William brings decades of project management and team-building experience to your company. A Professional Landman, he has spent more than a decade securing oil, gas and mineral leases and rights-of way, as well as training and supervising others in the field.  He has been Project Manager for lease check, leasing, run sheet-abstracting, title curative, and due diligence. His research has made him familiar with courthouses in east and west Texas, Louisiana, Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and several other states, with both online and physical experience. He has negotiated and satisfied damages for well sites, roads, and pipeline rights-of-way. William has been Owner of Handi Maids, LLC, a maid/janitorial service; Publisher/General Manager of The Daily World, a daily newspaper located in Opelousas, Louisiana; and owned and operated a real estate and construction company. Strongly involved in his community, William is past president of the Opelousas-St. Landry Chamber of Commerce, past president and co-founder of the Opelousas Main Street Program, and held leadership positions in the Lafayette Association of Professional Landmen, Louisiana Press Association, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and a variety of civic clubs, athletic councils, and other local and parochial school organizations.