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George A. Patterson III

Recognized by Best Lawyers® since 2007.
600 Quarrier Street Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(304) 347-1100
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Firm: Bowles Rice LLP
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Bowles Rice LLP


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Phone Number (304) 347-1100
George Patterson is a partner in the Charleston office of Bowles Rice and a member of the Coal, Oil & Gas Practice Group.  He has a wide variety of legal experience, but now limits his practice to matters involving oil and gas, coal and commercial real estate law.  

Mr. Patterson is a Trustee of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation and served as chairman of its Oil and Gas Committee (1996 - 1997). He was named to Best Lawyers in America in the area of oil and gas law and named a 2010 West Virginia Super Lawyer in the Business/Corporate practice area.

He is frequently invited to write and speak for legal and industry publications and meetings.  He authored “Is a Gas Purchase Agreement Subject to UCC Section 2-306 17,” E. Min. L. Inst. Ch. 18 (1997).  He co-authored the appendix for “Conflicting Rights and Interests Among Oil and Gas Lessees, Surface Owners and Other Interest Holders,” by Russell L. Schetroma, Esq., West Virginia, 23 Energy & Min. L. Inst. Ch. 9, page 289 (2002).

His presentations include:  “Royalty Litigation After Tawney”, at the 2006 Appalachian Producers Seminar in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.; “Conflicts in Operations: SMCRA and Coal, Oil & Gas, and Timber Operations” for the Oil and Gas View; 31st Kentucky Mineral Law Conference in Lexington, Kentucky (2006) with William Herilhy and George Shukis; “A Proper Oil and Gas Loan” at the 2006 West Virginia Bankers Association and Independent Oil and Gas Association seminar in Charleston, West Virginia; “Coal Bed Methane Ownership” at the 2004 Appalachian Producers Seminar, Lexington, Kentucky; “Gas Purchase Contracts After Enron: The Producer View,” at the 2003 Appalachian Producers Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia; “Oil and Gas Operations: Areas of Mutual Interest” at the 23rd Annual Institute Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland (2002).

Mr. Patterson graduated, magna cum laude, from West Virginia University in 1976, and received his law degree in 1979 from West Virginia University College of Law.  While attending law school, he served as managing editor of the West Virginia Law Review and was an instructor of accounting at West Virginia University College of Business. 

He is admitted before the West Virginia Supreme Court, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.  He is a member of the West Virginia State Bar and the West Virginia Bar Association.
What legal services does this lawyer offer?
Oil and Gas Law
Awards
Lawyer of the Year recognition for George A. Patterson  III
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
Oil and Gas Law, Charleston, WV (2012)
  • AV Peer-Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Named Best Lawyers' "2012 Oil & Gas Law Lawyer of the Year" for Charleston, West Virginia
  • Named to Best Lawyers in America (Oil & Gas Law)
  • Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers in Natural Resources Law
  • Selected as a West Virginia Super Lawyers for Energy & Natural Resources (2009-2013)
Education
West Virginia University, J.D.
Graduated 1979
West Virginia University, BSBA
Graduated 1976
Contact Details and Office Locations
Office: (304) 347-1100
600 Quarrier Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
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