(New Orleans, LA/July 19, 2011) Kenneth M. Klemm, shareholder in the New Orleans office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, will be a speaker at the 57th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute in Sante Fe, New Mexico, on July 22, 2011.
Mr. Klemm will present on the topic "Implied Covenants: Recent Developments in Failure to Develop Cases and Other Implied Obligations Under Mineral Leases."
Mr. Klemm, who is Co-Chair of Baker Donelson's Marine & Energy Industry Service Team, counsels and defends companies in energy, marine, oil and gas litigation. His clients include oil and pollution clean-up companies, natural gas producers, oil field services companies, regional and national transporters of natural gas and insurance companies. Mr. Klemm is a frequent speaker on litigation-related topics involving admiralty and maritime issues, environmental law and oil and gas casualties. He is a proctor member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Energy Law360, a national newswire for business lawyers. Mr. Klemm has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® as a leading attorney in Maritime Law and by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Louisiana Super Lawyers in the area of Energy & Natural Resources.