Francis Barron

Francis Barron serves as General Counsel in Residence at Beatty & Wozniak, bringing more than 35 years of experience in the energy industry. Barron provides strategic counsel to Beatty & Wozniak attorneys, strengthening client service and business judgment across practice groups. He also serves as a mentor to attorneys throughout the firm, advising leadership on opportunities for strategic growth and cross-marketing, drawing on his extensive industry network. 

Barron is a respected corporate and securities attorney who began his career at Bearman Talesnick & Clowdus Professional Corp., and then as a partner at Patton Boggs LLP, where he co-founded the firm’s corporate securities department in Denver. He later joined Bill Barrett Corporation as Executive Vice President and General Counsel, guiding the company through its IPO and dramatic growth from fewer than 50 employees to more than 300 employees and annual revenue of $700 million. He went on to serve as General Counsel at Cimarex Energy, helping secure investment-grade financing and leading the company through its $17 billion merger with Cabot Oil & Gas to form Coterra Energy. Most recently, he advised companies as an independent business consultant.