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2026-2027 Officers

President:

Elect-President: Lincoln Lair

Elect-President: Lincoln Lair

 Cassie is the Operations Counsel at Permian Resources. She is licensed in both Texas and New Mexico. Cassie received her B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and worked as a Petroleum Engineer for a small independent oil company before going back to law school. She received her degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Outside of work she loves spending time with her husband and their three beautiful boys and getting involved in the community.  

Elect-President: Lincoln Lair

Elect-President: Lincoln Lair

Elect-President: Lincoln Lair

Lincoln is an Associate with Brockett McNeel where he currently focuses on litigation and business matters. He attended Abilene Christian for his undergrad and received his law degree from St. Mary's. He and his wife have come to call Midland their home and enjoy raising their two boys here.

Vice President: Emily Daniel

Elect-President: Lincoln Lair

Vice President: Emily Daniel

 Emily is an Associate with Davis Gerald & Cremer in the Oil and Gas Section. Her work currently focuses on title examination, and she is licensed in both Texas and New Mexico. She attended Trinity University where she received a B.S. in Finance, and she received her law degree from Texas Tech School of Law. Outside of work, she enjoys fishing, traveling, and finding new places to eat around Midland.

Treasurer: Samuel J. Stennis

Treasurer: Samuel J. Stennis

Vice President: Emily Daniel

Sam is a shareholder at Cotton Bledsoe. He practices litigation.  He is licensed to practice in Texas, the United States District Courts for the Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Districts of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prior to joining the firm in 2013, Sam was an attorney for the Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals, where he assisted the Court in preparing its opinions.  Sam represents clients in defending and pursuing actions involving complex oil and gas litigation matters, employment and labor claims, contract disputes, and a variety of other civil matters. His practice includes helping clients obtain relief in the appellate courts through appeals and original proceedings. Sam has experience in all aspects of litigation from pre-litigation investigation through discovery, depositions, motion practice, first-chair trial, and appellate practice. 

Secretary: Bill B. Caraway

Treasurer: Samuel J. Stennis

Secretary: Bill B. Caraway

He is the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Diamondback Energy.   In private practice, Bill represented corporate and individual clients in a broad range of civil litigation matters, including business and commercial disputes, products liability, personal injury claims, deed and lease interpretation issues, surface use disputes, lease termination disputes and mineral ownership rights.  His extensive trial experience has gained him membership in the American Board of Trial Advocates.  Bill also represented clients in the negotiation of oil and gas leases, eminent domain proceedings, real estate and loan transactions, and corporate formations.  Bill received his B.S. in Agricultural Economics in 1987 from Texas Tech University where he served as Student Association President.  He graduated, magna cum laude, from Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1991 and was Executive Editor of the Law Review.  Bill began his legal career with Baker Botts LLP in Houston and was a sole practitioner in Houston where he was President of the Houston Trial Lawyers Association (2003-04), and in Hallettsville before joining Kelly Hart and moving to Midland in 2015.  He is licensed in Texas and New Mexico.    


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