. Conference, “Solar Development, Land Acquisition 101”
April 2013
James M. Day, Presenter
Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. Conference, “Land Acquisition for Renewable Energy Projects: Condemnation and Eminent Domain Scenarios”
April 2013
Ralph R. Nevis, Presenter
National Business Institute, Inc., “Eminent Domain From Start to Finish: The Eminent Domain Process, Challenging the Right to Take, and Ethics in Condemnation”
April 2013
Ralph R. Nevis, Presenter
Bakersfield Association of Petroleum Landmen, “A New Frontier for Oil & Gas Operators: The Uncertain Future of Well Permitting—Kern County Changes, CEQA Litigation, & DOGGR Hydraulic Fracturing Regs”
January 2013
Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
American Petroleum Institute, “A New Frontier for Oil & Gas Operators: The Uncertain Future of Well Permitting-Kern County Changes, CEQA Litigation, and DOGGR Hydraulic Fracturing Regs”
January 2013
Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
30th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Title Issues Prior to Drilling: One Colorful Story at a Time!”
September 2012
Julie A. Carter, Carlin A. Yamachika, and Joshua L. Baker, Co-Presenters
58th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, “Mining and Public Land Law Update”
July 2012
Sean B. Murphy, Presenter
58th Annual AAPL Meeting, “Comparative Oil and Gas Review of West Coast Law”
June 2012
James M. Day, Jr., Co-Presenter
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “Use ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: Protecting Severed Mineral Owners from Adverse Possession”
May 2012
Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
AAPL Mining and Land Resource Institute, “Use ‘Em or Lose ‘Em: A Warning to Severed Mineral Owners-Dealing With Hostile Surface Owners”
March 2012
Tracy K. Hunckler and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
Bakersfield Association of Petroleum Landmen, “Title Review on Federal Lands: What Do You Review, Where Do You Find It, and Does It Really Matter?”
February 2012
Sean B. Murphy, Presenter
29th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Top Leasing: From the Bottom Up”
September 2011
Sean B. Murphy and Tracy K. Hunckler, Co-Presenters
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “The Duty to Protect Against Drainage”
April 2011
Joshua Baker and Sean B. Murphy, Co-Presenters
AAPL Field Landman Seminar, “An Overview of Consent to Assign Issues in Acquisitions”
April 2011
Sean B. Murphy, Presenter
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “The Cone of Silence: Creating and Maintaining Confidential Information”
November 2010
Ralph Nevis and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
Sacramento Petroleum Association, “The Cone of Silence: Creating and Maintaining Confidential Information”
October 2010
Ralph Nevis and E. Ryan Stephensen, Co-Presenters
United States Energy Association, “Accelerating Combined Heat & Power Deployment: Unique Solutions and Common Approaches”
October 2010
Ann L. Trowbridge, Presenter
HalfMoon Seminars, “Agreements and Disputes in Oil and Gas Production”
October 2010
Tracy Hunckler, Presenter
28th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Common Transactional Pitfalls in Acquisitions of Oil and Gas Properties”
September 2010
Julie Carter and Carlin Yamachika, Co-Presenters
LAAPL, “Land and Legal Issues Related to Horizontal Drilling”
May 2010
Julie Carter, Presenter
California Municipal Utilities Association, Annual Conference, “Statewide Initiatives and Public Agencies”
2010
Ann L. Trowbridge, Presenter
HalfMoon Seminars, “Gas, Oil, and Mineral Land Law”
January 2010
James M. Day Jr., Tracy Hunckler, Ralph Nevis, and Carlin Yamachika, Co-Presenters
27th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “The Seismic Shootout: Winning the Duel with Problem Surface Owners”
September 2009
Joshua Baker, Co-Presenter; Tracy Hunckler, Co-Presenter
Day Carter & Murphy LLP Bakersfield Breakfast Series, “There Will Be Blood: Dissection of the Pooling Clause”
December 2008
Joshua Baker, Co-Presenter; Julie Carter, Co-Presenter
NADOA 35th Annual Institute, “Voluntary Pooling in California: Pitfalls and Practices”
October 2008
Carlin Yamachika, Presenter
25th Annual West Coast Land Institute, “Understanding Ethics: The Moral Compass of a Petroleum Landman”
October 2007
Carlin Yamachika, Presenter
HalfMoon Seminars, “Oregon Real Estate Title Issues: Understanding Mineral Rights and Surface Issues”
June 2007
Carlin Yamachika, Co-Presenter
24th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Horizontal Well Issues”
September 2006
Julie Carter, Presenter
24th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Gas Storage Basics in California”
September 2006
James M. Day, Jr., Presenter
Lorman Education Services, “Contract Negotiations and Preparation in the Oil and Gas Industry: Drafting Complete and Unambiguous Contracts in California”
December 2005
James M. Day, Jr., Co-Presenter; Sean B. Murphy, Co-Presenter; Carlin Yamachika, Co-Presenter
Sacramento Petroleum Association, “Bello v. ABA Energy: Transportation of Gas in County Road Rights-of-Way”
March 2005
Tracy Hunckler, Presenter
Intermountain Combined Heat & Power Association, 6th Annual USCHPA Policy Summit, “Setting a State Public Utilities Commission Agenda
2005
Ann L. Trowbridge, Presenter
United States Combined Heat & Power Association, 6th Annual CHP Policy Summit, “How Do You Set the Agenda of a State PUC?”
2005
Ann L. Trowbridge, Presenter
22nd Annual West Coast Landmen’s Conference, “California Oil & Gas Law Update”
September 2004
Julie Carter, Co-Presenter; Tracy Hunckler, Co-Presenter
Lorman Education Services, “Development Within and Around Wetlands”
2004
Power Association of Northern California, Spring Conference, Conference Chair
2004-2005
21st Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Acquiring Geophysical Data”
September 2003
Julie Carter, Presenter
21st Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Landmen and the Unauthorized Practice of Law”
September 2003
Sean B. Murphy, Co-Presenter; Carlin Yamachika, Co-Presenter
National Association of Energy Service Companies, 2003 Mid-Year Conference, “Standby Rates & Tariff Requirements: Ensuring a Future for Distributed Energy Resources”
2003
Ann Trowbridge, Presenter
Distributed Generation and On-Site Power, 7th Annual Conference, “The California Experience: Developing DG Projects in a Re-Regulated Market”
2003
Ann Trowbridge, Speaker
19th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “What Went Wrong With Deregulation?”
September 2001
Ann Trowbridge, Presenter
47th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, “Environmental Law Update”
July 2001
Sean Murphy, Presenter
Kern River Oil & Gas Series, “California Energy Crisis”
2001
James M. Day, Jr., Co-Presenter; Ann L. Trowbridge, Co-Presenter
Federal Energy Bar Association, Western Chapter, Annual Meeting, Moderator
2001
18th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “California Water Rights”
September 2000
James M. Day, Jr., Presenter
18th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Dealing with Bankruptcy in the Oil and Gas Field”
September 2000
Julie Carter, Presenter
American Association of Mineral Owners, “Comparison of Selected Provisions in Long Forms of Lease in Use by Sophisticated California Mineral Owners”
2000
James M. Day, Jr., Presenter
17th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Ethical and Legal Standards Governing The Landmen’s Gift of Gab”
September 1999
Julie Carter, Presenter
Sacramento Petroleum Association, “I’ve Got a Secret: How to Keep Oil and Gas Trade Secrets Secret”
1999
Tracy Hunckler, Presenter
16th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Comparison of Oil and Gas Law in Texas and California”
September 1998
James M. Day, Jr., Co-Presenter; Sean B. Murphy, Co-Presenter
Sacramento Petroleum Association, “Liability for Plugging and Abandoning Idle Wells”
1997
Sean Murphy, Presenter
15th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Geophysical Trespass”
September 1997
Sean B. Murphy, Presenter
11th Annual West Coast Landmen’s Institute, “Environmental Due Diligence”
September 1993
Julie Carter, Presenter