Burleson, a Houston-based oil and gas firm, has opened an office in Midland to capitalize on the boom in drilling in the Permian Basin. Frank Hunold, former general counsel of Reliant Holdings and Reliant Exploration and Production in Midland, is managing partner of the new office.
Firm founder Richard Burleson says the Midland office officially opened in mid-November with Hunold and three associates, but the lawyers have been working out of temporary space. He says the firm’s offices in Midland Tower should be ready in six to eight weeks, and the firm expects to ramp up with a number of additional hires in Midland by early 2013.
