Tiffany M. Arbaugh

Area of Emphasis

Tiffany Arbaugh is senior counsel in Babst Calland’s Energy and Natural Resources and Litigation groups. Mrs. Arbaugh has more than 16 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. She focuses her practice on representing corporations in a variety of litigation matters with an emphasis on mineral title, real estate, trespass, fraud and title curative disputes. Mrs. Arbaugh’s practice also includes advising clients in customary business operations, litigation avoidance strategies and litigation preparedness.

Background

Mrs. Arbaugh graduated cum laude in 2002 from Mountain State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting. She then earned her Juris Doctor in 2005 from the Appalachian School of Law.

Prior to joining Babst Calland, Mrs. Arbaugh spent eight years working in the land department for the largest oil and gas producer in the United States. Mrs. Arbaugh also spent two years at a natural gas utility company managing over 15,000 miles of pipeline and thirty storage fields located throughout West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Michigan. In addition, Mrs. Arbaugh served two years as counsel for a nationally-recognized law firm specializing in energy, litigation and transactional law.

Memberships and Affiliations

Mrs. Arbaugh is licensed in West Virginia and Ohio and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, and the Southern District of Ohio. She is an active member and the 2024 President of the Women’s Energy Network West Virginia Board of Directors; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, serving on its Women in Law Committee; and the Michael Late Benedum Chapter of the Appalachian Association of Professional Landmen, serving on its Women of the MLBC Committee. Mrs. Arbaugh also previously served on the Board of Directors as Vice President of the Nitro Little League.