Judi C. Wells
Partner, Oil and Gas
jwells@zeleskey.com
Practice Areas:
Health Care Law
Oil, Gas, and Minerals
Education:
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2001 (Magna Cum Laude)
B.S., Political Science/History, Stephen F. Austin State University, 1998 (Cum Laude)
A.D., Nursing, Angelina College, 1982
Court Admissions:
All Texas State Courts
United States District Court, Southern District
United States District Court, Eastern District
Memberships:
Texas Bar Association
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Angelina County Bar Association
Licensed Registered Nurse, State of Texas
Phi Alpha Theta, International History Honor Society
Supreme Court Historical Society
White House Historical Association
The College of the State Bar of Texas
Judi Wells is a native of Nacogdoches, Texas. While employed full-time in nursing, she obtained experience in a variety of areas, including medical-surgical nursing, emergency room, surgery, infection control, in-service education, patient education, quality assurance, and drafting policies and procedures for various areas. She has served as an internal nurse auditor and as an insurance nurse auditor. She was a member of the American Association of Operating Room Nurses, the Texas Association of Medical Auditors, and was a Trauma Nurse Core Course Provider, as well as an instructor in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Wells was later a Delta Air Lines flight attendant.
Upon graduation from law school, Wells joined the energy litigation section at Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., where she practiced in the areas of products liability, toxic torts, and arbitration. She moved home to East Texas in January 2003 and joined the Zeleskey Law Firm. Her practice focuses on oil and gas law and she represents several large oil and gas exploration companies performing title examination and preparing title opinions. She is experienced in negotiating oil and gas leases, surface damages, and pipeline rights-of-way. She also represents mineral owners and assists them in managing their mineral assets. She utilizes her nursing experience to represent nurses with licensing issues and investigations.
Wells served as an articles editor on the Houston Law Review and was a member of the Christian Legal Society. She was inducted into the Order of the Barristers and the Order of the Coif for academic achievements and she received a Lex Award for Contracts II. She was a research assistant to Professor Joseph Sanders in drafting a new edition of a products liability casebook.
Wells and her son, James Wyatt Tunstall, live in Nacogdoches. She enjoys riding horses, reading, and taking photgraphs of Wyatt's sports activities (football, baseball and basketball). They attend Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
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