PRACTICE
Piper is an Associate Attorney at Sprouse Shrader Smith, specializing in transactional law with a focus on title examination, oil and gas transactions, real property transactions, and business transactions.
Originally from Norman, Oklahoma, Piper earned her bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of Arkansas before obtaining her juris doctorate from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. During her time in law school, she was actively involved in the Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Journal, as well as the Oil and Gas, Natural Resources, and Energy Society.
Outside of work, Piper enjoys spending time with her fiancé, Will, and cheering on OU Football and Arkansas Baseball. She is passionate about exercise and loves long walks with her two brussels griffons, Brook and Giant.
PRACTICE AREAS
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Aubrey M. Kerr Sr. Endowed Scholar
- Oklahoma Bar Association Natural Resources Section Scholar
- Mineral Lawyers Society of Oklahoma Scholar
- American Jurisprudence Award (Highest Grade) in Oil and Gas Law
- American Jurisprudence Award (Highest Grade) in Mineral Title Examination
- Oil and Gas Natural Resources Energy Journal
- Editor-in-Chief 2021-2022
- Operations Editor 2020-2021
- 2020 Outstanding Candidate of the Year
PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS
- Piper Hampton, Finding our New Normal: Reevaluating Force Majeure Within Oil and Gas Contracts in the Wake of COVID-19, 7 Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy J. 149 (2021), https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/onej/vol7/iss1/7.
- Contributions:
- Nawzad Mirali Yasin, Cross-Jurisdiction Unitization Agreements: A Legal Solution to the Issue of Cross-Jurisdiction Petroleum Reserves Between Iran and Iraq, 7 Oil & Gas, Nat. Resources & Energy J. 621 (2022).
- Fifty-State Survey: The Law of Eminent Domain, Oklahoma Chapter, The American Bar Association (pending publication, 2023)
- “Finding our New Normal: Reevaluating Force Majeure Within Oil and Gas Contracts in the Wake of COVID-19,” Mineral Lawyers Society of Oklahoma City May Meeting, May 19, 2022.
ADMISSIONS
- Texas State Courts, 2022
- New Mexico State Courts, 2023
- Oklahoma State Courts, 2023
EDUCATION
- University of Oklahoma College of Law, J.D., 2022
- Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society
- Oil and Gas Natural Resources and Energy Society, President
- Student Bar Association, 1L Class Treasurer, 2L Class President
- OU Law Student Mentor
- OU Law Student Admissions Employee
- Research Assistant to Owen Anderson, Professor and Distinguished Scholar at the University of Texas School of Law; Eugene Kuntz Chair in Law in Oil, Gas, Natural Resources Emeritus, and George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma College of Law
- University of Arkansas, BS BA in Business Economics, cum laude, 2019
- Walton Honors Program
MEMBERSHIPS
- Amarillo Area Bar Association
- Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association
- Amarillo Area Women’s Bar Association
- American Association of Professional Landmen – Associate Member
