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Celia Flowers

CELIA FLOWERS

Attorney | Senior Partner

ccf@flowersdavis.com

Tyler Office

(903) 534-8063 | Ext. 212

(903) 534-1650

BIOGRAPHY

Celia C. Flowers is a Senior Partner in Flowers Davis PLLC and oversees the Oil & Gas, Real Estate and Civil Litigation Sections.  Celia is quadruple-Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the areas of Oil & Gas Law, Residential Real Estate Law, Property Owners Association Law and Civil Trial Law. Board Certification is the highest, most public commitment to excellence in specific areas of the law. As of July 2019, 0.0086% of all active Texas attorneys are certified in four separate areas (nine out of 103,342), making this a most distinguished accomplishment.

Celia’s practice is focused on oil and gas matters, business and commercial litigation and real estate.  She prepares title opinions, settles or litigates surface damage disputes, conducts receivership proceedings and pipeline condemnation proceedings, and litigates contracts.  In addition to her law practice, Ms. Flowers owns East Texas Title Companies, licensed in eighteen East Texas Counties.  Prior to attending law school, Ms. Flowers was a petroleum landman for approximately ten years.

The depth of Ms. Flowers’ expertise in the oil and gas, real estate and title insurance fields, along with her experience as a small business owner makes her uniquely qualified to advocate for her clients, her industries and her community.  Her clients appreciate her deep understanding of the intertwining and complex issues that are often present in a single case.

Celia’s industries have honored her many times with board memberships, leadership positions, and invitations to speak out on national or statewide issues before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Texas Department of Insurance, among others. Since 2011, she has served on the Texas Title Examination Standards Board, which formulates, develops, comments on and amends title examination standards for the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section (REPTL) and for the Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. In addition, Celia’s clients and peers have ranked her at the highest level of professional excellence (5.0 out of 5.0 in each area of evaluation), earning her an AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale Hubbell since 2014. Thomson Reuters has named her a Texas Super Lawyer since 2020. Celia is a Fellow in the College of the State Bar of Texas, an honorary society of lawyers who are among the best-trained attorneys in Texas, having completed at least double the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) required by the State Bar of Texas. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Celia regularly provides CLE training to Texas attorneys and MCE courses for East Texas Realtors.  She is a frequent speaker to Landmen and Lenders throughout the area, keeping them abreast of legislative, real estate and mineral issues.

 


CREDENTIALS

EDUCATION

Baylor University School of Law, J. D., 1990
University of Texas at Tyler, undergraduate studies, honors
Tyler Junior College, A.A., 1987, summa cum laude

BAR ADMISSIONS

State Bar of Texas, 1990
State Bar of Pennsylvania

COURT ADMISSIONS

US District Court, Eastern District of Texas
US District Court, Northern District of Texas

BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2002
Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 1997
Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2000
Property Owners Association Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, since 2019

Board Certified Designation

EXTRACURRICULAR

Order of Barristers
Baylor Law School Honors List
Carlton J. Smith Scholarship
Clifton Cummings Scholarship
Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities
Dean’s List
National Dean’s List
President’s Honor Roll
Harvey M. Richey Moot Court Society

HONORS & AWARDS

Selected by Thomson Reuters as a Texas Super Lawyer, 2020, 2021
Rated AV Preeminent® on Martindale.com and Lawyers.com, with 5.0 out of 5.0 client and peer ranking, since 2014
East Texas Association of Petroleum Landmen Pioneer Award, 2013
Greater Tyler Association of Realtors Affiliate of the Year, 2013
Texas Land Title Association Title Person of the Year, 2011
East Texas Association of Petroleum Landmen President’s Award, 2011
American Jurisprudence Award for Remedies
Edwin P. Horner Award for Oil & Gas
John R. Wilson Remedies Award

PRACTICE AREAS

Business & Commercial Litigation
Eminent Domain/Condemnation
Oil & Gas Litigation
Oil & Gas Title Opinions
Real Estate Law
Real Estate Litigation
Transactions, Acquisitions & Development

ENGAGEMENT

MEMBERSHIPS

Fellow in the College of the State Bar of Texas
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
State Bar of Texas
Rusk County Bar Association
Gregg County Bar Association
Van Zandt County Bar Association
Smith County Bar Association
International Right of Way Association
East Texas Association of Petroleum Landmen
American Association of Petroleum Landmen
Oil & Gas Council of the Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Independent Title Agents of Texas (2011-2012 President)
American Land Title Association
ALTA RESPA Implementation Task Force
ALTA Executive Committee, Abstractors and Title Insurance Section
Small Business Review Panel to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Texas Title Examinations Standards Board (since 2011)
Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section (REPTL) of the State Bar of Texas
Oil, Gas and Energy Resources Law Section of the State Bar of Texas
Texas Land Title Association (Board of Directors since 2004; President 2008-2009)
Texas Real Estate Commission-certified Instructor (Provider 0478)                              American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), since 2022

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Azleway Board
Cattle Baron’s Ball
Texas Rose Festival
Women’s Symphony League
Boys & Girls Club
Boy Scouts Luncheon
Mistletoe and Magic
Habitat for Humanity
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

NEWS

Flowers Davis Teams with East Texas Title Companies in Community Service

TYLER, TX (August 1, 2022) ¬¬– On Saturday morning, Flowers Davis Attorney Corey Kellam joined other area experts in community service at a panel discussion in Longview. The free panel discussion was tailored for the residents of South Longview, and covered topics such as property title, wills and trusts, life insurance, real estate acquisition and […]
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Celia Flowers Provides Continuing Legal Education to Colleagues

TYLER, TX (June 30, 2022) ¬¬– Celia Flowers is one of 21 attorneys who will be lecturing at the Oil, Gas and Mineral Title Examination Course in Houston, Texas on June 30-July 1, 2022. Flowers will be presenting a paper she authored entitled “Examining the ‘Life’ of a Correction Instrument after Broadway Bank and Concho”. […]
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Celia Flowers Speaks at TLTA Seminar

TYLER, TX (December 4, 2019) – On Wednesday, December 4, Flowers Davis Senior Partner and East Texas Title Companies owner Celia C. Flowers joins other attorneys and title professionals in presenting to the Texas Land Title Association (TLTA) in San Antonio. Celia’s topic is “Boundary Line Agreements and Easements”. This day-long standalone seminar precedes the […]
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Flowers Davis Sr. Partner Celia Flowers Presents at Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Event

MONTERREY, CA (July 20, 2019) Flowers Davis Sr Partner Celia Flowers presented at the 65th Annual Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute in Monterrey, CA. Celia’s topic, presented in the Landman’s section of the program, was “Where Is the Original? How Do Electronic Signatures, Online Notaries, and E-Recording Change Our Record Driven Industry?” She elaborated on […]
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East Texas Business Owner Demonstrates Latest Closing Technology at National Meeting

TYLER, TX (January 21, 2019) ¬¬– East Texas business owner and attorney Celia C. Flowers was one of three early adopters to present to the Large Agents Group of the American Land Title Association (ALTA) in Boca Raton this past week. Celia provided a video of a mock closing, demonstrating how her company, East Texas […]
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Flowers Davis PLLC Attorneys Celia Flowers and Melanie Reyes Educate the East Texas Association of Lease and Title Analysts (ETX-ALTA)

TYLER, TX (April 18, 2017) ­­– Flowers Davis PLLC Attorneys Celia Flowers and Melanie Reyes presented to a maximum-capacity crowd at the East Texas Association of Lease and Title Analysts at the ETX-ALTA Spring Seminar. Flowers and Reyes first lecture covered mineral and royalty interests, educating the members on how to determine if an interest […]
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Celia Flowers to Speak on Surface Use Issues at AAPL Annual Conference

Celia C. Flowers, Partner at Flowers Davis PLLC, is one of four speakers at the Thursday Educational Session of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen (AAPL) Annual Conference in Montreal on Thursday, June 26, 2014.  Ms. Flowers will be discussing “Surface Use Issues”.  Other topics and speakers in the afternoon session will be “The Klotzman Complaint: […]
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Celia Flowers is Featured Speaker at ETX-ALTA Spring Seminar

Celia Flowers was honored to be the featured speaker at the East Texas Association of Lease and Title Analysts (ETX-ALTA) Spring Seminar held in Tyler, Texas on May 29, 2014.  Topics covered in the half-day seminar were: Basic Principles of Homestead Rights, Separate Property, and Community Property Probate/Heirship/Business Entities – Who Needs to Sign? Pitfalls […]
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PUBLICATIONS

Examining the “Life” of a Correction Instrument After Broadway and Concho

EXAMINING THE “LIFE” OF A CORRECTION INSTRUMENT AFTER BROADWAY BANK AND CONCHO CELIA C. FLOWERS, Tyler Flowers Davis, P.L.L.C. State Bar of Texas OIL, GAS & MINERAL TITLE EXAMINATION June 30–July 1, 2022 Houston TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. LIFE BEFORE BROADWAY AND CONCHO 1 A. Myrad Case 1 B. Legislative Response to […]
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ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, REMOTE ONLINE NOTARIES AND E-RECORDING

Author: Celia Flowers TABLE OF CONTENTS I. PAPER DOCUMENTS ARE GRADUALLY BEING REPLACED BY ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS. 4 II. ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT (E-SIGN)-, UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT (UETA), AND UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY ELECTRONIC RECORDING ACT (URPERA). 4 A. The E-SIGN Authorized Electronic Contracts Almost Twenty Years Ago. 4 1. Parties to […]
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Horizontal Wells Crossing Unit Lines – From Permitting To The Division of Royalties

Authors: Celia Flowers & Melanie Reyes The proliferation in horizontal drilling over the last decade has given rise to new, complex legal issues.  One area where the law has increasingly lagged behind the technology is in the calculation of royalties for horizontal allocation wells – in particular, the question of the division of royalties from […]
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Cost-Free Royalties – Where Valuation Begins and Post-Production Cost Deductions End

Authors: Celia Flowers & Melanie Reyes Texas jurisprudence has long held that the royalty “stick” of the mineral estate is free of production costs. Although the royalty interest is not subject to production costs, royalty is usually subject to post-production costs. Heritage Resources, Inc. v. NationsBank, 939 S.W.2d 118, 122 (Tex. 1996). Nevertheless, parties are […]
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PRESENTATIONS

Mediation vs Litigation

2019 TEXAS REALTOR MCE, December 2019, Tyler, TX, “Mediation vs Litigation”, presented by Corey Kellam, based on a paper written by Celia Flowers. Participants learned how each can impact a real estate transaction.
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Horizontal Allocation Wells Presentation

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Surface Site Issues With Horizontal Wells Presentation

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Mineral Or Royalty Interest? Fixed Or Floating? Presentation

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