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 is a member of Liskow’s Board of Directors and the leader of the firm’s Upstream Industry Group.

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, President-Elect, Lafayette-Acadiana Chapter, 2025

Federal Bar Association, Board of Directors, 2019–Present

Federal Bar Association, Secretary, Board of Directors, Lafayette and Acadiana Chapter, 2024

Advisory Board for Institute for Energy Law, Board Member, 2013–2015, 2024

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, Barrister, Order of Centurions

Diversity Law Institute, Member

Trial Law Institute, Member

Publications

"Louisiana Legislature to Consider Amendments to Forced Pooling Regime Requiring Operators to Pay Lessors of Nonparticipating Working Interest Owners Directly," Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, April 4, 2023

"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

"United States Western District of Louisiana Issues Opinion on Notice Required Under La. R.S. 30:103.1 and 103.2 to State a Plausible Claim for Relief," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, May 5, 2021

"Louisiana Second Circuit Provides Guidance as to Good Faith Required When Conducting Operations Necessary to Interrupt Prescription of Mineral Servitude," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, April 30, 2020