Nicholas K. Kile

Practice Areas

Annexation, Appeals and Critical Motions, Bond, Debt and Stock Issuances, Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN), Data Centers, Energy

Career

With a commitment to understanding fully each client's mission, Nick Kile focuses on adding value to help them accomplish it. He seeks innovative solutions that are grounded in the law and fact and that align with the big picture business goals. Nick concentrates his practice in two distinct substantive legal disciplines, including representing utilities before the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) in virtually all types of regulatory matters and guiding municipalities through myriad legal matters.

Nick’s utilities experience includes general rate cases, securitization, certificate of public convenience and necessity and other preapproval proceedings for environmental controls or capacity additions, mergers and acquisitions, territorial authorizations and disputes, and other regulatory law matters. He has worked on over 100 IURC general rate cases involving electricity, gas, and water and wastewater. His rate case experience ranges from the largest utilities in the state to some of the smallest.

Nick also focuses his practice on representing and advising municipalities and local units of government in utility, annexation, reorganization, funding and budget issues. He has more than two decades of experience advising and representing municipalities that are navigating the annexation process, and during that time has seen two major overhauls of the annexation code. Nick has worked on some of the largest and most complex annexations in Indiana’s history.

Decades of experience in the practice of law and a background in accounting aid Nick in being cost-effective and value-adding in helping his clients achieve their core mission. Nick is also committed to diversity and inclusion on the team, as he understands that different perspectives to meeting client needs is vital to the quality of the overall service.

Education