People: Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (MHR)

Mr. Paul M. Johnston is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation. Mr. Johnston has over 30 years of increasing responsibility and management experience in all facets of general corporate, finance, securities and regulatory related legal matters. He is a former partner with the Dallas-based law firm, Thompson & Knight, LLP, representing both private and publicly held companies during his twenty-year career with the firm. Mr. Johnston also had ten years of in-house counsel experience before joining Magnum Hunter, including his service as Vice President and Corporate Counsel, for an NYSE-listed Fortune 250 company from 2000 to 2007, and he most recently served as General Counsel for an SEC-registered investment advisor involved in the management of onshore and offshore hedge funds from 2007 to 2010. A 1977 graduate of Texas Tech University, Mr. Johnston received his Juris Doctorate from Texas Tech University in 1980.