Ranking tables
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) | USA
USA - Nationwide
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Band 5
Baker Botts L.L.P. 9 Years Ranked
Balch & Bingham LLP 4 Years Ranked
Crowell & Moring LLP 12 Years Ranked
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 10 Years Ranked
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP 8 Years Ranked
Jones Day 11 Years Ranked
K&L Gates 13 Years Ranked
Kirkland & Ellis LLP 5 Years Ranked
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 5 Years Ranked
Paul Hastings LLP 5 Years Ranked
Vinson & Elkins LLP 12 Years Ranked
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 5 Years Ranked- Stinson LLP
Senior Statespeople
Star Individuals
Band 1
Adrienne E Clair Thompson Coburn LLP16 Years Ranked
Catherine McCarthy Bracewell LLP16 Years Ranked- David Tewksbury McDermott Will & Emery LLP17 Years Ranked
- Neil L Levy McDermott Will & Emery LLP20 Years Ranked
Richard Roberts Steptoe LLP23 Years Ranked
Suedeen G Kelly Jenner & Block LLP14 Years Ranked
Wendy N Reed Wright & Talisman PC21 Years Ranked
Band 2
Brooksany Barrowes Kirkland & Ellis LLP17 Years Ranked
Christopher R Jones Troutman Pepper Locke LLP7 Years Ranked
David Applebaum Baker Botts L.L.P.7 Years Ranked
Donna Byrne Troutman Pepper Locke LLP7 Years Ranked
George Cannon Jr Hogan Lovells US LLP20 Years Ranked
Jessica C. Friedman Rock Creek Energy Group, LLP8 Years Ranked
Natasha Gianvecchio Latham & Watkins LLP17 Years Ranked
Noel Symons McGuireWoods LLP15 Years Ranked
Todd Mullins McGuireWoods LLP14 Years Ranked
Wendy Warren Wright & Talisman PC16 Years Ranked
William D DeGrandis Paul Hastings LLP20 Years Ranked- Cynthia S BogoradSpiegel & McDiarmid LLP
- Scott H StraussSpiegel & McDiarmid LLP
Band 3
Daniel Frank Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP15 Years Ranked
Deanna E King Bracewell LLP15 Years Ranked
Douglas Smith Van Ness Feldman LLP21 Years Ranked
J. Daniel Skees Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP7 Years Ranked
James C Beh Jones Day14 Years Ranked
Jeffrey M Jakubiak Vinson & Elkins LLP10 Years Ranked
Joseph H Fagan Day Pitney LLP16 Years Ranked
Kenneth W Irvin Sidley Austin LLP16 Years Ranked
Mark C Williams Day Pitney LLP17 Years Ranked
Michael Yuffee Baker Botts L.L.P.21 Years Ranked
Norman C. Bay Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP5 Years Ranked
Sandra E Rizzo Arnold & Porter17 Years Ranked
Sean Atkins Davis Wright Tremaine LLP16 Years Ranked
Stephanie Lim McDermott Will & Emery LLP13 Years Ranked
Stephen M Spina Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP13 Years Ranked
Terence Healey Sidley Austin LLP7 Years Ranked- Stan BermanBerman and Todderud LLP
Band 4
Amie V Colby Troutman Pepper Locke LLP6 Years Ranked
Christopher Polito Sidley Austin LLP5 Years Ranked- Cory Lankford Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP6 Years Ranked
Daniel Simon Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP4 Years Ranked
David Connelly McGuireWoods LLP7 Years Ranked
Donald Kaplan K&L Gates15 Years Ranked
Douglas G Green Steptoe LLP23 Years Ranked
Evan Reese Day Pitney LLP4 Years Ranked
Jay Ryan Baker Botts L.L.P.5 Years Ranked
Jennifer L Key Steptoe LLP6 Years Ranked
John Decker Kirkland & Ellis LLP19 Years Ranked
John Lee Shepherd Jr Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP2 Years Ranked
Joseph Hall Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP5 Years Ranked
Kimberly Frank K&L Gates3 Years Ranked
Linda Walsh Husch Blackwell LLP19 Years Ranked
Lyle Larson Balch & Bingham LLP4 Years Ranked
Michael N. Kunselman Davis Wright Tremaine LLP5 Years Ranked
Stephen Hug Akin5 Years Ranked
Vincenzo Franco Rock Creek Energy Group, LLP4 Years Ranked
William Hollaway Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP12 Years Ranked
William Keyser Steptoe LLP5 Years Ranked- Jonathan D SchneiderStinson LLP
Band 5
Andrew Tunnell Balch & Bingham LLP2 Years Ranked- Bruce L Richardson McDermott Will & Emery LLP16 Years Ranked
Charles Sensiba Troutman Pepper Locke LLP5 Years Ranked
Clinton A Vince Dentons LLP16 Years Ranked
Daniel A. Mullen Steptoe LLP10 Years Ranked
Deborah A Carpentier Crowell & Moring LLP2 Years Ranked
Doreen U Saia Greenberg Traurig, LLP18 Years Ranked
Emil Barth Baker Botts L.L.P.5 Years Ranked
Gary Bachman Van Ness Feldman LLP21 Years Ranked
Gregory Lawrence Greenberg Traurig, LLP14 Years Ranked
Heather L. Feingold Day Pitney LLP4 Years Ranked
Ilia Levitine Duane Morris LLP5 Years Ranked
Jane Rueger Perkins Coie LLP3 Years Ranked
Jenna McGrath Milbank LLP6 Years Ranked
Jesse Halpern Thompson Coburn LLP3 Years Ranked
Julia English McGuireWoods LLP4 Years Ranked
Julia Wood Rock Creek Energy Group, LLP3 Years Ranked
Katlyn Davis Farrell McGuireWoods LLP2 Years Ranked
Marcia Hook Clifford Chance US LLP5 Years Ranked
Margaret Claybour Rock Creek Energy Group, LLP3 Years Ranked- Margaret E McNaul Thompson Coburn LLP7 Years Ranked
Mark Perlis Covington & Burling LLP22 Years Ranked
Matthew J. Binette Wright & Talisman PC1 Years Ranked
Michael W Brooks Bracewell LLP9 Years Ranked- Rebecca Shelton Thompson Coburn LLP5 Years Ranked
- Sebastian Lombardi Day Pitney LLP3 Years Ranked
Serena Rwejuna White & Case LLP5 Years Ranked- Steven Shparber Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC1 Years Ranked
Tyler Brown Latham & Watkins LLP6 Years Ranked
Valerie Green Day Pitney LLP3 Years Ranked
Victoria Lauterbach Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP5 Years Ranked- Harvey L ReiterStinson LLP
- Jason GrayDuncan & Allen
Up and Coming
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Steptoe LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years RankedSteptoe LLP is a superb group, offering clients top-level regulatory advice on both oil and gas and power issues. It excels in FERC proceedings and appellate litigation, as well as enforcement, settlement negotiation and power market advice. The firm continues to assist clients with important government and internal investigations. It is particularly highly esteemed for its representation of oil pipeline and power utility clients, offering market-leading representation on regulatory matters connected with sophisticated transactions and disputes. The firm possesses significant energy-related antitrust and environmental capabilities, bolstering its comprehensive offering to clients.
Band 2
2 Latham & Watkins LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 2 | 16 Years RankedLatham & Watkins LLP is a distinguished international firm, renowned for the leading role it plays in both oil and gas and power transactional matters. It regularly acts on sophisticated deals for corporate, financial and sovereign industry participants. The firm also provides both electricity and oil and gas clients with a committed regulatory offering. It represents clients adeptly at FERC and before other energy regulatory bodies too.
2 McDermott Will & Emery LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedMcDermott Will & Emery LLP is a rapidly developing practice replete with expertise in regulatory and litigation matters, including representation before FERC, NERC and the CFTC as well as state regulatory bodies. It is capable of advising on the full spectrum of power market rules compliance and related proceedings on behalf of a wide client base. The firm provides expert representation in the context of investigations and audits in the power sector as well as managing merger and acquisition approvals. It is further noted for its growing strength in oil and gas transactions.
2 McGuireWoods LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 2 | 12 Years RankedMcGuireWoods LLP possesses significant strengths across regulatory work in the power space. It maintains a robust FERC enforcement practice that counts many of the leading utilities as clients. The firm is noted for its work on regulatory compliance and market manipulation litigation. It also offers a highly knowledgeable regional transmission organization team that focuses on representing clients on market structure and rate issues. The firm has particular strength in relation to cost allocation and compensation issues. It is further recognized for advising on power sector transactions and wider corporate strategy for public utilities, independent power producers and investors.
2 Troutman Pepper Locke LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 2 | 16 Years RankedTroutman Pepper Locke has an impressively broad practice that is well-regarded for expertise on electricity and natural gas regulatory matters. Its partners possess a deep understanding of FERC, in addition to state regulators. The firm is frequently seen advising IPPs, utilities and renewable operators. It also offers expertise in transmission and power market and rate design issues. The firm's natural gas partners often feature at FERC both on behalf of utility shippers and pipeline owners in respect of rate cases and permit filings. It is further noted for electricity finance expertise.
On 1st January 2025, Troutman Pepper and Locke Lord merged to form Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.
2 Wright & Talisman PCEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 2 | 16 Years RankedWright & Talisman PC is a highly esteemed practice providing counsel for both oil and gas and power participants. The firm is particularly strong in its representation of RTOs at FERC and in federal appeals court. It possesses capability to act on power transmission issues. The firm is frequently called upon for advice concerning interstate oil and gas pipelines on tariff disputes and rate regulation cases. It is noted for its strength on matters related to the regulation of and investment in electric transmission companies.
Band 3
3 Bracewell LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 3 | 16 Years RankedBracewell LLP is a leading firm with highly impressive expertise across the energy arena, particularly esteemed for its ability within the oil and gas regulatory space.It offers excellent capability in FERC and CFTC investigations, as well as representation of pipeline clients in FERC rate, tariff and jurisdictional matters. The firm is also able to assist large utility clients, transmission owners and private equity investors on regulatory power matters, along with electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. It is frequently seen on big-ticket transactions in both the power and the oil and gas space, handling matters for clients ranging from electric utilities and merchant transmission owners to upstream exploration companies and refineries.
3 Jenner & Block LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 3 | 7 Years RankedJenner & Block LLP is a strong litigation-focused offering in the electricity space. The firm possesses strength in power market reform matters including expertise in renewable energy. It boasts established FERC expertise and capabilities across grid resilience, rate and policy issues.
3 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 3 | 16 Years RankedMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is a market-leading and impressively broad-based group with recognized ability across the full range of energy sectors. It is best known as one of the strongest and deepest nuclear regulatory teams in the country, frequently handling the largest and most complex of matters for utilities. The firm also offers clients a strong regulatory power practice with extensive capabilities in compliance and enforcement matters before FERC. It is noted for expertise in regulatory matters for oil and gas clients and extensive administrative and appellate litigation capabilities too. The firm supplements its sector-spanning regulatory expertise with broad capabilities in the acquisition, sale and financing of conventional and renewable power assets.
3 Rock Creek Energy Group, LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 3 | 4 Years RankedRock Creek Energy Group, LLP is highly skilled at handling the federal regulatory aspects of transactions in the power sector. The firm's experience covers the full spectrum of energy assets including conventional power, transmission assets, renewable energy and energy storage.
Band 4
4 Davis Wright Tremaine LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 4 | 7 Years RankedDavis Wright Tremaine LLP advises utilities, transmission owners and independent power producers on a host of regulatory issues. It offers notable strength in rate proceedings before FERC and the CPUC, as well as in investigations and enforcement actions.
4 Day Pitney LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 4 | 12 Years RankedDay Pitney LLP is well-regarded in the power space, with particular expertise in regulatory and FERC matters, frequently representing clients at both state and federal level. The firm offers significant knowledge of market rules, transmission and interconnection issues. It also demonstrates growing capability in FERC natural gas matters where its practitioners represent shippers such as large industrials and municipalities in contested rate proceedings.
4 Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 4 | 16 Years RankedEversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is known for representing clients on power regulatory matters including FERC compliance and litigation and NERC issues. It possesses the ability to advise on the financial instrument side of energy work and has experience working with the CFTC. The firm is particularly noted for handling matters for electric cooperatives and clients in the renewable energy space. It is also sought after for its expertise in power transactions.
4 Sidley Austin LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedSidley Austin LLP offers clients broad expertise in the energy space covering transactional, regulatory and litigation work. It is particularly well thought of in the oil and gas space with capability across upstream, midstream and downstream matters. The firm represents clients before FERC on regulatory approvals, enforcement and rate issues. It offers additional strength in power regulation and litigation, assisting clients participating in the generation, transmission and distribution and trading of electricity. The firm also offers capabilities in transactional matters for electricity clients.4 Thompson Coburn LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 4 | 13 Years RankedThompson Coburn LLP has a strong regulatory offering frequently acting for municipalities, cooperative utilities and renewable energy companies. The firm provides insight at FERC and state regulatory agencies, especially in relation to wholesale electric power. It also has expertise in bulk power, interconnection and transmission arrangements.
4 Van Ness Feldman LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 4 | 16 Years RankedVan Ness Feldman LLP is an impressive group that specializes in assisting energy clients with the full range of power and oil and gas regulatory matters. It is well-regarded for work on gas pipeline siting, FERC litigation and LNG work, and offering strong capability in pipeline rate cases. The firm possesses a considerable pipeline safety practice focusing on regulatory compliance and enforcement. It is frequently retained on transmission rate, reliability and efficiency matters. The firm is also active on hydroelectric power matters, with particular expertise in relicensing. It is further noted for extensive capabilities in energy-related environmental and PHMSA issues.
Band 5
5 Baker Botts L.L.P.Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 9 Years RankedBaker Botts L.L.P. is a very well-regarded energy firm with strength across transactional, regulatory and litigation settings. It is frequently retained by oil and gas, power and investor clients who are active in energy matters. The firm is strong in oil and gas acquisitions and sales, with particular expertise in the MLP market. It provides regulatory advice and FERC representation on pipeline and rate issues. The firm is noted for particular abilities in FERC rulemakings. It is also active in the power space, assisting traditional power, renewable energy and utility clients on a range of transactions.5 Balch & Bingham LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 4 Years RankedBalch & Bingham LLP is recognized for its excellent regulatory expertise in the nuclear space. It offers deep knowledge on nuclear safety testing, investigations and fuel and services contracts. The firm is further noted for its capability in spent fuel litigation matters and also its ability to advise nuclear energy clients on whistle-blower response. It is able to advise at the cutting edge of new nuclear plant development. The firm also represents clients active in the power space in FERC proceedings and filings as well as providing regulatory support to transactions in the space.5 Crowell & Moring LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 12 Years RankedCrowell & Moring LLP is a highly capable team that focuses on regulatory matters, particularly in the power space. The firm is active in both FERC proceedings and in federal appeals courts. Its particular strengths include obtaining FERC approvals for corporate restructurings and rate setting. The firm offers additional capability in market access, public policy and infrastructure planning matters. It frequently represents energy storage and microgrid companies as well as renewable and conventional power clients.5 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 10 Years RankedGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a strong energy practice with capabilities across both power and oil and gas matters. The firm leads and arranges financing for big-ticket power transactions, with particular strength in the wind and solar spaces. It is also recognized for its capabilities in the power regulatory space covering rate, rulemaking and enforcement proceedings before FERC. The firm is further recognized for substantial strength in the oil and gas transactional space, regularly acting on upstream, midstream and downstream matters.5 Hunton Andrews Kurth LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 8 Years RankedHunton Andrews Kurth LLP has a robust oil and gas regulatory and litigation team providing clients with high quality representation before FERC and the DOE. The firm enjoys a fine track record for its work in midstream and upstream oil and gas transactions, acting for private equity firms and energy companies. It is also further noted for expertise in electricity financings.
5 Jones DayEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 11 Years RankedJones Day is noted for its expertise spanning the power and oil and gas sectors, counting power generators, institutional investors, electric utilities and pipeline operators as part of its client base. It ably assists with master limited partnerships, joint ventures and other commercial agreements in the oil and gas sector. The firm also handles a broad range of regulatory matters in the power sector including M&A approval, investigations and rate and tariff proceedings.5 K&L GatesEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 13 Years RankedK&L Gates is active within the FERC regulatory context for power clients as well as offering representation before state commissions and federal courts. It is frequently seen in transmission cost allocation, interconnection agreements and NERC reliability matters.5 Kirkland & Ellis LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years RankedKirkland & Ellis LLP is a rapidly developing team highlighted for its ability to handle complex transactions and capital markets matters across both the power and oil and gas sectors. It is able to offer support in M&A, joint ventures, PPAs and structured financings. Its clients include private equity funds, utilities, pipelines and power marketers. The firm is adept at assisting with all regulatory aspects of transactions in addition to broader FERC administrative litigation matters.
5 Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years RankedOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP adeptly handles a variety of transactions for clients in the power industry, including the purchase and sale of assets as well as joint ventures and other agreements. It is noted for developing transactional capabilities in the natural gas and LNG space. The firm offers further expertise in regulatory authorization and other proceedings before FERC and the DOE in regulatory proceedings connected with the siting and construction of LNG production, liquefaction and export facilities.5 Paul Hastings LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years RankedPaul Hastings LLP is routinely engaged to advise power sector clients on complex FERC proceedings. The firm demonstrates considerable expertise in project authorizations and FERC enforcement actions. It is particularly noted for its experience in transmission and solar energy work.5 Vinson & Elkins LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 12 Years RankedVinson & Elkins LLP is a Houston-based powerhouse in the energy space, particularly excelling in oil and gas transactions and regulatory work. It continues to have a fantastic reputation for its work in upstream transactions and represents a fine choice of counsel for LNG matters. The firm offers leading representation in the midstream space, with expertise in matters including presidential permit applications and rate cases. With its strong international presence, clients are offered exceptional expertise in various energy-producing regions around the world. The firm draws on additional competencies in tax, environmental compliance and project finance, to assist players in the oil and gas sector.5 Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPEnergy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)2025 | Band 5 | 5 Years RankedWillkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has expertise in the oil and gas sector spanning upstream, midstream and downstream transactions. It adroitly advises a range of industry participants on strategic mergers, acquisitions, sales and joint venture agreements. The firm has a notable presence in the electricity space, handling FERC enforcements and investigations, alongside CFTC-related matters.