Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP

G. Brian Wells is a member of the Firm's Natural Resources & Environmental Service Team. He concentrates his practice in the area of corporate mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis in mineral and energy transactions.

Representative Clients

Mountain Properties, Inc.
1^st Trust Bank, Inc.
Vinland Energy, LLC
Miller Brothers Coal, LLC

Honors

Best Appellee Brief; Tax Moot Court Competition, 2002
Brandeis Inn of Court, Pupil, 2003

Education

2005 - LL.M., Georgetown University

2004 - J.D., University of Louisville

2001 - B.A., University of Kentucky

Seminars

Selected Issues in the Law of Co-Tenancy, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, 28^th Institute, 2007.
Contract Mining Agreements - What You Do and Don't Want, Energy and Mineral Foundation, 33^rd Mineral Law Conference, 2008.

Publications

Its Not My Fault: Recent Force Majeure Decisions
Selected issues in the Law of Co-Tenancy, 2007
ABA's Section of Environment, Energy and Resources' Mining Committee's August 2007 newsletter

Professional Activities and Memberships

Executive Committee, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Board of Trustees, of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Member, Kentucky Coal Association
Member, Lexington Coal Exchange
Member, Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Member, Kentucky Oil and Gas Association
Member, Kentucky and American Bar Associations

Admissions

United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
United States Tax Court

Interests

Surface and Underground Coal Mining
University of Kentucky Athletics

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