SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
BRUNNER STEPHEN R

(Last) (First) (Middle)
111 MARKET PLACE

(Street)
BALTIMORE MD 21202

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
02/06/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Constellation Energy Partners LLC [ CEP ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Operating Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities beneficially owned. 0 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
/s/ Stephen R. Brunner 02/15/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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				POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Lisa J. Mellencamp
and Sean J. Klein, signing singly, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
		the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
		manager of Constellation Energy Partners LLC (the
		"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
		Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
		1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144 in
		accordance with Rule 144 promulgated under the
		Securities Act of 1933, or any successor forms
		thereto;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
		of the undersigned which may be necessary or
		desirable to complete and execute any such Form
		3, 4, or 5, or Form 144, and timely file such
		forms with the United States Securities and
		Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
		similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
		connection with the foregoing which, in the
		opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
		benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
		required by, the undersigned, it being understood
		that the documents executed by such attorney-in-
		fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
		this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
		shall contain such terms and conditions as such
		attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-
		fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-
in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and
every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
powers herein granted, as fully for all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-
fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings
of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this ____ day of
February, 2008.

        				/s/ Stephen R. Brunner
        				________________________________
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        				Stephen R. Brunner
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