The attorneys in the Energy and Telecommunications Practice Group are skilled in commercial and regulatory matters blending a variety of expertise that is essential to our mission: striving to enabling clients to thrive in changing markets and regulatory conditions in Virginia, the U.S. and internationally. We partner with clients to provide complete legal services in government relations, litigation, regulatory, finance, intellectual property/software development, corporate, construction, commercial, real estate, land use, environmental, antitrust, taxation and foreign investment matters. Our clients include members of the Fortune 500 as well as emerging businesses.

Energy Practice
Our energy practice is largely domestic and increasingly focused on the convergence of natural gas and electricity and the emerging role of unregulated energy services companies. Our attorneys have experience representing major energy clients before state and federal agencies including the Virginia State Corporation Commission, the Virginia Gas and Oil Board, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. In addition to traditional regulatory matters, we are assisting clients with commercial matters in the evolving competitive marketplace and with the development of major energy infrastructure and associated commercial and regulatory issues. Our attorneys are active in efforts to restructure the electric and natural gas industries in Virginia and nationally and are well-versed in pertinent state and federal regulatory provisions.

Our clients include natural gas exploration and production companies, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, local distribution companies, energy marketers, energy services companies and related trade associations. We have also assisted independent power producers/nonutility generators.

Telecommunications Practice
Our telecommunications practice provides services to both landline and wireless communications companies particularly competitive local exchange (CLEC), and long distance carriers. We have assisted clients with applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity, tariffs, and resale and interconnection agreements. Our attorneys are experienced in issues related to the implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 as well as international, federal, state and local legislative and regulatory developments involving the telecommunications industry. Our attorneys have expertise in commercial agreements relating to investments in licensees as well as experience in assisting clients with the development of networks outside of the United States including Eastern Europe and China.

Our clients include a Regional Bell Operating Company and its cellular service subsidiary, a diversified telecommunications service provider and its competitive local exchange subsidiary, a national incumbent local exchange provider, the personal communications subsidiary of a major long distance service provider, a developer of software for European and Japanese digital cellular service, a global wireless satellite communications network, and wireless providers in Europe and Asia.