Mary Catherine Joiner is an associate in the Baton Rouge office of Bradley Murchison Kelly & Shea LLC. After graduating from Southern University Law Center in 2018, Mary Catherine began practicing law at BMKS with a focus on energy and natural resources. She represents major and independent energy companies in a variety of matters, including oil and gas title examination, regulatory compliance, and transactional work. She has experience preparing preliminary, drill site, and division order title opinions, as well as assisting clients with curative title issues. Mary Catherine also advises clients on matters related to landowner, mineral owner, and royalty owner demands. In addition to her oil and gas practice, she has contributed to legal scholarship, co-authoring publications on funeral and cemetery case law and leasehold issues for oil and gas title examination. She is an active member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation and the Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel, and she is currently serving as Fifth District Representative on the Louisiana State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division council. Outside of her legal practice, Mary Catherine enjoys spending time with her family and supporting local community initiatives.