{"id":23,"date":"2018-10-07T18:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T18:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.lwmattys.com\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2021-07-18T17:15:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T17:15:27","slug":"pat-long-weaver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lwmattys.com\/index.php\/pat-long-weaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Long-Weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-19 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/lwmattys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/PLW-Bio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>TGAAR Tower, 24 Smith Road, Suite 306, Midland, Texas 79705<br \/>\n421 S. Main St., Suite B, Big Spring, Texas 79721<br \/>\nMailing Address: PO Box 3659, Big Spring, Texas 79721<br \/>\n(p) 432-219-8342<br \/>\n(c) 432-559-2529<br \/>\n(f) 844-325-0400<br \/>\nplongweaver@thebasinattorneys.com<\/p>\n<p>Pat Long-Weaver is Managing Attorney, Midland and Big Spring offices of Field, Manning, Stone, Hawthorne &amp; Aycock, P.C.<\/p>\n<p>A veteran trial lawyer, she has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 1995 by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Her experience includes representation of oil and gas stakeholders, from surface\/royalty owners to start-up independents to Fortune 500 companies. With an emphasis on oil and gas litigation, condemnations, environmental issues, and complex business litigation, as well as major incident personal injury defense, she performs both as first chair and as a team manager, taking cases through trial and appeal. She also serves as a mediator.<\/p>\n<p>Her expertise extends to all facets of commercial and oil and gas contract disputes, royalty owner disputes, spill\/remediation litigation, pipeline condemnations, and access, surface use, and right-of-way litigation. She represents units of local government, businesses, and individuals in disputes ranging from contract to property rights.<\/p>\n<p>She is a dedicated volunteer in the State Bar of Texas and is past chair of the Litigation Section Council. She also serves on the Oil and Gas Pattern Jury Charge Committee. This is coupled with being a former officer and director of the Texas Association of Defense Counsel, as well as a long-time member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. She was also a Member of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen in 2017-2018 Held by Production \/ Royalty Issues Task Force<\/p>\n<p>Pat is a Scout through and through. She serves on the Executive Board of the Buffalo Trail Counsel of the Boy Scouts of America. She is a longtime participant in, and avid volunteer for, the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest and has received multiple awards from the organization in recognition of this loyalty including the 2018 Summit Award. She is a fifteen-year volunteer on the CAMP CEO project assisting high school girls. Pat is a devoted sponsor of Masterpiece Theater on BasinPBS and Marfa Public Radio and serves on the BasinPBS Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Howard Payne Academy of Freedom.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Admissions<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. Supreme Court<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit;<\/li>\n<li>U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas<\/li>\n<li>U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas<\/li>\n<li>Texas (1985)<\/li>\n<li>New Mexico (2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Education<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nBaylor University School of Law, J.D., <em>Cum Laude<\/em>, 1985<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baylor Law Review<\/li>\n<li>Baylor Order of Barristers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Howard Payne University, B.S., <em>Magna Cum Laude<\/em>, 1982<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Awards &amp; Recognition<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Texas Super Lawyer, Thomson Reuters (2014-2019)<\/li>\n<li>Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (January, 1995)<\/li>\n<li>Girl Scouts of the Southwest Summit Award (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Named to the 2012 Outstanding Class of Volunteers by the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest<\/li>\n<li>Named to the 2006 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of the Permian Basin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Publications and Presentations<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/lwmattys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Texas-Bar-Adv-OG-Surface-Ownership-and-Rights.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surface Ownership and Rights Update: Reata Revisited &#8211; When Dreams Collide<\/a>&#8220;, Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law, Houston, Texas Bar, Sept. 2019<\/li>\n<li>Panelist, \u201cWorking Alone or as a Team: When and How Legal Superheroes Should Work Together\u201d, Advanced Civil Evidence &amp; Discovery Seminar, Texas bar CLE, Houston and San Antonio, Texas, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cJOA Over and Under: A League or its Own\u201d, Handling Your First (or Next) Oil and Gas Case, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, Dec. 5, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMaintaining Oil and Gas Leases\u201d AAPL Held by Production Seminar, Midland, Fort Worth, Denver, 2018, speaker and member of AAPL Held by Production Task Force.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWitness Examination \u2013 and Planning Your Trial\u201d Texas Association of Defense Council West\u00a0\u00a0 Texas\u00a0\u00a0 Joint\u00a0\u00a0 Meeting\u00a0\u00a0 with\u00a0\u00a0 New\u00a0\u00a0 Mexico\u00a0\u00a0 Defense\u00a0\u00a0 Lawyers Association, Ruidoso, New Mexico 2017.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYou Only Get One Shot!\u00a0\u00a0Lessons from Hamilton.\u00a0\u00a0Witness Examination at Trial\u201d Texas Bar CLE,\u00a0Austin,\u00a0Texas, December 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhat to do if You Find Yourself on the Wrong Floor of the Courthouse:\u00a0 Litigation Update\u201d, 2016 Santa Fe Land Institute, A.A.P.L.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDamages and Attorney\u2019s Fees Update\u201d Litigation Update, State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas 2016.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMay the Force Be with You \u2013 Update on Oil and Gas Trends in the Permian Basin\u201d North Texas Chapter of Women\u2019s Energy Network, Fort Worth, Texas, November 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cExpert Witness Update,\u201d Texas Association of Defense Council West Texas Joint Meeting with New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association, Ruidoso , New Mexico, August 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLegislative Update: Litigation Section Live Webinar,\u201d State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, July 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLegislative Issues Roundtable,\u201d Texas Association of Defense Counsel Meeting, Galveston, Texas, April 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Pipeline Clog,\u201d Midland\u2019s Natural Gas Society of the Permian Basin, Midland, Texas, October 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEnergy Law in Texas,\u201d Texas Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Sept 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Environmental \u201cChallenging and Defending Experts Effectively,\u201d New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association and West Texas TADC Seminar, Ruidoso, New Mexico, August 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDaubert\/Robinson Challenges \u2013 Don\u2019t Win the Battle Just to Lose the War \u2013 How to Effectively Present and Defend Daubert Challenges, Defense Counsel Summer Seminar, Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, July 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRapid-Response Investigations,\u201d How to Respond to OSHA Reportable Incidents Houston Texas Oil Gas Presentation to Industry Representatives, Lake Wood Country Club, Houston, Texas, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDamages in Oil &amp; Gas Litigation,\u201d State Bar of Texas 6th Annual Damages in Civil Litigation, Dallas, Texas, February 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAllocation Well Changes,\u201d Trends, Terms and Lessons Learned Series, Midland, Texas, February 2014.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TGAAR Tower, 24 Smith Road, Suite 306, Midland, Texas 79705 421 S. Main St., Suite B, Big Spring, Texas 79721 Mailing Address: PO Box 3659, Big Spring, Texas 79721 (p) 432-219-8342 (c) 432-559-2529 (f) 844-325-0400 plongweaver@thebasinattorneys.com Pat Long-Weaver is Managing Attorney, Midland and Big Spring offices of Field, Manning, Stone, Hawthorne &amp; Aycock, P.C. 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