Jon C. Beckman | Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Jon C. Beckman

Associate

(814) 333-4913

jon.beckman@steptoe-johnson.com

Office: Meadville

Energy

Business

Employment

Litigation

Attorney

J.D. Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
M.A. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Licensure: PA

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Biography

Jon Beckman focuses his practice in the area of energy and natural resources law, specifically assisting clients with energy and environmental litigation. Jon draws on his mineral title and regulatory experience to assist clients with disputes over mineral ownership, royalties, and leasehold issues as well as environmental and regulatory matters. Additionally, he assists clients with eminent domain proceedings, construction litigation, midstream litigation, and insurance litigation. Jon is a former Combat Trauma Specialist for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and served in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Know-How

Whitepaper

A State Of Mind: Determining Bad Faith In Trespasses To Oil And Gas: A Call To Courts To Apply A True Subjective Analysis To Determine Whether A Trespasser To An Oil And Gas Estate Trespasses In Good Or Bad Faith

Alert

Court Decision Keeps Pressure on Well Permit Applicants Over Natural Resources Impact

Judge Upholds PA PUC Decision Granting Eminent Domain for Pipeline Facility

Third Circuit Denies Environmental Challenge

Work Experience

2013 Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
2005-2011 Combat Trauma Specialist, Pennsylvania Army National Guard
2003-2010 High School History Teacher, Corry Area School District

Speaking Engagements

“Getting Paid in a Tough Economy: Procedures under PA’s Contractor-Subcontractor Payment Act” National Utility Contractors Association, Northwest/Southwest/Northeast Pennsylvania Regional Meetings, 2015

“From Venting Skyward to Moving Forward: a Historical Perspective on Coalbed Methane Regulation,” International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, 2015

Co-Present “Water Management Regulations in the Appalachian Basin” Buckeye STEPS Water Management Conference, 2015

“Subsurface Trespass to the Oil& Gas Estate: Determining Damages in Pennsylvania,” PBI Oil and Gas Law Colloquium, Pittsburgh, PA September 2015

2015 Survey on Oil & Gas Law, Texas A&M Law Review, Pennsylvania

Co-author "A Time of Change: Prepare for Heightened Enforcement," The PIOGA Press, December 2014

"A State of Mind: Determining Bad Faith in Trespass to Oil & Gas." 2 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 53 (2014)

"Robinson Township & Act 13," Northwest Pennsylvania Inns of Court, 2014

"Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Law Update," Crawford County Bar Association, 2014

"Pennsylvania Mechanics' Lien Law Update," National Utility Contractors Association, Northwest Pennsylvania, 2014

Key Experience

Litigated oil and gas leasehold issues for energy clients

Assisted industry clients in quiet title and partition actions that included complex heirship and mineral title issues

Represented midstream client in federal eminent domain action

Memberships & Awards

Professional

Pennsylvania Bar Association, Energy and Environmental Law Section
Crawford County Bar Association
Northwest Pennsylvania American Inn of Court
Graduated magna cum laude, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law