Position Name - Energy Regulatory Litigation Associate - DC
Location – Washington D.C. District of Columbia
Description
Our Clients Energy Regulatory team is integrated into our clients Energy Transition & Sustainable Infrastructure Practice. This model allows our client to provide insightful, nuanced, and collaborative services to clients. Importantly, our Energy Regulatory attorneys not only have significant private sector experience but have also worked previously for federal and state government regulators (including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) and at Regional Transmission Organizations. This background enables our clients Energy Regulatory attorneys to provide detailed and differentiated counsel to our clients. While our clients Energy Regulatory attorneys are experienced and savvy litigators, having represented clients in contested proceedings before FERC, state utility commissions, and federal courts of appeal, our primary aim is to find creative solutions that allow our clients to achieve their commercial goals while complying with applicable regulations.
About The Litigation Section
Our Clients litigation practice provides clients with resourceful approaches, experienced advocacy, and substantive expertise. Guided by a strong understanding of our clients' core objectives, we combine a winning attitude and an aggressive drive to yield favorable and efficient results. Our litigators partner across several disciplines to advise on key legal and industry matters that impact resolution and ultimately meet business goals. Our pretrial, discovery, trial, and appellate efforts are designed to solve clients' problems through a collaborative, results-driven approach.
Responsibilities
Our Client is seeking an associate with 2+ years of energy regulatory experience with a litigation focus to join our high-profile and growing energy team. This associate will join a team that is at the forefront of matters impacting the energy industry across the United States, and will represent project developers, independent power producers, private equity and infrastructure funds, end users of energy (including data center developers), and national clean energy trade groups across a broad spectrum of high-stakes legal and business matters.
Ideal candidates should have experience working before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), direct experience in the energy industry, and a comprehensive complex litigation skill set, including strong legal research and writing skills, running document production and discovery. In addition to assisting with energy regulatory and litigation matters, the associate will also work on complex litigation matters within our clients general litigation practice. We are looking for a team player who will support the growth of the practice, contribute to articles, attend speaking engagements, and participate in other client development activities.
Collaboration with team members is an important component of any role at the company.
Therefore, the firm requires working from the office approximately 60% of the time in accordance with the firm's published guidelines.
Qualifications
- Graduated with a JD or LLM from an ABA-accredited law school
- Must be admitted or eligible for admission in the state where the candidate will be based.
- Washington, D.C.- based candidate is highly preferred
- Must have 2+ years of experience working on energy regulatory and litigation matters in private practice, government and/or in-house
- Ideal candidates will have experience working before FERC
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Professionalism in working and engaging with clients and colleagues
- Ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and balance competing responsibilities
- Ability to stay organized and exercise extreme attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively in team settings
- Our Client is an Am Law 100 law firm with over 500 attorneys serving clients worldwide. Our attorneys combine legal, business and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We advise business leaders, entrepreneurs and investors on pivotal deals, disputes and regulatory matters within our core practice areas. We are strategically located to meet the needs of our clients, with offices in Boston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto and Washington, DC.
Mindtris, a minority women-owned enterprise, is at the forefront of digital transformation, technology excellence, and business growth solutions. Specializing in talent mobilization and innovation, we are dedicated to enhancing customer experiences across diverse sectors such as Information Technology, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Engineering, and the Public sector. With a focus on deploying top-tier talent and fostering innovation, we empower businesses to thrive and excel in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, helping them reach new heights of success.
Mindtris is committed to fostering workforce diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
