Our Attorneys

TJ Oram grew up in Wyoming and currently lives in Montana. He has experience drafting and supervising the drafting of numerous drilling and division order title opinions on federal, fee, state, and Native American lands. TJ and Matt Houghton are the founding members of Oram & Houghton, PLLC, and they lead a group of attorneys who write title opinions throughout the United States.

Prior to forming Oram & Houghton, PLLC, TJ was the Rockies Case Manager and District Coordinator for a Texas based law firm, where TJ personally supervised and managed a large group of attorneys who drafted title opinions for and provided other drilling and division order advice to many oil and gas operators in the Rocky Mountain Region. Before joining that firm, TJ was trained by many of the finest and most well respected natural resource law and business law attorneys in Montana and North Dakota at Crowley Fleck, PLLC in Billings, Montana. In addition to title opinion experience, TJ also has experience with oil and gas transactions, administrative and regulatory matters, oil and gas commissions, condemnation actions, health care law, large real estate transactions, probates and estates, commercial litigation, entity formation, and other commercial legal matters.

TJ graduated Cum Laude with a J.D. from the University of Idaho and an M.B.A. from Washington State University. TJ is a member of the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, the Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen, the Montana Petroleum Association, and has spoken at a number of events on oil and gas title issues and Native American law. He is currently admitted to practice in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Utah. TJ and his wife have four children and love living in the mountains. TJ and his wife played college basketball at Colorado Northwestern Community College and at the University of Great Falls. In his free time, TJ enjoys fishing, hiking, and generally exploring the outdoors, and is always looking to take clients and friends on adventures throughout the Rockies.