Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Matthew G. Brouse as a partner in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Brouse joins the firm’s Real Estate and Energy practice groups. He is experienced in a wide range of litigation and transactional matters affecting clients in the oil and gas industry. Brouse joins the firm from Burns White LLC.
Brouse assists clients in the oil and gas industry in both litigation and transactional matters in state and federal courts in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. Primarily, he defends exploration and production (“E&P”), midstream and mineral buying companies in oil and gas litigation, with an emphasis on contract and lease disputes, personal injury claims, and property disputes. On the transactional side, Brouse handles due diligence review, title curative measures, and certified title opinions in oil and gas land acquisitions. One of his largest transactions to date involved the successful management of an oil and gas exploration client’s 30,000-acre land acquisition in eastern Ohio.
“Matt is an excellent attorney, and we are very pleased he has joined Gordon & Rees,” said Amie Golen Assistant Managing Partner of the Pittsburgh office. “His broad experience in oil and gas transactional matters and litigation will be a tremendous asset to clients both locally in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia and across the country.”
He has been recognized as Pennsylvania Super Lawyers® “Rising Stars” 2015-2020 and as one of Pittsburgh Business Times’ Who’s Who in Energy: Pittsburgh-Region Lawyers, 2017.
He is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Montana, West Virginia, the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio, the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Allegheny Bar Association, Montana Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association, and West Virginia Bar Association.
Brouse is a graduate of the Duquesne University School of Law and earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Youngstown State University.