About John
John McFarland is a shareholder at Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody in Austin, Texas. He has been working as an attorney in Texas since 1975, specializing in real estate, power, oil and gas, and environmental law. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Yale University in 1972 and his Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law in 1975, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. In 1986, Mr. McFarland have become board licensed in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has represented land and mineral proprietors in oil, gas, and mineral regulation, water regulation, and environmental law issues for over 4 many years.
His practice includes negotiating oil and gas leases, seismic survey permits, data use licenses, purchase and sale agreements, pipeline easements, and financing agreements. He has also litigated title and royalty cases. Mr. McFarland has been recognized in The leading attorneys list in America in more than one classes, including Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, Natural Resources Law. Oil & Gas Law, from 2008 to 2024. He has also been indexed in Texas Monthly's top-rated attorneys list from 2009 to 2020.
He is a member of the Austin Bar Association's Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Section, the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section, and the State Bar of Texas's Oil, Gas, and Energy Law Section. He is also a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. In 2025, Mr. McFarland used to be acknowledged in Austin Monthly mag's "Top Attorneys" listing within the Energy Oil and Gas class. He has also served as the firm's president from January 2018 till lately, when he stepped right down to concentrate on his practice. Mr.
McFarland is the writer of the Oil and Gas Lawyer Blog. He stocks insights and updates on oil and fuel matters in Texas. He is licensed to practice in Texas and is board licensed in Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He can be reached at Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody, 401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2700, Austin, TX 78701. His direct phone quantity is 512-480-5618, and his email tackle is [email protected]. For extra information, go to his company's internet site at
