Todd began his Martindale career in 1996 and is a Vice President of the firm. He provides senior leadership, develops new employees, and manages clients’ audits and compliance projects, including joint venture, royalty, revenue, and post-production cost reviews. Todd also manages royalty, ad valorem tax, and other projects for numerous Counties, States, and other governmental entities. He also provides expert witness and litigation support.
Todd’s expertise includes:
- Served as an expert in State court on subjects including royalty disputes and revenue claims, joint venture claims, gas balancing, and custom and practice regarding oil and gas leases, exploration agreements, joint operating agreements, and Accounting Procedure provisions in oil and gas operations
- Overseeing audits for revenue, royalty, midstream and gas plant projects
- Overseeing audits for U.S. and international joint venture projects, and has conducted reviews in Brazil and Indonesia
- Overseeing vendor compliance reviews
- Overseeing client in-house projects on Accounting Procedure applications for various joint venture issues
- Todd is a regular speaker at National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO) national and regional conferences, sharing his lease compliance, royalty, allowed deductions, etc. expertise.
Todd currently serves on the Board of Directors of OKC NARO. Mr. Attalla has previously participated as Co-chair for the COPAS Accounting Guideline 21 (Revenue Audit Protocols) drafting team, served on other COPAS publication drafting teams, and provided leadership as Chair of the COPAS – Oklahoma City Society Audit Committee.
Todd is a 1989 graduate of Oklahoma State University (Business) and a 1995 graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma (Accounting).