C. Elaine . Carleton
Carleton Gotlin Law PC
C. Elaine Carleton is a Denver-based attorney who is licensed in Colorado and Texas. Her practice primarily focuses on upstream oil and gas and energy development. She has extensive business and legal experience in all aspects of the oil and gas industry, including acquisition/divestment, exploration, and development. Ms. Carleton currently serves as the managing partner of Carleton Gotlin Law PC, and she specializes in advising and representing clients on challenging title curative matters, due diligence projects, complex multi-formation title opinions, issues covering large spacing and pooled units, and determination of heirship actions.
Ms. Carleton graduated with a BBA from the University of Texas with an emphasis in Petroleum Land Management. Prior to returning to school (University of Denver Sturm College of Law) for her law degree, she worked as a landman, crude oil marketer, division order analyst, and project coordinator for development of a gas/oil marketing system. Ms. Carleton has authored and presented numerous papers covering complex title issues, pooling and spacing, determinations of heirship actions, quiet title actions, surface issues, and conveyance of minerals for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, Colorado Bar Association's Natural Resources section and Trust and Estate section, the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, National Association of Division Order Analysts, and other local Denver associations.
Ms. Carleton is a member of the Colorado, Texas, Denver and Colorado Women's Bar associations and is active in the Natural Resources sections and the Trust and Estate sections of the State Bars. She is also a member of the Denver Association of Oil and Gas Title Lawyers, as well as being a past president and treasurer. Ms. Carleton is a member of the American Association of Professional Landmen and is a Certified Professional Landman, having been certified in 1987 and keeping her certification current. Ms. Carleton previously served as president of the Women's Estate Planning Council. In 2016, Ms. Carleton was nominated by the Denver Business Journal as a top Energy Attorney in Colorado.
(08/22)
