Bridget Sasson

Partner

Bridget.Sasson@lewisbrisbois.com

Bridget K. Sasson is a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Lewis Brisbois with an expansive knowledge of energy matters. Ms. Sasson primarily focuses her practice on resolving legal issues connected to the ownership, lease, purchase, and development of oil, gas, and other minerals throughout the region.  She has significant experience advising corporations on nuanced title and leasing situations, in both transactional and litigation settings.  Ms. Sasson has also handled real estate, construction and insurance defense claims, as well as prepared a wide scope of real estate transactional documents on behalf of both corporations and individuals. 

Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Sasson worked as a title abstractor with a national land management corporation. While in law school, she was a legal extern to former District Chief Administrative Law Judge Thomas M. Burke of the Department of Labor and a legal extern to Judge Dwayne D. Woodruff of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Family Division.

Primary Area(s) of Practice

  • Construction
  • Energy, Marine & Power
  • Insurance Law
  • Real Estate & Land Use

Associations

  • Allegheny County Bar Association
  • Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (Board of Trustees At-Large Member 2022–2026)  Pennsylvania Bar Association
  • Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association (Legislative Committee)
  • Women's Energy Network – Greater Pittsburgh Chapter
    • Immediate Past President 2023; President 2022; Vice President - President Elect 2021; Director at Large 2019–2020; Communications Director 2017–2018; Membership Communications Chair 2016

Awards & Honors

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America since 2022: Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Real Estate Law  
  • WEN (Women's Energy Network) Greater Pittsburgh Presidents' Award 2019

Professional Presentations

  • "Success takes a Village" (Moderator), WEN 2022 Conference, 4/4/2022  WEN Greater Pittsburgh 2020 Educational Series (Host), Nov. 2020
  • WEN Greater Pittsburgh Inaugural Educational Conference (Host), 9/27/2019
  • "Development of Assets/Title Panel" (Presenter/Moderator), WEN Greater Pittsburgh Inaugural Educational Conference, 9/27/2019

Education

Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University

Juris Doctor, Public Service Law Fellow; Business Law Journal (Research Editor 2012–2013); recipient of Pro Bono Program Award for clinical work with veterans, 2013

University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Business and Political Science; interned with Enterprise Forum in London, England, 2007

Representative Matters

  • Prepared large scale multi-million dollar acquisition documents for oil and gas operator
  • Led a team of attorneys on a due diligence project for leasehold acreage swap involving property valued at nearly $250 million
  • Served as counsel in a multi-million dollar leasehold dispute and negotiated and prepared settlement agreements, including conveyance documents
  • Assisted surety in obtaining demanded collateral from Indemnitors of bond issued for over $1 million
  • Drafted and reviewed division order title opinions in multiple states, including units created under statutory orders
  • Examined assets and prepared defect notices for time-sensitive due diligence project to support client bidding on more than 30,000 acres of fee and leasehold oil and gas acreage held in bankruptcy

Community Involvement

  • Duquesne University Bill of Rights Clinic (certified legal intern 2011–2012)
  • Duquesne University Center for Legal Information (research assistant 2011–2013)
  • Duquesne University Veterans Clinic (certified legal intern 2012–2013)

Publications

  •  “Read Carefully: When the royalty language of an oil and gas lease and an operator’s failure to strictly comply will lead to forfeiture” (Co-Author), The Energy Law Advisor, Vol. 9, No. 4, Nov. 2015
  •  “The Equal Pay Act: Almost Fifty Years Later, Why Wage Gap Still Exists” (Author), Duquesne Business Law Journal, Vol. 15.1, Spring 2013