Scott C. Helmholz
One North Old State Capitol Plaza, Suite 560
Springfield, IL 62701
Tel: 217-528-1177
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Scott C. Helmholz
A partner in the firm's Springfield, Illinois office, Scott concentrates his practice in civil and regulatory litigation involving energy and natural resources. Scott represents resource owners and developers in all aspects of mineral law including permitting matters, land use, royalty disputes, coal sales and brokerage matters, and pipeline and railroad infrastructure conflicts. He represents electric utilities, coal operators, mineral owners and oil and gas producers. Scott regularly appears before administrative tribunals such as the Illinois Commerce Commission and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, as well as before state and federal courts throughout central and southern Illinois. Scott is a member of the Illinois Oil and Gas Association, the Illinois Coal Association and the Mineral Law Section of the Illinois State Bar Association. He served as a member of the Illinois Petroleum Resources Board from 2000-2004 and was its Vice Chairman/Government Relations 2003-2004. Scott has argued cases before the Third, Fourth and Fifth District Illinois Appellate Courts and the Seventh Circuit United States Court of Appeals. He graduated from Drake University in 1975 and Washington University School of Law in 1978. Scott's cases frequently involve complex engineering, geological and economic issues requiring expert testimony.
Bar Admissions
Missouri, 1978
Illinois, 1983
U.S. District Court Central District of Illinois, 1987
U.S. District Court Southern District of Illinois, 1987
U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1989
U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1990
Published Works
Remedies for Subsurface Invasion or Damage to Mineral Rights, Meritas, 2d Energy & Natural Resources Newsletter, 2005 “Challenges to Wills,” ILLINOIS CAUSES OF ACTION-ELEMENTS, FORMS & WINNING PRACTICE TIPS, IICLE, 2002
Jury Instructions in Civil Fraud Actions Under Section 12.G of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, Illinois State Bar Association, Mineral Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 16 No. 3, 1990
The 1989 Amendments to the Illinois Securities Law: Impact on Capital Formation for Mineral Offerings, Illinois State Bar Association, Mineral Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 16 No. 2, 1989
The Consequences of ‘General Advertising' in the Context of Private Offering Exemptions, Illinois State Bar Association, Mineral Law Section Newsletter, Vol. 15 No. 1, 1988
Representative Clients
Ameren Corp.
Ameren Energy Fuels and Services
AmerenCIPS
AmerenUE
AmerenCILCO
AmerenIP
Smith Production Corporation
Petco Petroleum Corporation
Deep Rock Energy
Drummond Company, Inc.
Drummond Coal Sales, Inc.
IEC (Montgomery), L.L.C.
Williamson Energy, LLC
Memberships and Affiliations
Illinois Petroleum Resources Board, 2000-2004
Vice Chairman/Governmental Relations 2003-2004
Lincoln-Douglas American Inn of Court, Barrister
Federal Bar Association for the Central and Southern Districts of Illinois
Mineral Law Section, Illinois State Bar Assn.
- Section Council Member (1987-1996)
Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
Illinois Oil and Gas Association
Illinois Coal Association
- Associate Member
Prior Experience
Brown, Hay & Stephens, LLP/Springfield, Illinois, 2003-2009
Illinois Department of Central Management Services, Special Labor Relations
Counsel, Illinois, 1988-1991
Illinois Secretary of State, Illinois Securities Department, Assistant Director
and General Counsel, 1983-1987
Millin, Landman, Trader and Helmholz, Kansas City, Missouri, Partner,
1981-1983
Office of the United States Attorney (Southern District of Illinois), Special
Assistant United States Attorney, 1983-1987
State of Illinois, Office of the Attorney General, Special Assistant Attorney
General, 1989-1991
Law Clerk, Hon. Charles Shangler, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District,
1978-1980
Selected Cases
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America v. Petco Petroleum, Case Nos. 5-07-0050/51, Illinois Appellate Court for the Fifth District, March 2, 2010 (unpublished)
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Drummond Coal Sales, Inc., Case No. 7:08-cv-00340, W.D.Va. 2009
Citizens Against Longwall Mining v. Colt and IEC (Montgomery), LLC, 2008 WL
2225809 (C.D.Ill.2008)
Petco Petroleum Corp v. Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, 410
F.Supp.2d 715 (S.D.Ill.2006)
Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission, 342 Ill.
App. 3d 617, 795 N.E.2d 865 (4th Dist. 2003)
U.S. v. Rhodes, 210 F. Supp. 2d 906 (C.D. Ill. 2002)
Illinois Licensed Beverage Ass'n Inc. v. Advanta Leasing Services, 776 N.E.2d
255 (4th Dist. 2002)
Eveloff v. White Gold Ltd., 718 N.E. 2d 1097 (4th District 1999)
Podolsky v. Alma Energy Corp., 143 F.3d 364 (7th Cir. 1998)
Smith Production Co. v. Baldwin, 1997 WL 34742 (7th Cir. 1997)
Central Illinois Public Service Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission, 268 Ill.
App. 3d 471, 644 N.E.2d 817 (4th Dist. 1994)
Kralman v. Illinois Department of Veteran's Affairs, 23 F.3d 150
(7th Circuit 1994)
Bracey v. Monsanto Co., Inc., 823 S.W.2d 946 (Mo. 1992)
Southeastern Illinois Electric Cooperative v. Illinois Commerce Commission
and Central Illinois Public Service Company, 665 N.E.2d 256 (5th District 1992)
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Education & Honors
J.D., 1978
Washington University
School of Law
- Order of Barristers
B.A., 1975
Drake University
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