James G. Flaherty - Ottawa, KS

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Washburn University School of Law, Topeka, Kansas, 1982
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

• Non Legal Education

  • Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri, 1979
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

References

• Kansas State Bank

• Arvest Bank

Representative Clients

• Atmos Energy

• Black Hills Energy

• Colt Energy, Inc.

• Columbus Telephone Company

• Elkhart Telephone Company

• ONE Gas, Inc.

• ONEOK, Inc.

• Suburban Water Company

• The Empire District Electric Company

• Liberty Utilities

Representative Cases

• Coover v. Neosho Ridge Wind LLC, 2019 WL 11695617
• Kansas Petroleum, Inc. v. Colorado Interstate Gas Co., 710 F.Supp. 758, 1989, D.Kan., 1989056833
• Greeley Gas Co. v. State Corp. Com'n of State of Kan., 807 P.2d 167, 1991, Kan.App., 1991049012
• Amoco Production Co. v. Charles B. Wilson, Jr. Inc, 266 Kan. 1084, 976 P.2d 941 , 1999
• Water District No. 1 of Johnson County v. Mission Hills Country Club, 265 Kan. 355, 960 P.2d 239 , 1998
• Sprint Communications Co. L.P. v. Corp. Commission, 45 Kan. App. 2d 460, 249 P.3d 1210 , 2011
• Hiji v. City of Garnett, 248 Kan. 1, 804 P.2d 950 , 1991
• Osborn Energy, LLC v. Atmos Energy Corp., 265 P.3d 599 , 2011
• Gas Service Co. State Corp. Com’n, 15 Kan. App. 2d 285, 807 P.2d 167 , 1983
• Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S. Inc. v. State Corp. Commission, 258 Kan. 796 908 P.2d 1276 , 1995
• Greeley Gas Company v. State Corp. Com’n, 15 Kan. App. 2d 285, 807 P.2d 167 , 1991
• Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association v. State Corp. Commission, 244 Kan. 157, 769 P.2d 1 , 1989
• Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Kansas Corp. Com’n, 26 Kan. App. 2d 1031, 37 P.3d 640 , 2001
• Midwest Gas Users Ass’n v. State Corp. Com’n, 30 Kan. App. 2d 61 , 2002
• Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie Heritage Foundation v. Scottish Power, PLC, 2005 WL 427503 , 2005
• United Cities Gas Co. v. Brock Exploration, 984 F. Supp. 1379 (1977); 995 F. Supp. 1284 , 1998
• Kansas Mun. Gas Agency v. Vesta Energy Co., Inc., 840 F. Supp. 814 (1993); 843 F. Supp. 1401 , 1994
• Maisch v. Hunt Midwest Mining, Inc., 1997 WL 94234 , 1997
• Aquila, Inc. v. State Corp. Com’n., 115 P.3d 794 , 2005
• BOC Gases v. State Corp. Com’n., 117 P.3d 151 , 2005
• J. P. Morgan Trust Co., v. Mid-America Pipeline Co., 473 F. Supp. 2d 1162 (2007); 413 F. Supp. 2d 1244 , 2006
• State Corp. Comm. V. F.C.C., 787 F.2d 1421 , 1986
• Gas Service Co. State Corp. Com’n, 662 P.2d 264, 1983
• Catron v. Colt Energy, Inc. 2014 WL 2828683
• Lutz v. Petro-D Corp. 1989 WL 9331, 1989
• National Helium Corporation v. Seward County, Kansas; Kansas Court of Appeals 1992 WL 12944849, 1992
• Wallis v. Dog Day, Inc. 317 P.3d 148, 2014
• United Steelworkers of America, Local No. 4706 v. Kansas Com’n on Civil Rights, 855 P.2d 905, 1993
• Mid-Gulf, Inc. v. Bishop, 1992 WL 133902
• Williams Natural Gas Company, Inc. v. State Corporation Commission 1995 WL 18253364
• J.W. Lange Petroleum, Inc. v. Lange, 787 F. Supp. 975, 1992
• Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board v. State Corp. Com’n of Kansas, 202 P.3d 109, 2009

Bar Admissions

• Kansas, 1982
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1982

Other Affiliations

• Kansas Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Energy Bar Association
• Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association
• Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association