A title practice built on the record.
LMJ Land Services examines oil and gas ownership across federal, state, and fee lands and reports it in a form that stands up to legal review.
The Practice
Every conclusion traces back to an instrument you can pull and read.
LMJ Land Services was formed to do one thing well: determine who owns what, at what depth, subject to what burdens — and prove it. That work sits underneath permitting, drilling, acquisition, division order, and litigation. When it is wrong, everything built on top of it is wrong too.
The practice covers the three ownership regimes that overlap across southeast New Mexico and West Texas. A single project can involve a BLM lease with severed operating rights, a State Land Office tract under its own assignment history, and fee minerals running back through decades of probate. Handling all three in one analysis is the point.
Work is performed from source documents. Not from a landman's prior runsheet, not from a data vendor's interpretation, and not from what a division order says the interest ought to be. Where the record is ambiguous, the report says so and states what would resolve it.
How We Work
Four commitments on every engagement.
Source-Document Research
Conclusions are drawn from recorded instruments and official lease files, cited by volume and page or by serial number, so any reviewer can retrace the path.
Defined Scope
You approve the tracts, depths, interests, and deliverable before research begins. No expanding scope, no surprise invoices.
Stated Limitations
Every report identifies what was examined, what was not, and what remains unresolved. A clean-looking report that hides a gap helps no one.
Direct Access
You work with the person doing the research. Questions get answered by someone who has read the file, not relayed through an account manager.
Background
Michele Johnson is the founder of LMJ Land Services and the creator of B27 Intelligence, a title intelligence platform built by a landman, for landmen.
Throughout her career, Michele has been passionate about the oil and gas industry and the broader energy sector. She has dedicated her work to helping attorneys, operators, brokers, and fellow land professionals navigate complex ownership issues by transforming recorded documents into clear, reliable title products. From courthouse records to ownership reports, she enjoys solving the puzzles that every chain of title presents.
As technology has continued to evolve, Michele recognized an opportunity to improve the way title professionals work. Drawing on years of practical land experience, she developed B27 Intelligence to streamline repetitive processes while preserving the professional judgment and attention to detail that only an experienced landman can provide. Every workflow and feature has been designed around the real needs of the oil and gas industry, making it a platform created by a landman, for landmen.
The land profession is strongest when it embraces innovation without losing sight of the principles that have always defined exceptional title work — accuracy, integrity, and a commitment to getting it right.
Her vision for LMJ Land Services is to combine decades of land expertise with modern technology to better serve the oil and gas and energy sectors while maintaining the highest standards of quality.
Outside of work, Michele enjoys spending time with her church community, where faith, fellowship, and serving others are an important part of her life. She also appreciates the heritage of the American oilfield and the hardworking people who have dedicated their lives to powering our nation.
Whether researching a complex chain of title, developing new solutions through B27 Intelligence, or supporting clients across the oil and gas and energy sectors, Michele is committed to helping land professionals work smarter, deliver exceptional title products, and preserve the integrity of the profession for generations to come.
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