Jeff Lieberman - Liskow & Lewis

My Personal Value Proposition

“I am part of Liskow’s preeminent title practice involving oil and gas properties across Louisiana and have rendered hundreds of title opinions affecting property from North Louisiana to the coastal parishes. I know the Office of Conservation regulations from A to Z, and regularly appear before both the Office of Conservation and the State Mineral and Energy Board.”

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Jeff

Jeffrey D. "Jeff" Lieberman

Shareholder, Lafayette

D 337.267.2349

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Assistant

Debbie Falcon

337.267.2317

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822 Harding Street

P.O. Box 52008

Lafayette, Louisiana 70503

Overview

Jeff Lieberman is a Lafayette-based energy lawyer who helps mineral clients with title, conveyance, unitization, permitting, and regulatory issues involving oil and gas. Jeff regularly appears on behalf of clients before the Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation and the State Mineral and Energy Board in Baton Rouge.

His clients turn to Jeff because of the firm's top-tier reputation for handling complex unitization and regulatory matters, as well as providing efficient, high-caliber title opinions involving mineral transactions. Since the 1930s, Liskow has been building and maintaining a comprehensive title library that covers Louisiana, making mineral-related deals faster and more efficient and playing a key role in facilitating the sale of thousands of acres.

Jeff is a member of the LSU Mineral Law Institute Advisory Council and the Louisiana State Law Institute Mineral Law Committee, and he has given numerous presentations as an authority on Louisiana mineral and regulatory law.

Experience

Examined title to thousands of acres of Louisiana property and rendered hundreds of drill site and division order title opinions for numerous oil companies, from majors to independents.
Created drilling and production units throughout Louisiana and obtained authority for virtually every type of well to serve such units.
Part of Liskow legal team representing large oil company in a high-profile dispute with local government that sought to use zoning ordinances to prohibit the company’s permitted drilling operations – resulted in judgment in favor of oil company.

Involvement

Professional

Louisiana State and American Bar Associations – Member
American Association of Professional Landmen – Member
Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen - Member

Recognition

Acadiana Profile “Top Lawyer” in Administrative/Regulatory Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, 2019
Acadiana Profile “Top Lawyer” in Natural Resources Law, 2018

Publications

"Western District of Louisiana Holds that Unit Operators May Not Recover Post-Production Costs from an Unleased Mineral Owner’s Share of Production Proceeds," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, March 26, 2019
"Louisiana Third Circuit Addresses Payment of Royalties in Situations Involving Production Under a Mineral Lease Pursuant to a Conditional Allowable Prior to Unitization," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, January 12, 2017
"Amendment to Louisiana’s Risk Fee Statute That Allows For Notices After Spudding Is Awaiting Governor’s Signature," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, June 8, 2016
"Production in Paying Quantities: Second Circuit Holds Lower Courts Must Consider All Relevant Factors, Not Just Profit," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, March 3, 2016
"Production in Paying Quantities: Maintaining Mineral Leases Beyond Their Primary Terms with Production of Oil or Gas," Liskow & Lewis' The Energy Law Blog, January 26, 2016
“Louisiana Legal Update,” Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen Newsletter, January 2015
“Louisiana Legal Update,” Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen Newsletter, January 2013
“Case Law Update,” 57th Annual Institute on Mineral Law, 2010

After Hours

Jeff - a former, junior-level tennis competitor, now enjoys spending his leisure time cooking, reading non-fiction, chasing his kid around the house, and weight training. When he finds the time, he also enjoys duck hunting and improving his archery skills.