Gregory J. Nibert is a resident partner in the Roswell, New Mexico, office of Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P., and is assigned to the firm's Oil and Gas Department. Mr. Nibert's practice is primarily limited to oil and gas law, including title examination, financing, contract preparation, acquisitions and divestitures, division orders, oil and gas administrative agency matters and all other aspects of oil and gas law. He is a New Mexico Board of Legal Specialization recognized specialist in oil and gas law. Mr. Nibert is the annual update author of Chapter 18, "Unitization and Communitization," of the Law of Federal Oil and Gas Leases and was a co-author with T. Calder Ezzell, Jr. of "Communitization of Federal Lands: An Overview" presented at the Onshore Pooling and Unitization Special Institute of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in January of 1997. He presented papers on "Final Decisions and Appeal Procedures in Drainage Cases" at the Federal Drainage Protection Compensatory Royalties Special Institute in March 1994 and "Non-Record Title Considerations" at the Mineral Title Examination III Special Institute in February, 1992. He has also presented papers on a variety of oil and gas law topics to the University of Texas Annual Oil and Gas Institute, the Houston Bar Association, the National Association of Lease and Title Analysts, and the National Association of Division Order Analysts.

     Mr. Nibert is active in the New Mexico Oil and Gas Association and serves on several special committees for NMOGA. He has served as a Trustee of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation 1996-1999, Chair of the Oil and Gas Section of the 46th Annual Rock Mountain Mineral Law Institute for 1999-2000 and Chair of the Landman's Section of the 38th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute for the year 1991-92. He also serves as a Research Fellow of the Southwestern Legal Foundation. Mr. Nibert serves on the Board of Directors of the Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Law of the State Bar of New Mexico from 1985 to 1992, and 1996 to present, and was Chair of the section for the year 1990-91. He is a member of the State Bar of New Mexico, New Mexico Landman's Association, and American Association of Professional Landmen.

     Mr. Nibert is active in the community and serves as District Chairman of the Rio Hondo District, Conquistador Council Boys Scouts of America, a past member of the Roswell Independent School District Board of Education, and a member of the Kiwanis Club (past Lt. Governor, past President and Treasurer). A native of Roswell, Mr. Nibert received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in 1980 and a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Pepperdine University in 1983, where he was Editor in Chief of the Pepperdine Law Review for 1982-83. Mr. Nibert has been associated with the Hinkle Law Firm since 1983, and has been a partner in the firm since 1988.