Mr. Dickenson has experience in a wide range of business areas, having worked for both private industry and government. His experiences include working as a Hearing Officer with the Ohio Department of Taxation and as a tax attorney with Arthur Young & Company and Marathon Oil Company. He was employed for more than 20 years with Marathon as General Tax Counsel. He has a great deal of experience in dealing with the upstream, midstream and downstream business segments of the oil industry. His extensive experience includes business planning and civil litigation, tax planning and tax litigation, employment transactions and employment litigation.

Mr. Dickenson participated in a number of oil and gas transactional activities, including oil and gas lease agreements, exploration agreements, Joint Operating Agreements, both domestic and international Participation Agreements, farmout agreements, Pooling or Unitization agreements, Unit Operating Agreements, Production Payments, purchase and sale of oil and gas property, foreign concession agreements, and oil and gas partnership agreements.

He also worked with merger and acquisition agreements, stock for stock reorganizations, general contract review, employment agreements, executive compensation and severance from employment agreements, crafting general partnership, LLC, and other joint venture agreements.

In the labor area, Mr. Dickenson actively advised and/or litigated state and federal cases in Title VII, sexual harassment, race, national origin, hostile work environment, retaliation, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, non-compete agreements, breach of contract between IT companies, wage and hour laws, whistleblower laws, and other employment-labor related matters.

Mr. Dickenson also advised corporations in the areas of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, OFAC issues, general corporate matters, including corporate governance and ethics issues, and the Sarbanes Oxley Act. He worked in a number of cases in Federal and State trial courts, bench and jury trials. He was also a lead counsel in several cases before the Fifth Circuit and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, and an appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.