Steve Hull is a senior member of the firm’s Natural Resources practice team. Steve has extensive experience in all aspects of natural resource transactions and associated due diligence.
Capabilities
Biography
Steve Hull practices exclusively in the area of natural resources law at Parsons Behle & Latimer. His practice focuses on mining transactions, including the purchase and sale of mineral properties through stock or asset sales, and organization of joint ventures or limited liability companies for exploring and developing mineral properties. In connection with such transactions, his practice actively involves associated land, water and permitting diligence. In particular, Steve has extensive experience in examination of title to federal, state and private lands and in preparation of mining and oil and gas title opinions.
Steve represents both small and large natural resource companies and has been involved in numerous domestic and international transactions.
Accomplishments
Academic
University of Utah, College of Law (J.D., 1978)
Utah Law Review
Natural Resources Law Forum (co-founder)
West Virginia University (1970)
Professional
Best Lawyers in America, Energy, Mining and Natural Resources Law
Who's Who Legal (International Lawyers)
Utah's Legal Elite
Martindale-Hubbell, Maintains an AV® Preeminent™ rating
Best Lawyers' 2011, 2019 and 2021 Salt Lake City Mining "Lawyer of the Year"
Best Lawyers' 2016 Salt Lake City Natural Resources Law "Lawyer of the Year"
Associations
Professional
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Community
Charleston Town, Utah Planning Commission
Insights
Parsons Behle & Latimer attorneys recognized by Best Lawyers in America
"Best Lawyers" Ranks 56 Parsons Attorneys as Top in Intermountain West
Parsons Behle & Latimer Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America™. Fifty attorneys recognized: nine as “Lawyer of the Year,” five as “Ones to Watch”
Parsons Behle & Latimer Ranked Among Top Utah Law Firms by Chambers USA 2021
Articles
Extralateral Rights in the 21st Century: Considerations for Title Examination
Give What? To Whom? But Why? Area of Interest Provisions in Mining Agreements
Current Challenges in Obtaining Exploration, Mining, and Associated Rights to Public and Private Lands
It's Later Than You Think - Mineral Lease Provisions With Respect to End-of-Term and Post-Termination Activities
Multiple Surface Use - Rights of Mining Claimants and Other Users of Public Land
Spousal Joinder Requirements in the Rocky Mountain States
Examination of Title to Unpatented Mining Claims
Nondeterioration and the Protection of High Quality Waters Under Federal Water Pollution Control Law