JAMES M. DAY
jday@kalbianhagerty.com

Professor Day has practiced law in the oil and gas industry, domestic and international, for over forty years. He has advised oil and gas companies in connection with leasing and licensing, refining, pipelines, price regulation, and environmental matters. He has also counseled mining companies on mineral extraction, safety, and environmental issues. His international experience includes structuring energy investments, joint ventures, and production sharing agreements and the negotiation of oil and gas contracts in the Middle East, Far East, Europe, and South America.

From 1970 to 1974, Mr. Day was the first Director of the Office of Hearings and Appeals of the Department of the Interior, where he promulgated its appellate regulations and issued judgments on oil and gas cases and chaired the Oil Imports Appeals Board. In 1974 and 1975 Mr. Day was appointed by President Nixon to be the first Administrator of the predecessor to the Mine Safety and Health Administration in the Department of Labor.

Mr. Day teaches Oil and Gas Law, The Regulation of Energy, and International Petroleum Transactions at the Washington College of Law, The American University, and has written several books on oil and gas. He currently serves as a legal consultant to international petroleum, investment, and trading companies.

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