Energy
Business
Employment
Litigation
Biography
Pat Deem focuses his practice in the areas of real estate and minerals, commercial transactions, and business organizations. Mr. Deem's experience includes significant involvement in mergers, acquisitions, and all aspects of financing.
Work Experience
1969 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Key Experience
Assisted Fortune 500 company in connection with the drilling of several hundred wells for the exploration and development of oil and gas in the Appalachian Basin
Assisted numerous gas production companies in the sale of oil and gas properties
Assisted coal company and its domestic and international partners in all phases of the acquisition of mineral properties (in excess of 10,000 acres) for the development of a new underground coal mining operation
Memberships & Awards
Professional
President, West Virginia Bar AssociationPeer Review Rated AV by Martindale-HubbellChambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for BusinessThe Best Lawyers in America®Best Lawyers® 2013 Morgantown, West Virginia Lawyer of the YearSuper Lawyers®Corporations, Banking and Business Law Committee, West Virginia State BarExecutive Committee, West Virginia Bar AssociationWest Virginia State Bar Liaison to the American Bar Association Committee on Corporate LawsFellow, American Bar Association 2006Past Chair, West Virginia College of Law Visiting CommitteeFellow, West Virginia Bar Foundation 2002Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review