Best Lawyers in America for Energy Law
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Tim has decades of experience in the regulation of water and wastewater utilities, electric utilities, gas utilities, and telecommunications utilities. His career has been dedicated to navigating utility regulation matters at the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), affording him comprehensive insight into these industries from various perspectives. Tim has served as a Staff Attorney at the ACC, in-house counsel at a prominent water utility, and external counsel for diverse utilities. Tim po...
Stewart G. Pollock is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Arbitration, Energy Law and Mediation. Stewart G., who practices law in Madison, New Jersey, has been recognized since 2005. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Stewart G. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Tom Grim is a partner of the firm and focuses his practice primarily on energy and public utility law. Mr. Grim represents clients in commercial transactions, administrative contested cases and judicial proceedings. Tom chaired the firm's energy practice group and has significant experience in all areas of energy law, including the following recent matters: Represents public utility clients as general counsel in all legal matters relating to the utility. Represented a public utility in the jo...
Henry Walker focuses his practice on state utility regulation with emphasis in the fields of telecommunications, wastewater services, pipelines and natural gas. He represents utility clients in proceedings before state public service commission throughout the southeast. Prior to joining Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, Henry was the General Counsel for the Tennessee Public Service Commission for 13 years. He also worked for the United States Department of Justice and as an Assistant District Att...
Marion Weinstock serves as Chair of the Commercial Transactions Section for the firm. Her practice covers a wide range of commercial transactions. She has handled and closed real estate purchases and sales of apartment complexes, warehouses, shopping centers and other commercial properties and has negotiated and prepared commercial leases (for both landlords and tenants), purchase agreements, condominium documents, servitude agreements and many other types of contracts and agreements. Marion ...
Greg has wide-ranging experience representing public utilities, unregulated energy companies, electric generation companies, educational and governmental institutions, and other industry participants. He maintains a comprehensive energy and utility regulatory and transactional practice, with expertise in base rate cases, rate clause filings, reliability issues, public utility project siting petitions and appeals, mergers and acquisitions, renewable energy (including solar and offshore wind pr...
James C. Meyer is co-chair of Riker Danzig’s Public Utilities Practice Group and a founding partner of its multi-disciplinary Energy Group. Mr. Meyer focuses primarily on energy, telecommunications, and other public utility and regulatory matters. Much of his energy work centers on representing investor-owned electric utilities to obtain approval of their programs and investments while ensuring that they can charge rates that allow them to cover all their costs and earn a reasonable ret...
JAMES E. RICE is a principal of Brody Wilkinson and is a member of the firm’s Business Group. Mr. Rice practices in the areas of utilities and energy, business and finance, and administrative law. He represents energy companies and other clients before the Connecticut Public Utilities Control Authority and the Connecticut Siting Council. Mr. Rice has acted as Connecticut counsel in connection with the acquisition of major power plants and of regulated public service companies. He also s...
Roger G. Hanshaw concentrates his legal practice on the environmental and technical issues that arise in business transactions, as well as regulatory compliance matters and litigation for a diverse client base. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. This advanced science degree is critical in representing clients in the science driven field of environmental law. Roger is a certified professional parliamentarian and regularly counsels government bodies and nonprofit o...
E. Chase Dressman is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Energy Law, Environmental Law and Litigation - Environmental. E. Chase, who practices law in Cincinnati, Ohio, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which E. Chase is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Andrew W. Tunnell is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Energy Law. Andrew W., who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2009. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Andrew W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Andrew B. Derman is a Partner and head of International Energy Practice Group for Thompson & Knight LLP and Chairman of Thompson & Knight Global Energy Services. He represents public and private companies and host governments in their strategic design, commercial execution, negotiations, contract preparation, and legal interpretation. Recent experience includes: acquisition and divestment efforts in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia; international finan...
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