Our Practice
John McIntyre Law is a one-stop shop for all your estate planning, small business, natural resources, ranching, farming, and family needs.
Our practice focuses on wills, trusts, estate planning, natural resources, agriculture, and other needs for ranchers, farmers, landowners, mineral and royalty interest owners, and small businesses. We also act as outside counsel and provide transactional work for individuals and companies involved in the oil and gas, water, wind, services, and agricultural sectors. Additionally, we assist with forming business entities and drafting contracts for our clients’ companies. We draft wills, create and manage trusts, oversees estate planning, create gun trusts, assist with firearms and shooting range issues, draft liability releases, defends landowners against condemnation, assist with equine matters, and advises on personal, business, and agricultural liability protections, as well.
About John McIntyre
John started at firms in New Mexico and California before returning home to Texas, first representing oil and gas companies and pipeline operators, including representing Chevron, Shell, and BP, who were tied up in the aftermath of Pacific Gas & Electric’s San Bruno pipeline explosion. John then gained valuable experience in oil and gas and renewable energy project developments in Texas, New Mexico, and California, where he assisted representing El Paso Electric Company and various other independent operators. He crafted, and continues to craft, contracts between various players, ensures regulatory permitting approvals, enforces contracts, leases, surface use agreements, and safety regulations, and ensures business compliance with laws and regulations. After practicing almost ten years at law firms, John next worked in-house for two companies involved with oil and gas and cattle operations, managing mineral, royalty, and other oil and gas assets and transactions, and assisting with agricultural projects, finally getting to the areas he is passionate about.
Now, John is back home and reconnecting with his ranching heritage, assisting clients with various estate planning issues, small business transactions, and rural family, ranching, and farming matters. When not practicing law, John enjoys making Texas barbecue and being horseback, whether on the family’s Texas ranch or in the mountains of New Mexico.
John graduated from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 2013, magna cum laude,where he served on its law review and was the national champion of the 2013 National Energy and Sustainability Moot Court Competition. He is licensed in Texas, New Mexico, and California.
Education
Texas Tech University School of Law, magna cum laude (2013)
Texas Tech Law Review, Articles Editor
Texas Bank Lawyer, Editor-in-Chief
2013 Champion, National Energy and Sustainability
Moot Court Competition, West Virginia University School of Law
Loyola Marymount University, magna cum laude (2008)
Court Admissions and Licenses
Texas
New Mexico
California (inactive)
United States Supreme Court
United States Western District of Texas
United States District of New Mexico
Speaking Engagements, Publications, and Professional Activities
Continuing Legal Education Presentation, Wildfires in the West: Liability and Regulatory Oversight, Texas Tech 2025 Roswell CLE, Roswell, New Mexico (May 9, 2025)
National Energy & Sustainability Moot Court Coach, Texas Tech University School of Law (2016-2021, 2026)
National Champions, 2016 & 2026
Industry Presentation, Integrated Resource Planning at the California Public Utilities Commission, Power Trip, San Francisco, California (November 14, 2017)
Article, “Responses to the Aliso Canyon Leak: Senate Bill 380 and Related Measures Ensuring Continued Reliability of Gas and Electric Service” (July 2016)
Leadership Canadian, Canadian, Texas
Rotary International, Canadian, Texas Chapter
Inn of Court, Lubbock & Texas Tech University Chapter
Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners Association
National Association of Royalty Owners