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Craig Haynes Served as National Coordinating Counsel for Chesapeake in Royalty Cases 

Oil & Gas

Craig Haynes was National Coordinating Counsel and primary defense counsel for Chesapeake Operating, Inc. and Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C. in Barnett Shale royalty underpayment cases. Under Craig’s leadership, these cases were ultimately consolidated into two state court multidistrict litigation actions. One MDL involved over 20,000 plaintiffs and the other MDL involved more than fifty cases brought by several different plaintiffs’ counsel. Craig Haynes also performed National Coordinating Counsel and primary defense counsel roles for the Chesapeake defendants in numerous federal cases, including purported class action cases. 

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“Prior to Craig’s involvement, we were facing a massive amount of cases filed all over the state and nation. Craig brought order to the chaos, consistency in the case administration, and successful results when we needed to try these matters.”
- Chesapeake Representative
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Winning Two of the Most Significant “Paying Quantities” Cases of the Last Half-Century

Oil & Gas

BP America faced two challenging lease termination cases in the Texas Panhandle: BP America v. Laddex, filed in 2007, and BP America v. Red Deer, filed in 2012. Both were tried to juries in summer of 2013, eventually worked their way to the Texas Supreme Court, and Laddex returned to the Panhandle for a second trial. In 2017, SCOTX issued opinions in both cases, breaking its 65-year long silence on the now-hot topic of “production in paying quantities” (PPQ). VHH partners Rob Vartabedian, Alix Allison, and Conrad Hester helped guide BP throughout this years-long fight to protect their property.

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