Thornton Energy, Oil & Gas Lawyers

Benjamin Kinney specializes in energy law and estate planning, particularly in oil and gas transactions. His law practice is focused on helping individuals and businesses navigate the many legal, regulatory and policy challenges in the energy industry. He works with mineral owners to negotiate and review leases, develop strategies for mineral holdings and other issues specifically related to individual and corporate mineral owners.

He also provides estate planning services including wills, trusts, healthcare directives, powers of attorney, and other documents. He is a certified Personal Family Lawyer and supports clients to make informed and empowered decisions about their families and wealth.

John Davis is a founder and Managing Member at Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC. He practices and oversees the firm’s intellectual property, residential and commercial property, commercial transactions, and litigation practice areas. For his clients, John focuses on business problems and solutions, including entity creation, financing, mergers & acquisitions, entity reorganizations, dispute resolution, and corporate best practices and business strategy. His experience includes providing assistance in the creation of companies and commercialization of technologies, including identifying and filing appropriate intellectual property protections in patents, trademarks, and copyrights, as well as the enforcement of such rights. He also serves as counsel,...

Thomas A. Bloomfield is an experienced environmental attorney, negotiator and trained mediator. Tom is adept at understanding technical and financial issues and efficiently using that information to best represent the legal interests of his clients and, as a neutral, to help parties resolve disputes. He is skilled at bringing together parties with diverse interests to solve complex problems in a manner that best achieves the objectives of the stakeholders and avoids unnecessary litigation and protracted disagreements. Throughout his career, Tom has represented private businesses, governmental entities, individuals and non-profit organizations.

Ryan M. Newburn’s practice areas include corporate formations, corporate governance, commercial contract negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, energy and natural resource law and contract general counsel services. Ryan’s clients have ranged from startups to billion dollar established enterprises and he has served as a key executive in numerous companies including as Vice President and General Counsel of ARB Midstream, LLC, Chief Commercial Officer and General Counsel of Black Canyon Midstream, LLC, contract General Counsel of Taproot Energy Partners, LLC and Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of American Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: AMID). Mentored by the titans of corporate law...

Zachary A. Chapman is a Senior Attorney at Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC. He practices in oil & gas law, including drafting of title opinions and performing due diligence for mergers and acquisitions. Zach assists the Denver oil & gas team and reviews and edits title opinions and division of interest ownership reports. Zach also practices family law handling all types of matters related to Domestic Relations, Paternity, and Juvenile cases, as well as handling a Probate Docket to include Conservatorships, Guardianships, Contesting a Will, and both Formal and Informal Probate matters, including Estate Planning. Prior to joining Kearney, McWilliams...

I am a Colorado lawyer working to assist individuals and businesses with business, property, and litigation matters. My practice is centered in northern Colorado. I have a special interest in property law, which includes easements and access issues, land use, boundary issues, conveyancing, title issues, HOA law, landlord/tenant matters, and eminent domain. I also have significant experience litigating property, business, and contract matters at the trial court level and appeals.

A notorious night-owl, I am the trial lawyer and managing member of Peters Schulte Odil & Wallshein LLC, where we focus on resolving disputes in and out of court. My practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, probate and trust litigation, oil and gas matters, and appeals. I routinely handle trials both to a jury and to the court, and have argued appellate cases in the Colorado Court of Appeals, Colorado Supreme Court and the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. I received my undergraduate degree from the Metropolitan State University of Denver, and law degree from the University...

Alan is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Super Lawyer and AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell. He's have appeared numerous times in the Denver Post and 5280. Alan has handled some of the largest personal injuries cases in Colorado including Groh v. Westin Hotel which changed the law nationally concerning the eviction of guests from a hotel when they are intoxicated. Alan has handled and tried a wide range of personal injury cases, including car accidents, premises liability accidents, wrongful death cases, nursing home abuse and neglect cases, catastrophic trucking accidents, and many more.

After completing his studies at the University of Michigan, Josh started his professional career specializing in solving complex mineral and surface ownership issues in the energy industry. After graduating law school from the University of Denver, Josh was an associate at esteemed energy and estate planning law firms before establishing the Law Office of Josh Krieg. Josh specializes in estate planning, probate, and mineral right issues. Licensed to practice in Colorado, Wyoming, and North Dakota, Josh has earned numerous 5-star client reviews for his professionalism and expertise in the field. Beyond his professional pursuits, Josh enjoys watching college football, fishing, and coaching...

Margaret Felts serves as the lead technical consultant and expert witness for law firms, regulatory agencies and private entities on energy, environmental and corporate fraud cases, concentrating her practice on behind-the-scene discovery, research and strategy design to support the development of winning cases for regional and national clients. In addition to a successful career in consulting that has spanned over 30 years, Ms Felts also held several industry positions. During the 1990's Felts was recruited to serve as Deputy Director of the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), where she reorganized and managed the State Superfund program,...