Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Welborn Sullivan Meck & Tooley is an established leader in natural resources law, business transactions, and litigation.Our clients benefit from our global experience and personal attention. We provide a full range of legal services to clients ranging from individuals, start-up entrepreneurs, and small businesses, to multi-national corporations. Each client receives the same personal attention from senior attorneys with experience in five continents and throughout the United States and Canada. Attorneys areas of practice includes natural resources, litigation, and business law. Firm attorneys have practiced before the United States Supreme Court and structured business transactions in numerous countries and currencies.Our objective is to remain small enough to be responsive and efficient, but large enough to provide a broad range of highly knowledgeable and experienced legal services. We bring distinctive educational backgrounds and years of practical experience to the practice of law. Firm attorneys have worked as geologists, engineers, roughnecks, general counsel for multi-national natural resources corporations, Peace Corps workers advising emerging nations on environmental policies, naval officers, district attorneys, federal prosecutors, mayors, and expert witnesses. Our attorneys have advised governments, appeared before the United States Supreme Court, participated in drafting legislation and published articles on a wide range of legal matters. We bring the full force of our practical experience and distinguished academic credentials to meet the needs of our clients.Our firm philosophy is to operate with lean efficiency, providing the highest quality of service with maximum cost-effectiveness. Recognizing that clients are seeking the best value for their money, we emphasize responsive, personal service. We compete not only on the basis of quality of service, which is our primary concern, but also on the basis of reasonable fees. This is accomplished with a conscientiously balanced volume of business, effective use of new technology, and highly productive support staff.We are comfortable working with other attorneys, both in-house and outside counsel, and we tailor our services to meet each client's specific needs.