Thomas R. Dixon

Ray Dixon’s principal areas of practice are banking and creditors’ rights; oil, gas, and mineral law; and non-profit institutions. He has tried cases in state and federal court and in bankruptcy court. Mr. Dixon’s practice includes representing financial institutions, oil and gas companies, mineral owners and non-profit institutions in a wide variety of transactions.

Practice Concentration and Experience

  • Representation of banks, savings and loans, and other financial institutions in both loan transactions and litigation in state and federal court as well as bankruptcy court
  • Representation of oil and gas companies in leasing and land title transactions including documenting loans secured by oil and gas properties and preparing acquisition, drilling and division order title opinions
  • Representation of oil companies in the purchase and sale of producing properties
  • Representation of oil companies in litigation including title disputes, cases involving interpretation of joint operating agreements, claims regarding failure to reasonably develop a property and royalty litigation
  • Represented the prevailing defendant in Judice v. Mewbourne Oil Company, one of the leading Texas Supreme Court cases on the question of the deduction of post-production costs from gas royalties
  • Represents non-profit entities in a wide variety of corporate, litigation, and transaction matters including formation of nonprofit entities
  • Representation of landowners and mineral owners in negotiating oil and gas leases, surface use agreements and in litigation regarding use of the surface by oil and gas companies
  • Representation of purchasers and sellers of underground water rights
  • Represented the prevailing party in Cambridge v. Geodyne Resources Company, the leading Texas case regarding application of the doctrine of quasi-estoppel to a claim of termination of a pooled gas unit

Activities and Affiliations

  • Admitted to the State Bar of Texas by the Supreme Court of Texas, 1977
  • Admitted to practice in Oklahoma in 2011
  • Admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
  • Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
  • Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section
  • Texas Association of Bank Counsel
  • Texas Panhandle Bankruptcy Bar Association
  • Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Website Articles

Education

  • J.D. University of Texas, 1977
    • with honors
    • Order of the Coif
  • M.B.A. West Texas A&M University, 2002
  • B.A. University of Oklahoma, 1973
    • Phi Beta Kappa