The Firm

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We proudly opened our doors in 2006 as a solo-practice built by John’s years of practice in the Oil & Gas Industry. Our firm currently serves clients from all over the globe in all of their Alabama and Mississippi matters and affairs. Some of our more common daily practices include:

    • Stand-up Preliminary Title Opinions
    • Stand-up Division Order Title Opinions
    • Preliminary Title Opinions based upon an Abstract of Title
    • Division Order Title Opinions based upon an Abstract of Title
    • Regulatory filings and hearings with the State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama
    • Corporate formations, mergers, and acquisitions
    • Drafting of Deeds, Assignments, Mortgages, and other conveyances of real property
    • Mortgage and sale of real property closings
    • Recordings
    • Memorandums of Oil, Gas, Coal, Mining, Probate, and Real Property law

 

John Foster Tyra received both his Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Alabama. Shortly after graduating law school in 1980, he began practicing in the field of Oil, Gas, and Mineral law. He has over 30 years of experience as a img_1045-300x300licensed attorney in both Alabama and Mississippi.

John is frequently asked to be a speaker at seminars by the Alabama Bar Association, Mississippi Bar Association, Mississippi Association of Petroleum Landmen, Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association, American Association of Profession Landmen, Black Warrior Professional Landman Association and many others due to his knowledge and experience in the field of Oil, Gas, and Mineral law.

John has twice served as Chairman of the Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Section of the Alabama Bar Association. He is also a member of  the Natural Resources, Energy, and Environmental  Law Section of the Mississippi Bar Association.

His fellow attorneys have given him a Martindale-Hubble Rating AV® Preeminent™ 5 out of 5.

Admitted to Practice

United States Supreme Court (1985)

United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (1981)

United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (2003)

United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (1986)

United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (1982)

Areas of Practice

Oil and Gas Law

Mining Law

Real Estate Law

Property Law

Energy Law

Real Property Transactions

Trusts and Estates

Probate Law

 

— 1661 McFarland Blvd. North, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35406 —

Located just north of the of infamous Black Warrior River that runs through Tuscaloosa and directly across from the prestigious Indian Hills Country Club.

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