Mark E Walraven

Mark E Walraven

Graft & Walraven
  • Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Real Estate Law, Probate ...
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Mark Walraven is a trial lawyer who primarily assists mineral owners with oil & gas negotiations, leasing, sales and litigation. Mark negotiates oil & gas leases and sales agreements to obtain the best possible terms for Oklahoma mineral owners. In the last three years alone, Mark and the G&W Oil & Gas Team has successfully negotiated over 1800 leases and mineral sales, obtaining over $120 million in lease bonuses and sales proceeds for Oklahoma mineral owners. Mark also assists clients in reviewing and negotiating lease assignments, division orders, royalty payment issues, and curing defects in title.

On the litigation side, Mark focuses primarily on issues related to oil & gas lease cancellation and royalty deductions. In lease cancellation cases, Mark assists royalty owners with releasing minerals held by non-productive wells. In royalty deduction cases, Mark reviews royalty owner payments to ensure that those payments are made in accordance with the oil & gas lease, and when they are not, to pursue the recovery of royalty deductions taken in violation of the lease.

Mark was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, and attended undergraduate school at the University of Texas in Austin. After graduating from UT in 2002, Mark enlisted in the United States Army and served in the airborne infantry. He later commissioned as an officer and served in the armored scouts, including a combat tour in Iraq as a Scout Platoon Leader. After the Army, Mark attended law school at Baylor University in Waco, where he met the love of his life, Chaille Graft. Mark and Chaille were married in 2011 and moved to Clinton, Oklahoma to practice with Chaille’s father, C.B. Graft, in 2012. Mark and Chaille have three boys, Jackson, Christian and Elias. In his spare time Mark enjoys serving at Life Church in Edmond, scuba diving, playing fantasy football, and doing anything outside with his family.

Practice Areas
    Energy, Oil & Gas Law
    Utilities
    Real Estate Law
    Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
    Probate
    Probate Administration, Probate Litigation, Will Contests
    Estate Planning
    Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
Languages
  • English
Professional Experience
Managing Director
Graft & Walraven
- Current
Awards
Rising Star
Super Lawyers
Professional Associations
Oklahoma Bar Association  # 31257
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Graft & Walraven
2811 E Main St.
Weatherford, OK 73096
Telephone: (580) 772-7721
Graft & Walraven
4801 Gaillardia Pkwy
Ste 150
Oklahoma City, OK 73142
Telephone: (405) 253-6444
Graft & Walraven
525 N 6th St
Clinton, OK 73601
Toll-Free: (580) 323-1516