Judi C. Wells

Ms. Wells is a founding member of Skelton Slusher Barnhill Watkins Wells. She was an associate and later partner with Zeleskey Law Firm, and an associate at Fulbright & Jaworski. Ms. Wells' practice focuses on oil and gas law and she represents several large oil and gas exploration companies performing title examination, preparing title opinions, acquiring receivership leases, assisting with due diligence and contracts, and litigation. She is experienced in negotiating oil and gas leases, pipeline agreements, seismic agreements, filing mineral liens, etc. She also represents individuals in estate planning, probate, guardianship and in forming and maintaining business organizations. Ms. Wells serves as an adjunct professor at the Nelson Rusche College of Business at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she teaches undergraduate oil and gas law, negotiations, and business law. She received the college's Outstanding Adjunct Faculty award in 2013. Ms. Wells served as an articles editor on the Houston Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Barristers and the Order of the Coif for academic achievements and received the Lex Award for Contracts II. Prior to obtaining a law degree, Ms. Wells was a Registered Nurse and obtained experience in a variety of patient services areas and nursing administrative positions. She was later a Delta Air Lines Flight Attendant. Ms. Wells and her son, Wyatt, live in Nacogdoches. She enjoys riding horses, gardening, reading, and traveling. They attend Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Awards and Honors Honors Lex Award - Contract II, 2000 - Present SFASU Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, 2012 - 2013 SFASU Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, 2014 - 2015

• Partner

• Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Associate Attorney, 2001 - 2002
• Delta Air Lines, Flight Attendant, 1989 - 2001

• Oil & Gas Law (Undergraduate), Negotiations, B Law, Stephen F. Austin, 2011 - Present
• Deeds: A Primer, ETAPL, 2018 - Present
• Oil & Gas Primer for Legal Assistants, State Bar Paralegal Division, 2017 - Present
• Interstate Succession, ETAPL, 2015 - Present
• Receiverships, ETAPL, 2012 - Present

• Robertson v. ADJ Partnership, Ltd
• Citation: 204 SW 3d 484
• Court: Tex App. Beaumont
• Year: 2006
• Ancillary Businesses
• Community Title Company

• Supreme Court Historical Society, 2002 - 2019
• White House Historical Association, 2003 - 2019

• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 2002
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2002
• Specialties and Certifications
• Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2012

• Nacogdoches County Bar Association, 2016 - Present (Member)
• State of Texas, 1982 - Present (Licensed Registered Nurse)
• College of the State Bar of Texas, 2005 - Present (Member)
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Alpha Theta
• Zeta Tau Alpha