Energy

Our firm has extensive first-hand experience addressing the legal, legislative, regulatory and business issues encountered by the energy industry, allowing us to provide our clients with dynamic approaches to improve and expand their operations. Our energy industry clients cover the full spectrum of the industry, including natural gas producers and processors, oil producers and refiners, and crude oil and oil products and natural gas pipelines and distributors. These clients come to us seeking advice regarding permits, compliance, enforcement, contract negotiations, litigation and agency relations and rulemakings.  The breadth of the firm's overall practice provides our clients access to a wide range of legal experience, and we regularly assist clients at the federal, state and local levels in complying with and shaping the laws and regulations that govern the energy industry.

We also advise our energy industry clients in other key aspects of the industry including:  transmission, transportation and distribution agreements; community relations; environmental, safety and security compliance, licensing and due diligence; interstate and international commerce issues; litigation before state and federal regulatory bodies and courts; and land use issues.