USA
Practice Areas
Conveyancing and Curative
Drilling Contracts
General Oil and Gas Advice
Master Service Agreements
Oil and Gas Leasing
Oil, Gas and Mineral Transactions
Operating Agreements, Participation Agreements, and AMI’s
Strategic Business Planning
Surface Use
Title Matters
Unitization and Pooling
Career
Josh advises clients on title opinions, division order title opinions, regulatory matters, and complex upstream oil and gas and mineral transactions. He works with top energy companies and private equity-backed startups nationwide.
His practice encompasses areas such as purchase and sale agreements, due diligence, unitizations, regulatory compliance, and corporate solutions, delivering clear and actionable legal strategies for even the most intricate matters. Josh has recently played a key role in completing multiple acquisitions, addressing complex pooling and storage issues, and navigating dormant mineral act and marketable title act challenges—all with a client-centered and collaborative approach.
Professional Memberships
Michael Late Benedum Chapter of the AAPL
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Education
Capital University Law School
J.D.
Work Highlights
Handled forfeiture of unreleased oil and gas leases to remove an encumbrance to complete a sale of land.
Handled quiet title actions.
Represented a multi-national energy company in the trade of oil and gas assets.
Pre-litigation dispute resolution involving claims of inappropriate post-production expenses/reductions and overriding royalty interest payments.
Awards
Up and Coming
Chambers and Partners
2025