Kiah Ford

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Notable Experience

  • In 2025, Paul and Jamie Rhymes successfully defended a major carbon capture and storage company from the claims of two landowners who claimed Liskow’s client had breached a CO2 Injection Agreement.   Although the landowners claimed in excess of $5 million in damages, a three member arbitration panel granted summary judgment in favor of Liskow’s client.
  • In the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal, Paul prevailed on the Plaintiffs’ claim and the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of Plaintiffs’ claims which sought a disgorgement of the client’s profits based upon their constructing of a pipeline on the Plaintiffs’ property but outside a designated servitude. Mary v. QEP Energy Company, 24 F.4th 411 (5th Cir. 1/18/22)
  • In McDaniel v. Comstock Oil & Gas Company, LLC, 53,667 (La. App. 2 Cir. 1/13/21) 310 So.3d 670, Paul obtained summary judgment for Comstock against the claims of an employee of a contractor who claimed serious debilitating injuries at a Comstock well site.
  • In Black River Crawfish Farms, LLC v King, 17-672 (La. App. 3 Cir. 7/18/18) 246 So.3d 1, Paul obtained summary judgment in favor of his client on the Plaintiff’s legacy claims by establishing that the mineral servitude which formed the basis of the Plaintiff’s claims had lapsed prior to Plaintiff’s acquisition of the property.
  • Black River Crawfish Farms v. King, 17-672 (La. App. 3 Cir 2/7/2018) 246 So. 3d 1.
  • Guy v. Empress, L.L.C, 50,404 (La. App. 2 Cir. 4/8/16) 193 So.3d 177
  • Duck v. Hunt Oil Co., 13-628 (La. App. 3 Cir. 3/5/14) 134 So.3d 114
  • Gatti v. State of Louisiana, Office of Conservation, 2014-0863 (La. 8/25/14), 146 So. 3d 196
  • Barham v. St. Mary Land & Exploration Co., 48,603 (La. App. 2 Cir. 11/20/13) 129 So. 3d 705
  • Questar Exploration and Production Company v. Woodard Villa, Inc., 48,401 (La. App. 2 Cir. 8/7/2013) 123 So. 3d 734
  • Ross v. Enervest Operating, L.L.C., 48,229 (La. App. 2 Cir. 6/26/13) 119 So. 3d 943
  • Walker v. J-W Operating Company, 2012-0662 ( La. App. 1 Cir 12/21/2012) 2012 WL 667791
  • Hollenshead Oil & Gas, LLC v Gemini Explorations, Inc. 45,389 (La. App. 2 Cir 8/5/10) 44 So. 3d 809
  • M.J. Farms, Ltd, v Exxon Mobil Corporation, 2009-2414 (La. 3/12/2010) 35 So. 3d 191
  • Peterson v. Gibraltar Sav. & Loan, 98-1601 (La. 5/18/99) 733 So. 2d.1198

Involvement

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Louisiana Bar Association - Member
  • Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel - Member
  • Louisiana Oil and Gas Association - Member
  • Louisiana Institute Mineral Law-Legacy Disputes Committee - Member

Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®, 2015-2027

 

Credentials

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D., 1984)
    • Louisiana Law Review
  • Louisiana Tech University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1976)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 1984

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 2000
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 1991
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1989
  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 1987

Publications

After Hours

When not in the office or on the road for his clients, Paul spends his time following LSU sports - whether football, basketball, baseball, golf, gymnastics or whatever sport is currently in season, Paul is following the Tigers.

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