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 - 37th 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