1978 - 1990
 Prior
to limiting his professional activities solely to serving as an
arbitrator and ADR service provider Mr. Gaitis served as legal counsel
to clients in over 500 civil court actions and regulatory proceedings,
and in over 50 appeals (including approximately 15 appeals with
reported appellate decisions). He additionally represented domestic
and international oil and gas clients in commercial transactions
relating to upstream, midstream and downstream activities in the oil
& gas industry. From 1989-90, he served as Special Counsel to a
major American natural gas pipeline company and, in that capacity,
managed and coordinated litigation involving hundreds of domestic
and international claims
relating to diverse contract, tort, and antitrust issues.
Mr. Gaitis' range of experience as legal counsel
representing domestic and international clients includes matters such as the following:
- construction claims
- partnership disputes
- accounting disputes
- negligence claims
- breach of fiduciary duties
- sales of goods
- service agreements
- regulatory and contractual issues relating to gas storage
facilities
- pricing mechanisms under natural gas purchase contracts
- take-or-pay and delivery commitments
- construction and operating agreements relating to
gas processing plants
- disputes relating to joint operating, farmout, and
unitization agreements
- joint interest accounting & royalty disputes
- drilling contracts
- mutual area of interest and exploration agreements
- partnership agreements and joint ventures
- asset and stock sales/purchases
- the acquisition of property interests in producing and
prospective oil & gas properties
- service company agreements and disputes
- natural gas regulation and deregulation
- drainage, reservoir engineering, and geology
- antitrust/restraint of trade
- transportation and exchange agreements
- oil & gas leases and licenses
- subsurface and surface water pollution
- natural gas measurement
- short term and long term marketing agreements
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