Daniel J. Hyzak

Partner

  • Office Contact Info
  • Biography
    Daniel J. Hyzak is a Partner in the firm's Oil & Gas/Energy practice group and represents corporate entities engaged in all facets of energy production, transportation and delivery including for oil and gas operators, E&P companies and energy midstream corporations throughout the United States. Daniel specializes in a variety of energy-related litigation matters, including oil and gas royalty disputes; contract claims; energy related torts; mineral ownership disputes; pipeline condemnation actions; and property damage claims associated with energy production and transportation. Daniel also focuses his practice on certain transactional matters, including the purchase and sale of oil and gas producing properties, farm-outs, joint development agreements, natural gas processing and sale agreements, complex rural and urban oil and gas leases and surface use agreements, pipeline easements, wind power agreements, sand and gravel leases, and road use and maintenance agreements (“RUMAs”).
     
    Daniel balances his Oil, Gas & Energy practice with a general commercial litigation practice which includes matters related to commercial contracts and construction disputes, complex commercial litigation and professional liability matters. 
     
    Daniel has successfully first chaired numerous mattes at Ohio Courts of Appeals in areas of energy law and professional liability.  He has also had speaking engagements on issues involving Ohio’s Dormant Mineral Act and Marketable title Act. 
     
    Daniel has extensive experience in all phases of litigation including expert and fact witness depositions, dispositive motions, motions in limine, mediations, arbitrations, trial in both state court and federal court, appellate briefing and appellate oral arguments. 
     

    Admissions

    • Ohio
    • Massachusetts

    Memberships

    • State Bar of Ohio State
    • State Bar of Massachusetts
  • Practice Areas
  • Representative Experience
    • Headley v. Ackerman, 2017-Ohio-8030;
    • Barclay Petroleum, Inc., v. Bailey, 2017-Ohio-7547;
    • Gentile v. Ackerman, 2017-Ohio-798;
    • Kinder Morgan Cochin L.L.C. v. Simonson, 2016-Ohio-4647;
    • Sunoco Pipeline L.P. v. Teter, 2016-Ohio-7073;
    • Gulfport Energy Corp. v. Ripley, 2015-Ohio-4750;
    • Cabot 570 Polaris Parkway, L.L.C. v. Carlile, Patchen & Murphy, L.L.P., 2015-Ohio-5110.
     
  • Publications & Presentations
    • Pure propane and pure butane are included in the definition of “petroleum” for purposes of statute governing appropriation of land, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. v. Teter, 2016-Ohio-7073, December 5, 2016
    • Oil and Gas Law in Ohio, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Assn. 36th Annual Real Estate Law Conference, Cleveland, OH, November 14, 2014
     
  • Education

    Education

    J.D., cum laude, The University of Notre Dame, 2011

    B.A., cum laude, Sociology, The University of California, Santa Cruz, 2006

    Honors

    Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2019-2023

    Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch distinction in Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law (2024)

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