Terry Ragsdale is a Shareholder at GableGotwals where he has practiced law since 1992. However, his roots in the energy business date back to the 1980s when he worked for several years as a petroleum engineer. Terry’s practice involves the representation of energy companies such as oil and gas producers, pipelines, purchasers, and electric and natural gas utilities in a variety of significant litigation and transactional matters. He has led several energy litigation teams, including complex contract cases and royalty owner class actions.
Terry has served as Chairperson of the Energy Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and President of the Mineral Law Section of the Tulsa County Bar Association.
Terry has published numerous articles relating to the energy industry in publications such as the Tulsa Law Journal, the Public Land and Resources Law Digest, and the Newsletter of the Committee on Energy Litigation for the American Bar Association’s Section of Litigation. Terry’s speaking engagements include presentations at the Eugene Kuntz Conference on Natural Resources Law and Policy and Center for American and International Law’s Annual Oil and Gas Law Conference. Terry is a co-author of a chapter in the internationally prestigious Energy Law and Transactions Treatise.
Among his community activities, Terry was a founding director of the Berryhill Education Foundation, and he served as President of the Petroleum Club of Tulsa.
Terry’s recent experience includes:
- Complex energy litigation matters involving operations in Oklahoma, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Texas
- Successfully defend producers and midstream companies in single and multistate class action lawsuits
- Obtained summary judgment for a third-party defendant in a class action involving indemnification claims exceeding $100 million and facilitated the assignment of oil and gas properties worth nearly $1 billion pursuant to a mandatory injunction obtained by the Firm