WILLIAM
D. FARRAR |
Born: Dallas, Texas, April 23, 1961;
Admitted: 1994, Texas; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 1998, Colorado.
Specialization: Board Certified - Oil, Gas and Energy Law - Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Licensed Professional Geoscientist - Geology - Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists
Education: Texas A&M University (B.S., Geology, 1983); Baylor University (J.D., with Honors, 1994).
Briefing Intern/Clerk: Honorable Thomas R. Phillips, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1994.
Member: National Order of the Barristers; National Mock Trial Team, Baylor Law School 1994.
Recipient: Edwin P. Horner Oil and Gas Law Award; Scott, Douglas & Luton Evidence Award; Andrews & Kurth Law Review Excellence Award; American Jurisprudence Contracts and Torts Award; Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. Law Review Editor Scholarship; Allen G. Flowers Memorial Merit Scholarship.
Author: “The Products Liability Act of 1993: How it Changes Texas Law.” 45 Baylor L. Rev. 633 (1993). Editor, Texas Civil Procedure Symposium, 46 Baylor L. Rev. 525 (1994); The Retained Acreage Clause - An Update and Application, 2002 Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Law Seminar (2002).
Adjunct Professor of Law - Oil & Gas Law, Baylor University School of Law, 1997- present
Member: Phi Delta Phi; Brazos County Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, 1995--); American Association of Petroleum Geologists; Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Positions: Editor-in-Chief, Baylor Law Review, 1994; Self Storage Association (Central Region Director, 1995-98); Texas Mini Storage Association, President, 1996-1997, Director 1995-2001).
PRACTICE AREAS: Oil and Gas Litigation; Oil and Gas Lease/Contracts; Settlement of Complex Civil Litigation; Litigation Strategy and Avoidance Counseling; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Loans; Election Law and Recounts; Self Storage Law; Corporation/Partnership/Limited Liability Company Law.