On September 17, 2022, Professor Heidi Gorovitz Robertson was an invited guest speaker at the National Association of Royalty Owners 2022 Convention at the Pritchard Laughlin Center in Cambridge, Ohio.  Her presentation, entitled Forced Unitization, Who Decides and at What Cost in Ohio?described the hows, whens, and whys of forced pooling and unitization in Ohio.  It explained the rights holders’ role — and the various stumbling blocks and pitfalls of the Ohio unitization process from the perspective of landowners and rights holders.  

Robertson is the Steven W. Percy Distinguished Professor of Law at the College of Law, and Professor of Environmental Studies at the College of Education and Public Affairs, Cleveland State University.