<p>JEFFREY W. HODGES 11110 Celano Drive • Richmond, TX 77406 (817) 559-4872 • [email protected] PROFILE</p><p>Accomplished business attorney with expertise in title examination, real estate, probate and estate planning, oil and gas business transactions and due diligence operations. Regularly provides advice to both major oil companies and independent oil and gas companies on oil and gas leases, title, pooling, unitization, joint venture, and operating agreements, and has rendered hundreds of drilling, division order and acquisition title opinions. Highly knowledgeable in these areas of law, and possesses unparalleled communication, team and project management traits.</p><p>EXPERIENCE</p><p>Jeffrey W. Hodges, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX May 2013-Present Attorney www.jhodgeslegal.com  Oil and Gas transactional work, which included the negotiating, drafting and reviewing of purchase sale agreements, production sharing agreements, farm out agreements, joint operating agreements, and master service agreements.  Successfully completed multiple rapid due diligence operations for both major and independent exploration and production corporations in their acquisition of major producing assets.  Advised clients on depth severances, mineral interests under roadways and royalty vs. mineral ambiguities.  Analyzed oil and gas lease assignments to determine working and royalty interest ownership.  Advised clients of land use laws affecting their parcels of real estate.  Created business entities for clients that provided the best advantages with taxes and liabilities.  Estate Planning for both single and married persons.</p><p>Jones Gill LLP, Houston, TX May 2011-May 2013 Attorney www.jonesgill.com  Performed due diligence operations for exploration and production companies’ acquisitions and divestitures.  Rendered Original and Supplemental Title Opinions in all major Texas plays.  Analyzed and interpreted complex oil and gas lease, joint operating agreements, and other energy contracts.  Prepared receivership leases and proved them in court.</p><p>Holland Acquisitions, Inc. and TexRock Land Services, Fort Worth, TX April 2007-May 2011 Title Abstractor, Curative Agent and Lease Analyst www.hollandservices.com  Specialized in corporate governance regarding the oil and gas exploration agreements, which included drafting and managing the various contracts that exploration and production companies executed with property owners.  Supervised a crew of landmen in their abstracting of title.  Performed curative operations that consisted of oil and gas lease subordinations, affidavits of heirship and verifying trustees. </p><p>JEFFREY W. HODGES</p><p>EDUCATION</p><p>Texas A&M University School of Law (f/k/a Texas Wesleyan University School of Law) Juris Doctor, May 2006 Awards & Activities:  Texas Wesleyan Award Recipient  Founding Member of the Student Chapter of the Federalist Society  Member of Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity</p><p>Texas Tech University B.A. of Business Administration, May 2003 Awards & Activities:  President’s Lists and Dean’s Lists  Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society  Sigma Chi Fraternity</p><p>BAR ADMISSIONS AND AFFILIATIONS</p><p> Supreme Court of the United States  State Bar of Texas  College of the State Bar of Texas  State Bar of Texas, Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Section  State Bar of Texas, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section  Fort Bend County Bar Association  Former Member of the Eldon B. Mahon American Inn of Court  Houston Association of Professional Landmen  West Houston Association of Professional Landmen</p>