K&L Gates Oil & Gas Counsel
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their most challenging legal issues, no matter where they
do business.
We have represented companies in the oil and gas industry
for decades, and our lawyers have counseled dozens of
regional and international clients at the forefront of the
development of the Marcellus, Utica, and Huron shales in
the Northeast and the Barnett and Haynesville shales in
Texas and Louisiana.
Thanks to our extensive international platform, our nearly
2,000 lawyers are poised to help you achieve your global
business objectives.
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Welcome/Introduction
Welcome/Introduction
Speakers:
Michael G. Zanic – Practice Area Leader – Energy, Infrastructure
and Resources, K&L Gates, Pittsburgh (Master of Ceremonies)
Louis D. D’Amico – President & Executive Director, Pennsylvania
Independent Oil and Gas Association
Kathryn Klaber – President, Marcellus Shale Coalition
April 27, 2012
Hilton Garden Inn Hotel – Southpointe/Pittsburgh
Michael G. Zanic
AREAS OF PRACTICE
PITTSBURGH OFFICE
412.355.6219
TEL
412.355.6501
FAX
michael.zanic@klgates.com
Mr. Zanic has focused his practice on providing strategic advice to energy,
manufacturing and construction corporations, including in the areas of insurance
coverage and innovative solutions to toxic-tort-related problems. Mr. Zanic has
litigated major environmental, asbestos, product liability, property damage and
business interruption insurance coverage cases, under property and general liability
insurance policies, in the courts of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, Texas and
Washington. The policyholders that Mr. Zanic has represented have recovered in
excess of $1.75 billion on their insurance coverage claims. Mr. Zanic’s experience in
toxic tort-related bankruptcies includes representation of debtors and third party nondebtors, including representation of the debtors in the largest asbestos and silicarelated pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy filed in the United States. Further, Mr.
Zanic’s practice has included representations involving business operations or
disputes in Afghanistan, Algeria, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Nigeria, Russia, the
United Kingdom, the Middle East and other countries around the world.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Mr. Zanic joined K&L Gates in 1989 and became a partner in 1997. Since 2000, he
has served on the firm’s Management Committee, from 2000 to 2004 as Practice Area
Leader-Litigation and from 2005 to 2011 as the Administrative Partner of the
Pittsburgh office. Effective August 1, 2011, Mr. Zanic became the Practice Area
Leader of the firm’s global Energy, Infrastructure and Resources Practice. From 2010
to 2012, he also has served on the firm's Executive Committee.
PROFESSIONAL/CIVIC ACTIVITIES
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Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (Board Member: 2007-present; Secretary: 2008present)
Pennsylvania Business Council (Policy Roundtable Member: 2011-present)
Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. (Board Member: 2011-present)
Dress for Success - Pittsburgh (Advisory Board: 2006-present)
Three Rivers Adoption Council (past Board Member)
Since 2003, Mr. Zanic has been recognized by his peers and by various publications:
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Who’s Who in Energy published by The Pittsburgh Business Times, Dallas
Business Journal and Houston Business Journal (2011)
The Young Litigators Fab Fifty® (The American Lawyer) list of 50 up-andcoming litigators, aged 45 and under (2007)
The Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward/White, Inc.) for business litigation
(2003/4, 2005), commercial litigation (2006 – 2012)and insurance law (2006 2012)
Chambers USA Client’s Guide (Chambers and Partners Legal Publishers) for
litigation (2006), litigation-insurance coverage (2007-2010) and litigation-
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commercial (2011)
Guide to the World’s Leading Insurance and Reinsurance Lawyers (Legal Media
Group) (2006 - 2011)
Local Litigation Star in Euromoney’s Benchmark Litigation 2010 in Pennsylvania
for Insurance and Products Liability
Listed in Euromoney’s 2009 Insurance and Reinsurance Expert Guide
Lawdragon Magazine’s “The Lawdragon 500: New Stars, New Worlds”
(Summer 2006)
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer® (Law and Politics magazine) for insurance
coverage (2004-2011) and Construction, Real Estate & Environmental (2012)
Selected as a “Fast Tracker” by the Pittsburgh Business Times (2004), an award
recognizing business professionals under the age of 45 who are making a
difference in Pittsburgh and the surrounding community
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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K&L Gates’ Developing North Carolina Shale Gas: Lessons Learned from the
Marcellus and Utica Shale Plays, “Learning from the Marcellus Shale – Success
and Challenges”, March 29, 2012, Raleigh, North Carolina.
K&L Gates’ First Annual Poland Oil & Gas Seminar, “Where We Are, Where
Should We Go? – Regulatory Issues for Shale Gas in Poland and the United
States, November 16, 2011, Warsaw, Poland.
K&L Gates’ Fourth Annual Appalachian Basin Oil & Gas Seminar, “Blow Ups,
Blow Outs and Releases: Steps to ‘Insure’ that you are Covered”, April 26, 2011,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
COURT ADMISSIONS
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Pro Hac Vice admission to state and federal courts throughout the United States,
including Connecticut, California, Delaware, Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Puerto Rico
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Ninth Circuits
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
BAR MEMBERSHIP
Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
J.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1989 (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif; Notes and
Comments Editor, The Journal of Law and Commerce)
B.A., University of Pittsburgh, 1986 (summa cum laude)
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Louis D. D'Amico
President and Executive Director
Pennsylvania Independent Oil & Gas Association
Louis D. D’Amico serves as President and Executive Director of PIOGA. Prior to the merger of IOGA and
POGAM, Lou served as Executive Director of IOGA of Pennsylvania since 1995. Prior to joining the
association, he spent 23 years in the industry in engineering, gas marketing and operations management.
Following graduation from the Pennsylvania State University with a BS in Petroleum and Natural Gas
Engineering in 1972, he joined the Peoples Natural Gas Company as a drilling and production engineer.
In 1978 he was recruited by Wainoco Oil and Gas Company, a Houston Texas based independent
producer to develop and manage operations in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and West Virginia. He
joined Industrial Energy Service Company in 1991 after the sale of Wainoco’s properties. At IESCO,
D’Amico evaluated producing properties for acquisition and worked in marketing natural gas services to
end-users.
In addition to his engineering degree, Mr. D’Amico holds an MBA from Gannon University and is a
registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania. Lou was one of the founding board members of the
Pennsylvania Natural Gas Associates, which became IOGA of Pennsylvania.
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Kathryn Zuberbuhler Klaber
President
Marcellus Shale Coalition
Kathryn Klaber serves as the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s first President. In this role, on behalf of the MSC
member companies, she works closely with elected leaders, regulators and the civic community to realize
the responsible development of natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale geological formations and
the enhancement of the region’s economy that can be realized by this clean-burning American energy
source.
Prior to joining the MSC, Katie served as Executive Vice President for Competitiveness at the Allegheny
Conference on Community Development and as the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Economy
League. A lifelong Pennsylvanian, she earned her undergraduate degree in environmental science from
Bucknell University and her Masters in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University.
At the Allegheny Conference, Ms. Klaber played a leading role in the gains made by a coalition of
organizations and employers to improve tax competitiveness and the business climate in Pennsylvania.
Katie also advanced initiatives around air and water quality, working proactively on behalf of a growing
economy and an improving environment. In these roles, she worked with businesses and organizations
across the Commonwealth to address the most uncompetitive aspects of Pennsylvania’s economy and
improve the regulatory climate for fostering economic growth. Ms. Klaber regularly testified before
legislative committees, and advises stakeholders on timely public policy issues. Beginning in early 2008,
she led the Allegheny Conference’s efforts to help the region and state realize the full benefits of the
Marcellus Shale development, including creation of an economic impact assessment of the oil and gas
industry in Pennsylvania and the design of the Energy Alliance of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Through the 1990s, Ms. Klaber worked for the international environmental, health and safety consulting
firm, Environmental Resources Management, Inc. (ERM), first at the company’s headquarters in
Philadelphia, then in her native Pittsburgh. Her client work consisted primarily of mergers and
acquisitions, environmental management systems, air and water quality projects, and other facilities’
engineering engagements. She supervised multinational projects, primarily for Fortune 1000 companies,
involving staff from across the company’s 130 offices. In southwestern Pennsylvania, she worked with
regional companies on air quality compliance, Brownfields redevelopment, accidental release
preparedness, and a myriad of other environmental initiatives. During her last three years with the firm,
Ms. Klaber managed the Pittsburgh regional office, responsible for all aspects of the practice including
business development, product delivery, staffing, and financial management.
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She received the Enterprise Award for Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon for her business plan for an
innovative environmental reporting and metrics company. She was elected by her peers as President in
the school’s archetypical Management Game. Katie was appointed by Pa. Dept. of Environmental
Protection Sec. McGinty and reconfirmed by Sec. Hanger to Pennsylvania’s Air Quality Technical
Advisory Committee.
Katie lives in southwestern Pennsylvania with her husband, two boys and their yellow lab.
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