Jonathan Grammer
About Jonathan Grammer
Jonathan R. Grammer is a trial attorney, landman and founder of Grammer Land & Exploration, with offices in Amarillo and Austin, Texas. Mr. Grammer has represented independent oil and gas companies as both a landman and attorney in seven states in nearly six dozen lawsuits, effectuated over half a million acres of producing and non-producing transactions and partnership formations for both independents and majors and has made jury arguments and been a featured lecturer on oil and gas in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Illinois, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. He serves on the Law Committee for the IPAA, the Board of Directors for the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, the Board of Directors for the Federal Bar Association’s Division on both Energy and Natural Resources and Federal Litigation, and has served on the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Global Energy and Oil. Mr. Grammer is a Fellow of both the Austin Bar Association and the Oklahoma Bar Foundation. He currently serves as President of the Panhandle Association of Petroleum Landmen and also serves on the Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association’s Legislative Committee. His credentials include committee appointments to the Oklahoma Bar Association’s Title Examination Standards Committee, The Texas Trial Lawyer’s Association, the American Association of Professional Landmen, TIPRO and has been published extensively in the areas of energy law, oil and gas exploration and energy development on a national level.
Mr. Grammer has practiced both trial and appellate law before the United States Supreme Court, The Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the United States District Courts for Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas and Nebraska and before the United States Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th Circuits.
As a trial attorney, Mr. Grammer litigated matters ranging from complex energy and corporate cases to business and commercial contracts disputes. Now he has devoted his legal experience to providing legal, acquisition and consulting services exclusively to independent operators in oil and gas development. GL&E provides services in the areas of joint operating agreements, farmout agreements, title analysis and opinions, lease acquisition, surface damage litigation, division orders, drilling title opinions and corporate contract and partnership formation. GL&E also consults on matters involving the Texas Railroad Commission, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Texas Legislature and the Public Utility Commission.
GL&E has handled projects for clients consisting of national oil and gas companies, renewable energy developers, independent regional operators as well as many other private interests groups. GL&E’s policy is to provide the most accurate and detailed analysis of natural resources and their acquisition at the most affordable rates possible. If you are ready for a detailed and thorough analysis of your acquisition or development project, GL&E is ready to meet with you for a free consultation.
Practice Areas
- MINERAL TITLE
- ENERGY LEASE NEGOTIATIONS
- ACQUISITIONS & DIVESTITURES
- CONTRACT & CORPORATE
- OIL & GAS LITIGATION
- FEDERAL & STATE REGULATORY COMPLIANCE
- SURFACE DAMAGE NEGOTIATIONS & LITIGATION
- PRODUCTION HISTORY & REPORTS
- LEGAL
- CONSULTING
Grammer Land & Exploration specializes primarily in the preparation of detailed and thorough mineral and surface ownership reports and opinions. Reports are prepared only after a complete analysis of all recorded instruments in title chains, probate documents and civil court divorce and litigation filings. In addition to record ownership, reports will include production data, examiner’s notes, necessary curative, leasehold status, royalty status, surface right of way as well as on-site field notes and photographs when necessary.
Grammer Land & Exploration has acquired leases and established good relationships with mineral and surface owners throughout the southwestern United States. Grammer Land & Exploration makes mineral and surface owner relations a strong priority and often insists on in-person discussions regarding its leasing and acquisition efforts. Grammer Land & Exploration puts a strong emphasis on the protection of mineral and surface owner rights and the negotiations of all terms while providing the most aggressive service to its clients.
Grammer Land & Exploration has represented independent oil and gas companies in divestiture and acquisition transactions across the Southwestern United States in both due diligence efforts and construction of purchase/sale agreements, corporate partnerships, mergers and corporate buy-out agreements and overseen transactions in excess of $31 million.
Grammer Land & Exploration handles all aspects of corporate partnership formation between interested parties, contract formation, PSA’s, joint operating agreements, AMIs, farmout agreements, lease assignments, master service agreements, liability agreements, acquisitions and divestitures and oil and gas litigation. See Legal heading below.
Mr. Grammer has represented independent oil and gas companies across the Southwestern United States and has actively practiced law before the United States Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma, the United States District Court the Northern District of Texas, the Western District of Oklahoma, the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas, the District of Nebraska, the District of Colorado and the United States Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th & 10th Circuits.
Grammer Land & Exploration handles all aspects of regulatory compliance with the Texas Railroad Commission, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, as well as under all federal and state regulatory agencies and maintains active involvement in both lobbying efforts, bill tracking and legislative review at both the state and federal levels. For these purposes, Grammer Land & Exploration maintains offices and an active presence in both Austin and Washington, D.C.
With a background in civil contract and business litigation, Grammer Land & Exploration is astute in the terminology, theory and principles of effective negotiations. GL&E has brought this experience and knowledge into the realm of negotiations of surface damage clauses with land owners. GL&E is familiar, on a state by state basis, of differing statutory and common law principles governing surface damage negotiations and in some cases involved in the legislative processes concerning newly developed statutes in this area.
Using various resources, including actual on-site inspection and documentation, Grammer Land & Exploration can provide accurate and detailed reports regarding well history and production statistics. In addition to reporting on desired acreage, Grammer Land & Exploration also provides well log reports, production data and drilling history on adjoining acreage in an effort to provide the most thorough analysis of formation potential.
Having acquired leases, researched title and developed resources in Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma & Kansas, GL&E also provides consulting services in a vast area of issues. GL&E’s main areas of consult are oil and gas law and regulations, unitization and pooling, title analysis, E.R.C.O.T. and landowner issues concerning the public utility commission and Texas Railroad Commission.
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