Lanny Yeates is a member resident in the Firm's Houston office. His practice in the area of oil and gas has been diverse, but focuses mainly on the representation of oil and gas producers as well as financial institutions that provide capital to the energy industry.

Lanny is active in both the legal community and oil and gas industry, and has served on numerous committees throughout his career. Since 1983, he has served as both a member of the Advisory Council of the Louisiana Mineral Law Institute and as its Chairman for multiple terms, and has also served the American Bar Association as Vice Chairman of the Energy Policy Committee and the Oil & Natural Gas Exploration and Production Committee. Lanny served on the Technical Subcommittee of the AAPL-OCS Committee’s Deepwater Offshore Operating Agreement Model Form Subcommittee which developed a deepwater offshore operating agreement that was adopted in 2000 by the AAPL as a model form. In February 2012, he was a panelist and presenter at the OCS Workshop on “Proposed Modifications to the Deepwater Joint Operating Agreement as a Result of Deepwater Moratorium Lessons Learned.”

Lanny earned his J.D. from LSU Law School in 1981 where he served as Associate Editor of Louisiana Law Review and was a member of Phi Kappa Phi Legal Honor Society and Delta Sigma Pi. Upon graduation, he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He is a Life Loyal Member of Sigma Chi fraternity. Lanny also received his undergraduate degree from LSU, earning his B.S. in December 1977. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Lanny served on active duty from 1968 -1975 and in the active reserve from 1975-1979.

A prolific writer, Lanny has published several books including his first novel, Bay of One Hundred Fires published by BRAZOS VALLEY PRESS in 2004.  

Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanier_Yeates

Published Works & Presentations:

• Louisiana Oil and Gas Legislation (co-authored with Campanile Charities Professor of Mineral Law Emeritus, Thomas A. Harrell) (Lanier Yeates Energy Series: PENNWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY 1994) 484 pages of text (4th Edition, 1998)
• Louisiana and Texas Oil & Gas Law: An Overview of the Differences, LOUISIANA LAW REVIEW (co-authored with Professor Patrick H. Martin, former Commission of Conservation for the State of Louisiana) Vol. 52, No. 4, 1992
• Strategies Outlined for Doing Business in Russia, RUSSIAN OIL & GAS GUIDE (Vol. 1, No. 1, 1992); Russian Petroleum Legislation: Assessing the New Legal Framework, RUSSIAN OIL & GAS GUIDE (co-authored with Professor Gary B. Conine, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1993)
• Russian Petroleum Legislation: Assessing the New Legal Framework, RUSSIAN OIL & GAS GUIDE (co-authored with Professor Gary B. Conine, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1993)
• Russian Federation's Komi Republic Offers Oil and Gas Opportunities, RUSSIAN OIL & GAS GUIDE (co-authored with Stephen T. Lovelady, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1993)
• The Accounting Provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, PETROLEUM ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (co-authored with Paul E. Comeaux and N. Stephan Kinsella, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1994)
• The Russian Constitution of 1993 - Provisions of Interest to the Energy Industry, RUSSIAN OIL & GAS GUIDE (co-authored with Paul E. Comeaux and N. Stephan Kinsella, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1995)
• Indemnification and Anti-Indemnity Statutes as They Relate to Mineral Rights and Contacts, 33 Min. Law Inst. 110 (1986)
• An Update on Anti-Indemnity in Louisiana and Texas- Indemnification and Anti-Indemnity Statutes - Part II, 38 Min. Law Inst. 443 (1991)
• Title Opinions and Risk Management - Duties Owed to Clients and Others, Disclaimers, Disclosures, and Limitation of Liability, 42nd Oil & Gas Institute 4-1 (Matthew Bender 1991)
• Introduction to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 53 Min. Law Inst. 180 (2006)

• American Law Institute
• U.S. Supreme Court Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Louisiana State Bar Association
• Louisiana Mineral Law Institute – Interim Director 
• Houston Bar Association
• University of Houston Law Center – Adjunct Faculty
• Association Henri Capitant

Community Involvement:

• LSU Foundation – Board of Directors; Chairman 2007-2008
• Campanile Charities, Inc. – Chairman
• LSU Law Alumni Association - Past President
• Spindletop Centennial Celebration Commission – Vice Chairman, 1998-2001 

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