Attorney - Title Opinions - Hybrid Remote

About the role

Founded two decades ago and based in Houston, this nationally recognized energy law firm practices across all areas of oil and gas law—including title examination, energy transactions, corporate and energy finance, regulatory matters, and large corporate transactions—with a growing renewable energy practice. The firm serves a diverse national and international clientele, from Fortune 500 operators to E&P start‑ups, and offers a full‑spectrum oil and gas platform (title, transactions, finance, regulatory, and emerging renewables) under one roof.

Responsibilities

• Render title opinions and conduct title examinations for the firm’s transactional energy practice, covering mineral, leasehold, and surface estates on private, state, and federal lands.
• Prepare original drilling, supplemental, division order, due‑diligence, and limited‑scope title opinions for oil and gas, leasehold, and surface estates.
• Examine and analyze chains of title across private‑owned, state‑owned, and federal lands (including BLM and Department of the Interior‑administered tracts), interpreting leases, JOAs, farmout agreements, unit declarations, easements, probate records, affidavits, liens, and trust and corporate succession documents.
• Draft title curative requirements and transactional documents needed to cure defects identified in diligence.
• Perform legal due diligence on multi‑million‑dollar acquisitions and divestitures, quantifying title defects into monetary amounts to support PSA negotiations.
• Prepare ownership analyses covering lessor royalty, non‑participating royalty, overriding royalty, and working interests, and negotiate and document the associated energy transactions.

Requirements

• Active law license and good standing in an oil and gas producing state (e.g., Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, North Dakota, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, etc.).
• 2+ years of transactional energy experience with a focus on title examination and title opinion work.

Pay

Base salary range: $120,000 – $250,000 per year, plus bonuses.

Benefits

• Unique compensation model with immediate returns for business you generate, regardless of experience level.
• Profit sharing – eligible day one.
• Employer‑covered health insurance.
• 401(k) with firm percentage match.
• Collegial atmosphere and relaxed office attire.
• Access to a full‑spectrum oil and gas platform (title, transactions, finance, regulatory, and emerging renewables) under one roof.