Debbie Falcon

337.267.2317

Notable Experience

Title Examination

  • 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.

Carbon Capture

  • Provided a broad array of CCS guidance related to a proposed renewable diesel facility in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana.
  • Assisting multiple, well-established energy clients with evaluation and implementation of the early stages of their CCS projects in various locations within the State of Louisiana.

Involvement

  • Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee, Member
  • Institute for Energy Law Advisory Board, Member
  • LSU Mineral Law Institute Advisory Council, Member
  • Louisiana State Law Institute Mineral Law Committee, Member
  • The Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, Member
  • Liskow’s Board of Directors, Former Member
  • Louisiana Oil & Gas Association, Member
  • Louisiana State and American Bar Associations, Member
  • American Association of Professional Landmen, Member
  • Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen, Member

Recognition

  • Chambers USA - (Band 3) Energy & Natural Resources: Oil & Gas 
  • Best Lawyers® "Lawyer of the Year," Energy Law, Lafayette, 2023 
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Energy Law, Energy Regulatory Law, Litigation - Environment,  2021-2026
  • Acadiana Profile “Top Lawyer,” Administrative/Regulatory Law (2019–2020, 2024); Natural Resources Law (2018–2020); Oil & Gas Law (2019–2020); Energy Law (2021, 2025)

 

 

 

Credentials

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008)
    • Louisiana Law Review, Member
  • Louisiana State University (M.S.W., 2005)
  • Louisiana State University (B.S., 2003)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2008

Presentations

  • Jeff regularly presents to industry groups and clients on unitization, Louisiana mineral law, and CCS, unitization and sequestration.

Publications

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