Background
Schaefer, Hugh V. was born on October 24, 1933 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
Schaefer, Hugh V. was born on October 24, 1933 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
University of Michigan. University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). University of Tulsa (Juris Doctor, 1961).
Worked at Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley, Professional Corporation (Denver, Colorado) specializing in Natural Resources, Mining, Oil and Gas, Water, Land Use and Environmental Law, Business and International Transactions, Corporations, Employment and Civil Trials and Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1961, Oklahoma and United States. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma.
1962, Texas.
1965, United States. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit. 1973, Montana; 1979, Colorado.
1980, Wyoming. 1983, Ohio. 1986, United States.
District Court, District of Colorado. 1994, United States. District Court, District of Wyoming.
Post Graduate Fellowship. Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1961.
Author: "An Annotated Checklist for the Intrastate Securities Exemption 1973," Montana Law Review.
"The Legal Status of the Montana Board of Regents," 1974 Montana Law Review. "The Status of the Adoption of the Model Business Corporation Acting in Montana," 1975 Montana Law Review. "Conflicts Between Voluntary Pooling Orders and State Spacing and Pooling Orders," Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Annual Institute, 1982.
"The Insurance and Outs of Farmouts," Annual Institute Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1986.
"The Insurance and Outs of Farmouts II," Texas Bar Advanced Oil and Gas Mineral Law Course, 1990. Attorney, Marthon Oil Company, 1979-1981.
General Attorney and Assistant Secretary, Marathon Oil Company, 1981-1986. Associate Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law, 1969-1972.
Professor, University of Montana College of Law, 1972-1977.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Northern District of Oklahoma, Tulsa, 1963-1966. Associate Examiner, Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners, 1964-1969.
Associate Municipal Judge, City of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1969-1972.
Trustee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation. Secretary, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1993.
President, Denver Petroleum Club, 1993. Company-Chairman, Oil & Gas Section, Rocky Mountain Law Foundation Annual Institute, 1990.
Member, Executive Committee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation, 1984-1988.
Company-Chairman, Special Institutes, Federal Royalty Valuation and Management, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1988, 1991 and 1992. Chairman, Annual Institute Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1993. Member: Colorado Bar Association.
Wyoming State Bar.
National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley is a business oriented law firm with extensive experience in a broad variety of fields including corporate affairs and organizations, natural resources, oil and gas, mining, litigation, mediation, domestic and international business transactions, acquisitions and divestitures, project financing, environmental law and regulations, land use, water rights, employment matters, hearing and trials at federal, state and local levels, arbitration, and lobbying and legislative matters.
Member, Executive Committee, Rocky Mountain Mineral Foundation, 1984-1988. Company-Chairman, Special Institutes, Federal Royalty Valuation and Management, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1988, 1991 and 1992. Chairman, Annual Institute Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, 1993.
Member: Colorado Bar Association.
Wyoming State Bar; National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.