Matthew W. Onest - Canton, OH

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney at Law

Classes and Seminars

• “Preserving Severed Mineral Interests”– Seminar Presenter, Stark County Bar Association (2014)
  
• “2015 Oil and Gas Caselaw Update” – Ohio Bar Association
  
• Presenter at the Sterling Education’s 6th Annual Landlord-Tenant Law Conference, Youngstown, Ohio (2015)
  
• “Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession” – Seminar Presenter, Half Moon Education, Inc. (2015)
  
• Presenter at the Sterling Education’s Landlord-Tenant Law Conference, Youngstown, Ohio (2016)
  
• Co-Author of Ohio Survey for Texas A&M Journal of Property Law: 2018, 2019, 2020 Survey on Oil & Gas – Texas A&M University School of Law
  
• “Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession and Accommodating the Rights of Mineral Owners and Surface Owners” – Seminar Presenter, Half Moon Education, Inc. (2018)
  
• “Identifying, Classifying, and Locating Easements” – Seminar Presenter, Half Moon Education, Inc. (2021)
  
• “Participating in the Condemnation Process” – Seminar Presenter, Half Moon Education, Inc. (2021)

Pro Bono Activities

• The Hubbard Rotary Club, Member, 2021 - Present
• Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, Member
• National Association of Royalty Owners, Member
• Spano Foundation, Board Member
• Massillon Museum, Former Board of Directors, 2016 - 2020
• Bluecoats, Inc., Canton, Ohio, Former Board of Directors, 2017 - 2019
• The Jackson Township Rotary Club, Former Member, 2015 - 2017
• Leadership Stark County, The 29th Graduating Class, 2015 - 2016
• Golden Key Center for Exceptional Children, Former Board of Directors

Published Works

Articles

• Legal Alert on Peppertree MTA case
  
• Oral Arguments: Zehentbauer Family Land LP et al v Total E and P USA Inc. et al
  
• Legal Alert: Ohio House Bill No. 152 – Ohio’s Oil & Gas Unitization Process
  
• Attorneys Gregory W. Watts and Matthew W. Onest Co-Author Texas A&M Journal of Property Law Ohio Update Publications
  
• Ohio Supreme Court Holds That the Ohio Marketable Title Act Applies to All Severed Mineral Interests
  
• Utica Shale & Pipeline Newsletter November 2020
• Gibson’s Bakery Verdict Recognized by The National Law Journal as a “TOP 100 Verdict”
• Texas Supreme Court’s Oil and Gas Decision Has Implications Beyond Oil and Gas Law: How to Structure Your Releases in Settlement Agreements
• Victory with the Fifth District Court of Appeals
• Ashmus v. Coughlin, Slip Opinion No. 2025-Ohio-2412 | KWGD
• Introducing “Neighborly Legal Advice”
• First episode of Neighborly Legal Advice – Oil, Gas and Mineral Rights
• Second episode of Neighborly Legal Advice – Ohio Taxes
• Third episode of Neighborly Legal Advice – What is Arbitration?
• Fourth episode of Neighborly Legal Advice – How Mineral Rights Can Raise Your Property Taxes
• Fifth Episode of Neighborly Legal Advice – What are Appeals in the Ohio Court System?
• Sixth Episode of Neighborly Legal Advice – Making a Will
• Neighborly Legal Advice – Gift Cards 101
• Neighborly Legal Advice – Data Centers and Zoning
• Neighborly Legal Advice – LLCs vs Sole Proprietorship
• Neighborly Legal Advice – The Discovery Phase of a Lawsuit
• Utica Shale & Pipeline Update and Review – May 2026

Bar Admissions

• Ohio
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio

Other Affiliations

• The Ohio State Bar Association (Member)
• Stark County Bar Association (Member)
• Akron Bar Association (Member)
• Trumbull County Bar Association (Member)
• The Young Lawyers Section Council and the Young Lawyers Section of the Ohio State Bar Association