Roderick E. Wetsel
Top rated Energy & Natural Resources attorney in Sweetwater, Texas
Practice Areas:
Energy & Natural Resources,
Natural Resources Law
Education Qualification:
The University of Texas School of Law
Practice Areas:
Energy & natural resources,
Natural resources law
207 Oak Street, PO Box 78Sweetwater, Texas, 79556
First Admitted: 1978, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.wal.law/attorney/roderick-e-wetsel/
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Texas, 1977
- Charter Member, Advisory Council, Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business, The University of Texas at Austin, 2014 - Present
- Member, Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Council, 2003 - 2006
- American Bar Association
- Nolan County Bar Association
- College of the State Bar of Texas, 1989
- Chairman, District 16C, 1988 - 1994
- Member, Grievance Committee, District 14C, 1985 - 1988
- Assistant Editor, Title Standards Joint Editorial Board, 1991 to Present
- American Bar Association
- Nolan County Bar Association
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1983
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1980
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1989
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, 2019
Honors/Awards:
- Ernest E. Smith Lifetime Achievement Award in Energy Law (February 2019)
Educational Background:
- The University of Texas, Austin, B.A. in History with magna cum laude and With High Honors, 1975
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Selected Faculty of Graduate Inter-Disciplinary Studies (M.S. in Energy); Texas Tech University 2021
- Co-Author, “Emerging Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law: Leases, Tax Abatements, and Ownership of Wind Rights” Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Section Report, Vol. 28, No. 3, March 2004
- Co-Author with Laura M. Bowen, “The Sun Ariseth: A Guide to Drafting Solar Leases” (submitted to the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law, University of Texas School of Law August 2020)
- Author, “Experience is a Dear Teacher – The Texas Wind Decommissioning Statute” (published in Volume 6, Page 245, Texas A&M Journal of Property Law, 2021)
- Co-Author with Laura M. Bowen, “Avoid Voidance: How to Draft Oil and Gas Legal Descriptions in Compliance with the Texas Statute of Frauds” (published in Volume 53, Fall 2020, Number 1, Texas Tech Law Review)
- Co-Author with Becky H. Diffen, Lexis Practice Advisor Series – Texas Business & Commercial Fundamentals of Wind Leasing Transactions (published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2015)
- Co-Author with Ernest Smith, Becky H. Diffen and Melissa Powers, Wind Law (published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2015)
- Co-Author with Steven K. DeWolf, “Ride Like the Wind: Selected Issues in Multi-Party Wind Lease Negotiations,” 1 Texas A&M Journal of Real Property Law 447-464 (2014)
- K.K. DiVivier and Roderick E. Wetsel, "Jousting at Windmills: When Wind Power Development Collides with Oil, Gas and Mineral Development," 55 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 9-1 (2009)
- Speaker/Author, 21st Annual Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law – 2019, “Receivership Leasing,” March 1, 2019, Midland, Texas
- Speaker/Author, LLM Master Course in Wind Law, “Negotiating and Drafting a Wind Energy Lease and New Legislative Developments in Wind,” The University of Texas School of Law, February 22, 2019, Austin, Texas
- Interview for Netflix series, “Our Planet,” on wind energy, November 2018, by Silverback Productions
- Speaker/Author, LLM Master Course in Wind Law, “Global Perspective,” The University of Texas School of Law, October 26, 2018, Austin, Texas
- Speaker/Author, Annual Advanced Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Course, “Receiverships Redux” October 20-21, 2018, Houston, Texas
- Speaker/Co-Author, 12th Annual John Huffaker Course in Agricultural Law, “A Place in the Sun: Solar Leases in Texas,” Texas Tech University School of Law, May 24, 2018, Lubbock, Texas
- Speaker, University of St. Gallens, “Preview of Wind Law,” The University of Texas School of Law, October 24, 2017, Austin, Texas
- Lecture to U. S. Department of State, “Advanced Energy Course,” The University of Texas, September, 2017, Austin, Texas
- Speaker/Co-Author, 2017 Renewable Energy Law Course, “Anatomy of a Solar Lease: The Landowner Perspective,” The University of Texas School of Law, January 31, 2017, Austin, Texas
- Speaker, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants Advanced Estate Planning Conference, “Ride Like the Wind: Selected Issues in Wind Law for the Estate Planner,” August 24, 2012, San Antonio, Texas
- Speaker, Halfmoon Seminars, HalfMoon, LLC, July 12, 2012, Midland, Texas, “Conflicts between Wind Developers and Oil and Gas Companies”
- Speaker/Co-Author, 29th Annual Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Course, October 6-7, 2011, Houston, Texas, “Basics of Wind Energy”
- Speaker/Author, 37th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute, Houston, Texas, April 8, 2011, “Mineral Receiverships and Beyond”
- Speaker/Panelist, University of Texas 2011 Wind, Solar and Renewables Institute, February 22-24, 2011, AT&T Conference Center, Austin, Texas
- Speaker/Co-Author, 32nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, July 8-10, 2010, JW Marriot Hill Country Resort & Spa, “Current Issues in Wind Energy Law 2010: Conflicts Between Wind Development and Oil and Gas Development”
- Speaker/Co-Author, Permian Area Lease and Title Analysts Spring Seminar, April 8, 2010, Petroleum Club, Midland, Texas, “Conflicts Between Wind Leases and Oil, Gas and Mineral Development”
- Speaker/Co-Author, Permian Basin Oil & Gas Law-2010, February 19, 2010, Midland Center, Midland, Texas, “Conflicts Between Wind Leases and Oil, Gas and Mineral Development”
- Speaker/Co-Author, 2010 Wind, Solar and Renewables Institute, February 2-4, 2010, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, “Special Legal Issues When Renewables and Oil and Gas Projects are Jointly Developed” and “Legal Issues Related to Wind, Solar and Geothermal Development”
- K.K. DiVivier and Roderick E. Wetsel, "Jousting at Windmills: When Wind Power Development Collides with Oil, Gas and Mineral Development," 55 Rocky Mt. Min. L. Inst. 9-1 (2009)
- Speaker/Co-Author, 36th Annual NADOA Institute, Washington D.C., Wardman Park Marriott, September 23-25th 2009, “Current Issues In Wind Energy Law 2009"
- Speaker/Co-Author, 55th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute, San Francisco, California, July 23-25, 2009, “Jousting at Windmills: When Wind Power Development Collides with Oil, Gas, and Mineral Development” (2009)
- Speaker/Co-Author, AAPL Annual Meeting, Hilton Clearwater Beach Resort, Clearwater, Florida, June 17-20, 2009, “Current Issues in Wind Energy Law 2009"
- Speaker, Lone Star Solar Summit, Sweetwater, Texas, April 21, 2009, “Solar Energy–Toward a Unified Energy Land Lease”
- Co-Speaker, (with Steven K. DeWolf, Bellinger & DeWolf, Dallas, Texas), Texas Bar CLE Live Webcast, April 9, 2009, “Wind Energy Law Update”
- Speaker/Co-Author, 20th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course–Texas Bar CLE (Houston, Texas, March 5-6, 2009) “Current Issues in Wind Energy Law 2009"
- Speaker/Co-Author, 2009 Wind Energy Institute, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, January 20-22, 2009, “Current Issues in Wind Energy Law 2009"
- Speaker/Co-Author, AAPL Santa Fe Land Institute (Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 15, 2008) “Current Issues in Wind Energy 2008"
- Speaker/Co-Author, University of Houston Law Foundation Oil, Gas and Energy Law (Houston, May 1-2, 2008; Dallas, May 8-9, 2008; Austin Video, June 26-27, 2008), “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2008"
- Co-Author/Speaker, PBLA Spring Education Seminar, Midland, Texas, April 16, 2008, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2008"
- Co-Author/Speaker, Wind Energy Institute 2008, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, February 19 & 20, 2008, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2008"
- Joe Wertz, "Oklahoma Wind Power Companies Run Into Headwinds," NPR telephone interview on August 4, 2014 (Published August 19, 2014)
- Co-Author/Speaker, Texas Bar CLE Live Webcast, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas, January 31, 2008
- Co-Author/Speaker, 9th Annual West Texas “Fall” Seminar, sponsored by the Ector County and Midland County Bar Associations, January 25, 2008
- Co-Author/Speaker, 29th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, State Bar of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, July 12-14, 2007, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2007: Leases, Ownership of Wind Rights and Litigation”
- Co-Author/Speaker, 2007 Wind Energy Institute, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, February 26, 2007, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law 2007: Leases, Ownership of Wind Rights and Litigation”
- Co-Author/Speaker, Midland County Bar Meeting, Midland, Texas, Nov. 16, 2006, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law”
- Co-Author/Speaker, Ector County Bar Meeting, Odessa, Texas, September 14, 2006, “Current Issues in Texas Wind Energy Law”
- Author/Speaker, 2006 Agricultural Law Seminar, Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas, April 7, 2006
- Program Director, 32nd Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Institute, Houston, Texas, 2006, sponsored by The University of Texas School of Law
- Author/Speaker, 2005 Southwest Land Institute, Dallas, Texas, April 7, 2005, “Wind Leases and Ownership of Wind Rights in Texas”
- Author/Speaker, Dallas Bar Association, Energy Law Section, October 20, 2004, “Wind Leases and Ownership of Wind Rights in Texas”
- Author/Speaker for the 2004 Agricultural Law Seminar, Texas Tech School of Law, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, “Wind Leases in Texas”
- Author/Speaker for the 2004 Oil, Gas and Wind - Leases and Disputes Seminar, Midland, Texas, sponsored by St. Mary’s University School of Law, “Wind Leases in Texas”
- Author/Speaker for the 2003 Advanced Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Course, “Anatomy of a Wind Energy Lease”
- Author/Speaker for the 2002 Advanced Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Course, "Receiverships Revisited"
- Author/Speaker for the 1995 Advanced Oil, Gas & Mineral Law Course, “How to Obtain a Receivership Oil and Gas Lease"
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