Charles R. Willing

Shareholder/Director
Tulsa Office
The Kennedy Building
321 South Boston, Suite 800
Tulsa, OK 74103-3318
T (918) 599-0621
F (918) 583-9659
cwilling@fellerssnider.com
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Representative Matters & Clients

• In a case first impression in Kansas, successfully defended the oil and gas owners’ claim of ownership to the coalbed methane gas against the owner of the coal seams. Central Natural Resources, Inc. v. Davis Operating Company, 201 P.3d 680 (Kan. 2009).
• Assisted incumbent local exchange carrier’s in obtaining reduced regulatory oversight from state regulatory agency. Cox Oklahoma Telecom, LLC, v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp. Com’n, 164 P.3d 150 (Okla. 2007).
• Assisted with state regulatory agency approval of incumbent local exchange carrier’s interconnection agreements with competitive local exchange carriers.
• Successfully litigated incumbent local exchange carrier’s disputes with competitive local exchange carriers before state administrative agency.
• Handled environmental enforcement issues with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality associated with a product terminal.
• Handled environmental permitting and enforcement issues associated with gas compressor station.
• Handled wide variety of environmental enforcement issues associated with a company’s retained environmental liabilities associated with divestiture of a mid-stream subsidiary.
• Environmental due diligence related to project refinance of gas-fired electric generating plant.
• Environmental due diligence related to acquisitions of oil and gas properties and facilities.