M. Hampton Carver is a founding partner of the firm, and practices oil, gas and energy law. Mr. Carver received his B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard College in 1966 and his J.D. from Louisiana State University School of Law in 1970. He was a member of the Law Review and the Order of the Coif. He is admitted to the bar of all federal courts in Louisiana. Mr. Carver has served as an adjunct faculty member at Louisiana State University Law School teaching mineral law. He is a former Chairman of the Louisiana Mineral Law Institute and of the Mineral Law Section of the Louisiana State Bar Association. He served on the committee of the Louisiana Law Institute responsible for the revision of the Civil Code articles on obligations and contracts. Since 1970, he has handled numerous oil and gas cases before the courts and the federal administrative agencies. Much of his work has involved disputes relating to Outer Continental Shelf leases, federal regulation on the OCS and acquisition of leases, gas balancing, royalty matters, and gas contract litigation. He has worked extensively in the negotiation of contracts for the acquisition of OCS leases, production handling, gas and oil transportation on the OCS, and operations in the deepwater.
