Matthew S Brahana

Matthew S Brahana

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Rating: 6.9

Licensed for 19 years

Oil and gas Lawyer at Salt Lake City, UT
Practice Areas: Oil & Gas, Litigation, Insurance ... +5 more

215 South State Street, Suite 1200, Salt Lake City, UT

About Matthew

Biography

Matthew Brahana has been practicing law for over eight years. His practice focuses on assisting upstream oil and gas exploration and production companies, coal companies, and mine operators in all a...

Practice Areas

8

Practice Areas

Appeals 14%

Represented clients in appeals from state and federal district court judgments and orders on issues including negligence, employment law, oil and gas royalties, and statutory interpretation of Montana's Surface Owner Damage and Disruption Compensation Act. Represented clients before the Interior Board of Land Appeals from adverse decisions of the Bureau of Land Management concerning oil and gas units.

19 years

14%
Insurance 14%

Represented both insurers and insureds in a broad spectrum of insurance lawsuits and claims, including for personal injury, property damage, lost profits/business interruption, professional negligence, and insurance bad faith. Prepared coverage opinions.

19 years

14%
Litigation 14%

Represented clients in Utah, Montana, and Wyoming state and federal courts in civil matters, including employment law, contracts, wrongful death/survivor actions, products liability, insurer extra-contractual liability, environmental, alter ego/piercing the corporate veil, trust administration, negligence, and premises liability. Clients include oil and gas companies, corporations, insurers, banks, construction companies, and individuals.

19 years

14%
Oil and Gas 14%

Represented clients in Utah, Montana, and Wyoming in all aspects of oil and gas law, including drilling, division order, and financing title opinions (involving fee, federal, state, and tribal minerals), mineral leasing, transactions (asset purchase and sale agreements, confidentiality agreements, JOAs, farmin/farmouts), regulatory hearings and matters (spacing, pooling, secondary recovery, unitization), and litigation and appeals (royalty disputes, access, adverse BLM decisions).

17 years

14%
Probate 14%

Represented estates and heirs and devisees of decedents in probate proceedings.

15 years

14%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Hourly Rates

$ 175-250 per hour


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Utah for 15 years

State: Utah

Acquired: 2011

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Wyoming for 18 years

State: Wyoming

Acquired: 2007

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in Montana for 19 years

State: Montana

Acquired: 2007

Active

No misconduct found

Location

Fabian VanCott

215 South State Street, Suite 1200, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111

FABIAN VANCOTT

95 South State, Suite 2300, Salt Lake City, UT, 84111

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Experience

Rating:  6.9 (Good)

Honors

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Distinguished, Martindale-Hubbell

Work Experience

2013 - Present

Associate Attorney, Van Cott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, P.C.

1900 - Present

Shareholder, FABIAN VANCOTT

2011 - 2013

Title Attorney, PetroCounsel (Randolph L. Marsh, P.C.)

2007 - 2011

Associate Attorney, Crowley Fleck, PLLP, originally Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Deitrich

Associations

2013 - Present

Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

Member

Education

2007

University of Montana, Alexander Blewitt III School of Law

JD

2006

University of Montana School of Law

Juris Doctor

1999

University of Missouri School of Journalism

Bachelors of Journalism

1999

University of Missouri School of Journalism

BJ

Speaking Engagements

2015

UAPL Monthly Luncheon

BLM's Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking re: 43 C.F.R. Part 3100 (federal oil and gas lease royalties, rentals, minimum bids, bondng, penalties, and mineral trespass)

2015

Negotiating Contacts on Tribal Lands

Negotiating Mineral Leases in Indian Country

2010

State Bar of Montana 2010 Energy Law CLE

Surface Access and Damages

Languages

English

Activity

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