Lisa Bailey
Lisa is a native of Denver, Colorado, where she resides with her husband. She is a paralegal for Oram & Houghton, PLLC, assisting with the creation of title opinions. She has over 10 years of experience dissecting title opinions while working for oil and gas operators in a number of Land roles. She graduated from […]
Matthew Houghton
Matthew C. Houghton is a graduate of University of Tulsa College of Law. Matt is currently practicing natural resources law as a member of Oram & Houghton, PLLC. Prior to forming Oram & Houghton, PLLC, he represented oil and gas production companies in a variety of matters relating to the energy industry. He drafted drilling […]
Melinda Frazier
Melinda Frazier grew up in Chicago, Illinois and currently resides in Sheridan, Wyoming. She is a graduate of Indiana University, and subsequently earned her J.D. from the University of Wyoming College of Law. While attending law school, she concurrently obtained an M.A. in energy and natural resources. Prior to joining Oram & Houghton, Melinda had […]
Michael Allen
Michael graduated from the Texas Tech University School of Law and practices natural resources law near Houston’s Energy Corridor in Katy, Texas. He is admitted to practice in Texas and is a member of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section and the College of the State Bar of Texas. Over the course of […]
Michelle Schmidt
Michelle was born and raised in western South Dakota where she still resides in the middle of the Black Hills. She is a paralegal for Oram & Houghton, PLLC with 35 years of prior experience in various areas of law including Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Family Law, Litigation and a few others. In her […]
Michael Yoakum
Michael Yoakum is part of the Ontra team at Oram & Houghton, focusing on negotiating non-disclosure agreements for private equity mergers and acquisitions, financing, and debt advisory. Michael graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.S. in Political Science in 2012 and earned his J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law in 2015. He is […]
Monica Marsh
A native of northeastern Montana, Monica Marsh obtained her Bachelor’s at Minnesota State University Moorhead and her Master’s degrees in each Business Administration and Management from University of Mary, and she currently calls the cities of Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN her home. Monica is the Chief Operating Officer at Oram & Houghton, PLLC. She […]
Petra Olson
Petra is a native of Germany and resides in Moorhead, Minnesota. She is a paralegal for Oram & Houghton, PLLC, assisting primarily with proofreading and document processing as related to creation of title opinions. Prior to working with Oram & Houghton, PLLC, Petra gained over ten years of experience in the field of customer service […]
Rose Gelder
Rose brings a decade of legal experience in oil and gas title, water law, and civil litigation. She is known for her strong attention to detail and in-depth knowledge of mineral title opinions, developed through prior industry experience. Originally from Northwest Washington, Rose earned her bachelor’s degree from Central Washington University and completed paralegal coursework […]
Seth Loughmiller
Seth A. Loughmiller is a natural resource attorney. His practice mainly focuses on preparing comprehensive acquisition, drilling, and division order title opinions covering private, state, Indian, and federal lands. Seth also has experience appearing before the Utah Board of Oil, Gas, and Mining. Seth is a graduate of Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law […]