Membership on the Journal

Membership on the Journal is open to any student at the University of Texas School of Law. TJOGEL participates in the all-journal write-on held at the end of the spring semester, and also hosts its own write-on at the beginning of the fall semester. For information on becoming a member, please email editors@tjogel.org. 

2007-2008 Masthead (Volume 3) - PDF (In Progress)
2006-2007 Masthead (Volume 2) - PDF
2005-2006 Masthead (Volume 1) - PDF

Editorial Board

2008-2009 Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief: Becky H. Diffen
Managing Editor: Billie Ann Maxwell 
Chief Articles Editor: David Irwin
Recent Developments Editor: Carleton Goss
Chief Financial Officer: Austin Lee
Symposium Director: Tyler Branson

2007-2008 Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief: Leslie Ritchie
Managing Editor: Lisa Miller
Executive Editor: Hilarie Link
Executive Editor: Brandon Seale
Chief Articles Editor: Allison Fussell
Recent Developments Editor: Melissa Potapova
Chief Financial Officer: Della Bauserman
Symposium Director: Cramer Miller

Senior & Associate Editors

2008-2009 Senior  Board
 Assistant Managing Editor: Danielle M. Mangrum
Current Events Director:  Jeremy J. Doane
Treasurer:  Atman A. Shukla
Co-Director of Development:  John Benjamin Black
Co-Director of Development:  Jimmy J. Elskes
 Submissions Director: Olga V. Kobzar 
Public Relations Director: Lauren E. Sutterfield

2007-2008 Senior  Board
 Assistant Managing Editor: Becky Diffen
Director of Technology: Jason Hassay
Current Events Director: Peter Idziak
Treasurer: P. Ryan  Langston
Director of Development: Austin Lee
Submissions Director: D. Mayes Middleton 
Public Relations Director: Billie Ann Maxwell 
Associate Editors: Douglas Elsbeck, Mitchell Hasenkamph, Hollis Henley, David Irwin, and Jennifer Klein

Staff Editors

 2007-2008 Staff (Volume 3)

M. Olayinka Ajagunna

Christopher P. Allnatt

C. Coble Armstrong

Davis Bradford

Anne Christian

Martin Chu

Austin Dubois

Douglas J. Elsbeck

Mitchell Hasenkampf

Hollis Henley

William Higginbothom

David F. Irwin

Matthew Johnson

Iain Kennedy

Scott Kidd


Jennifer M. Klein

Matthew Korhonen

Dara Magnus-Lawson

Javier Millan

Caitlin Ryan

Gregory Smith

Meredith Taylor

Keith Treadway

David Aaronson

Christian Alvarado

Ben Black

Tyler  Branson

John Chen

 

Jeannie Diep

Robert C., Jr Dolehide

 Jimmy Elskes

Carleton Goss

Taylor "JR" Holcomb

Ryan Hunsaker

Dane A. Johnson

Olga, V. Kobzar

Michelle Y. Ku

Danielle Mangrum

Nicholas C. Miller

Michael Parker

Jon Reidy

Atman Shukla

Lauren Sutterfield

Faculty Advisors

Professor Ernest Smith, of the University of Texas School of Law, is a specialist in oil and gas law, co-author of the leading casebook on Oil and Gas Law (West, 4th ed., 2002) and the leading treatise on Texas Law of Oil and Gas (3 volumes, 2nd ed., LEXIS Law Pub., 1998). He is also a former Dean of the University of Texas School of Law.

Professor John Dzienkowski, of the University of Texas School of Law, focuses on topics related to international energy transactions and oil and gas taxation. In the area of natural resources, John is a founding co-author of the first commercially produced casebooks on Natural Resources Taxation (1988) and International Petroleum Transactions (1993 and 2000), and co-author of Hemingway’s Oil and Gas Law Taxation (2004).

Professor David Spence is Professor of Law, Politics & Regulation at the University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business. He teaches Energy Law in both the School of Law and the School of Business. Professor Spence's research and teaching focuses on business-government relations and the regulation of business, particularly energy and environmental regulation. He is co-author of Energy, Economics and the Environment (2d Ed. Foundation Press, 2006).

Advisory Board

Jim H. Barkley is a Parnter with Baker Botts Houston office who's practice focuses on the representation of energy industry clients in regulatory proceedings, projects, corporate transactions, and civil litigation. Before joining Baker Botts, Mr. Barkley was a consultant in Washington, D.C., advising several major non-U.S. utilities on U.S. energy and environmental legislation. From 1985 to 1990, he held several positions, including research associate, in the Arms Control and Crisis Management Program at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Jo Ann Biggs as is a partner with Hunton & Williams whose practice focuses on representation of energy clients in the public and private sector. She currently represents the U.S. Department of Energy in connection with licensing of its Yucca Mountain Project (geologic nuclear waste repository) by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She has been listed as one of The Best Lawyers In America the last two years.

Victor Carrillo, Texas Railroad Commissioner, has served on the Railroad Commission since 2003. He began his career as a petroleum geologist before earning his law degree from the Houston Law Center. He has worked for the Texas General Land Office, served as a Taylor County Judge, and won election to a full six year term on the Railroad Commission in 2004.

Robert C. Grable is a partner in Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP, the head of its Energy practice group, and one of the firm’s seven founding members. Mr. Grable’s practice consists largely, but not exclusively, of representing clients in litigation and administrative hearings involving various facets of the oil and gas industry. He has represented independent producers, major oil companies, pipelines, and royalty owners in a wide variety of litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts and before state and federal administrative agencies.

Cullen “Mike” Godfrey is the General Counsel of The Texas A & M University System. Prior to his service in higher education, Godfrey had extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, including ten years as the general counsel of a Texas based integrated petroleum and petrochemical company. Godfrey is Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law and has served on the Council of the Oil, Gas and Energy Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

Jay D. Kelley is a Partner with Vinson & Elkin's Houston Office where his practice covers finance, energy, and general commercial matters, with an emphasis in the areas of project development and finance. In the energy area he has worked on various projects involving power (including renewable power), oil and gas (including LNG), and petrochemicals. He is experienced in negotiating partnership agreements, construction contracts, operating agreements, off take arrangements, and various other project documents. He is also experienced in negotiating various types of financial transactions, including commodity hedging, bank debt, private placements, Rule 144A bond offerings, and leveraged leases.

W. James “J.J.” McAnelly is a partner with Bracewell & Giuliani. His practice focuses primarily on energy, finance and corporate transactions. In both 2003 and 2004 he earned the distinction of Texas Super Lawyer in oil and gas law. He is a 1993 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law.

 

Texas Oil & Gas Law Society

The Oil & Gas Law Society is designed to expose law students to the oil, gas, and energy community so they can explore the various career paths and academic issues related to oil, gas, and  energy practice.