Dan C. Perry

About Dan C. Perry

Dan C. Perry has practiced oil and gas law in Texas and New Mexico for more than 30 years, focusing exclusively on representing mineral owners with their oil and gas leases and uranium leases. During that period, he has negotiated and drafted in excess of 500 oil and gas leases covering more than 1,000,000 acres, and has tracked the drilling and production of hundreds of oil and gas wells. Perry uses his experience in the field of Mineral Management, whereby he provides full service representation for the marketing of unleased minerals, negotiating and drafting of oil and gas leases and industry contracts, auditing royalty payments and overseeing the oil companies' performance of their lease covenants. He currently serves as Mineral Manager (either as a Trustee, General Partner or LLC Manager) for five different family entities, with over 200,000 acres of minerals under his direct control.

Not only does Dan Perry have the benefit of his experience and many contacts in the oil and gas industry and landowner community, but he has access to the latest in technological advancements, such as drillinginfo.com, PLS (Petroleum Listing Service) and ACH (Automated Clearing House) direct deposit settlement of distributions to beneficiaries and partners. He is a member of numerous professional and industry organizations, and has spoken as an expert to The Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the American Association of Professional Land-men and the Texas Bar Association. He is peer review rated "AV - Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell and Lawyers.com, which is the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. An honors graduate of Princeton University and SMU Law School, Perry has the intellectual capacity, entrepreneurial ingenuity, experience and resources to market and administer mineral assets. 

"My approach is to proactively market my clients' minerals to encourage valuable exploration and production, while simultaneously making the oil companies accountable to their lease commitments. This professional Mineral Management yields a better return for the mineral owner."

- Dan Perry