Chesapeake Energy Litigation
We represented a mineral owner in a large and complex oil and gas leasing dispute against Chesapeake Energy, one of the largest producers of natural gas in North America. The matter involved approximately 15,000 acres of land and in excess of $34 million. The controversy surrounded the construction and enforceability of various leasing agreements. Resolving the matter also involved expert testimony on numerous oil and gas issues, including the evaluation of geological formations, drilling, testing methods and results, and trade usage of oil and gas leasing terms. Extensive e-discovery of hundreds of thousands of documents produced in electronic format was required.