PEOPLE

Megan Parkinson

Senior Attorney
parkinson.megan@dorsey.com
Salt Lake City P +1 (801) 933-4095 F +1 (801) 880-7057

Overview

Megan helps clients with their mining, oil & gas, and renewable energy projects, using her professional and academic experience to help clients find innovative and pragmatic solutions to their problems.

Megan helps clients comply with federal, state, and local statutes, ordinances, agency rules, and case law and to assess risk related to real property and natural resource issues. Additionally, she guides clients through complex corporate contract analysis, interpretation, and negotiation.

Megan’s transactional expertise includes conducting complex mineral title examinations of private, federal, tribal, and state lands and the preparation of drilling, lease acquisition, and drilling and division order opinions.

Education & Admissions

Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School (J.D, 2010)

Brigham Young University (English, 2007)

Admissions

  • Utah
  • United States District Court for the District of Utah 

Experience

Megan’s experience includes title insurance law and litigation. She has also represented clients in natural resources litigation, including disputes concerning oil and gas leases, joint operating agreements, contractual matters, and matters involving liens against real property. She has appeared before the Utah Board of Oil, Gas and Mining, and the Interior Board of Land Appeals, and Utah State Courts.