April Rolen-Ogden

Practice Areas

Appellate,

Landowner & Mineral Lessee Disputes,

Oil & Gas Marketing Disputes,

Royalty Litigation,

Contaminated Sites & Remediation,

ERISA & Employee Benefits,

Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, and Non-Competes,

Personal Injury & Wrongful Death,

Unfair Trade Practices and Business Torts,

Commercial Litigation,

Energy – Litigation,

Blowouts and Well Control Issues,

Legacy/Oilfield Contamination Litigation,

Personal Injury,

Pipeline Litigation,

Toxic Tort, Mass Torts & Class Actions

Career

April L. Rolen-Ogden is a first chair trial and appellate lawyer in high stakes oil & gas matters. She has experience as a trial lawyer in both state and federal courts, as well as arbitration tribunals. She defends her trial work on appeal through her appellate practice. The array of topics she has litigated is extensive. April defends companies in high stakes commercial and energy litigation matters. She litigates traditional oil and gas disputes involving royalties, servitudes, unleased owner litigation, title disputes, property damage, statutory penalties, joint operations, oil and gas accounting, taking production in kind, the Risk Fee Statute, and complex oil and gas marketing matters.

April defends oil and gas companies in environmental legacy suits seeking damages and restoration for oilfield contamination and coastal loss. She defends companies in personal injury cases, including toxic torts, whether those injuries occur in the oilfield or any other context. She frequently defends companies in disputes involving allegations of fraud, unfair trade practices, and trade secrets.

Professional Memberships

The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Member,

Louisiana Oil & Gas Association, Member,

Houston Association of Professional Landmen, Member,

Federal Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2019–Present,

Institute for Energy Law, Member,

Young Energy Law Professionals Committee for Institute for Energy Law, Member,

Federal Bar Association, Member,

Lafayette and Louisiana State Bar Associations, Member,

John M. Duhe American Inn of Court, Member,

Legal Association of Women, Member,

Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow,

Diversity Law Institute, Member,

Trial Law Institute, Member

Publications

"The Western District of Louisiana Holds that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Shipper Must Have Title Policy Creates No Private Right of Action," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, September 22, 2022;

"Long-Awaited Victory on the Proper Deductibility of Post-Production Costs from Unleased Mineral Owners – The Western District of Louisiana Reverses Course in Johnson v. Chesapeake and Self v. BPX," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, March 31, 2022

Education

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