Christopher Van Bever Bio

Chris is a partner in the Firm's Lexington office. He is an experienced lawyer and engineer representing coal, oil and gas, landholding and other natural resources industry and commercial clients. Chris is an experienced lawyer and engineer with extensive experience providing legal counsel to commercial and natural resources industry clients, including public corporations, investment banking firms, privately owned businesses and individuals. Chris has also worked in the private sector having served as Assistant General Counsel for two leading coal companies, Murray Energy Corporation and Arch Coal, Inc. Chris' real world experiences along with his education and training allow him to provide clients with innovative high quality legal services to meet client objectives while identifying practical and cost effective solutions to meet client needs.