Curtis M. Long, Shareholder/Director

Curt Long has over 35 years of experience in energy and telecommunications, representing clients in state and federal courts, and before regulatory commissions. His practice is concentrated on litigation and regulation of the natural gas, electric and telecommunications industries. Mr. Long's experience also includes retail and wholesale contracts for natural gas, electric, telecommunications, water and process water discharge services.

Practices

• Administrative and Regulatory Practice
• Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources
• Litigation and Trial Practice
• Telecommunications

Education

• University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., 1974) Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
• University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1971)

Related News & Events

• Breedlove, Long and McCarthy Named Best Lawyers’ 2012 Lawyers of the Year
• Fellers Snider Attorneys Recognized In the 2010 Edition of Best Lawyers in America
• Fellers Snider Attorneys Recognized In the 2008 Edition of Oklahoma Super Lawyers

Bar Admissions

• Member of the Bar of the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Western and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma
• Member of the Bar of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
• Member of the Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Member of Oklahoma Bar, admitted 1974

Representative Matters & Clients

Mr. Long’s clients include utilities, pipelines, energy producers, wireline and broadcast telecommunications companies, energy producers and wireless carriers. He has handled numerous complex matters, resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, mediation and negotiation. Significant projects have included oil and gas production, retail and wholesale telecommunications services; utility franchises and rights-of-way; natural gas supply contracts; retail electric services; consulting services; severance taxes; water and natural gas services to electric power plants; utility rates and tariffs; natural gas storage agreements; natural gas processing and gathering; and retail and wholesale natural gas services.

Published Cases

• Cox Oklahoma Telecom, L.L.C. v. State ex rel. Oklahoma Corp Com’n, 164 P.3d 150, 2007 OK 55
• Coxcom, Inc. v. Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletic Ass’n, 143 P.3d 525, 2006 OK CIV APP 107
• In re Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, 233 P.U.R. 4th 338 (Okla Corp. Com’n 2004)
• Williams Natural Gas Co. v. City of Oklahoma City, 890 F.2d 255 (10th Cir. 1989)
• ANR Pipeline Co. v. Corporation Com’n of Oklahoma, 643 F.Supp. 419 (W.D. Okla. 1986)
• Re Ratable Takes of Natural Gas by First Purchasers, 67 P.U.R. 4th 521 (Okla. Corp. Com’n 1985)
• Energy Reserves Group, Inc. v. Kansas Power and Light Co., 459 U.S. 400 (1983) (amicus curiae)
• United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Corporation Commission of Oklahoma, 600 P.2d 864, 1979 OK CIV APP 36
• Post Oak Oil Co. v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, 575 P. 2d 964, 1978 OK 20
• Oklahoma Transportation Co. v. Corporation Commission, 552 P.2d 401, 1976 OK 92

Professional Memberships

• Oklahoma Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Oklahoma Bar Association Energy Law Section
• Tulsa County Bar Association
  • Past Chair, Mineral Law Section
• American Bar Association

Community Leadership & Activities

• Leadership Tulsa, Member
• Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, Vice-President
• Past Board President: Street School (an alternative education program)
• Assistant Scoutmaster: Troop 1 (1994-2001)
• Past Commodore: Windycrest Sailing Club
• Elder: First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, OK

Awards & Honors

• Best Lawyers in America – Best Energy Lawyer of the Year, 2012
• Selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2010 and 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty area of Administrative Law, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law and Natural Resources Law.
• Oklahoma Super Lawyers®  2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

Speaking Engagements

• OU CLE Kuntz Conference “Multiple Clients and Imputed Attorney-Client Relationships: Duties to the Clients You Keep and the Clients You Never Knew You Had” (2001)
• Tulsa County Bar CLE “Telecommunications Law 2001” (2001)
• OBA CLE “The New Electric Power Industry: Where Does Oklahoma Stand Now?” (1996)
• OU CLE “New Requirements for Royalty Payments and Revenue Sharing” (1993)
• OU CLE “Implementation of the Production Revenue Standards Act” (1992)
• OBA CLE “Litigation in the Oil Patch” (1986)
• Natural Gas Association of Oklahoma “New Legislation Affecting the Payment of Royalty on Natural Gas Production” (1985)
• OBA CLE “How to Survive in Today’s Gas Market: an Industry Perspective” (1984)