We represent clients in a broad range of regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters involving the electric, natural gas, oil and liquids pipeline, renewable/alternative energy, water/wastewater, and Marcellus shale industries.
Overview
In addition to our industry-focused Energy & Utilities and Shale Resource Practice Groups, a wide variety of Post & Schell's attorneys and practices represent and defend clients in the energy and utility industries.
Our clients include:
- Electric: Electric public utilities, transmission providers, generators, large power purchasers, and investors.
- Natural Gas: Local distributors, producers/gatherers, midstream/intrastate pipelines, interstate pipelines, and industrial/commercial customers.
- Oil and Liquids Pipeline: Developers, builders, and operators of crude oil and petroleum products, midstream pipelines, and natural gas liquids pipelines subject to the Interstate Commerce Act.
- Renewable/Alternative Energy: Solar, wind, nuclear, and other renewable/alternative energy companies.
- Water and Wastewater: Investor-owned water and wastewater utilities.
- Marcellus Shale: Companies participating in the development of opportunities in Marcellus Shale and related natural gas and oil production zones.
Legal service we provide to the energy and utility industries include:
- Regulatory and transactional counsel and representation before the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), in addition to state and federal courts.
- Counsel related to energy efficiency, natural gas procurement, renewable energy credits, demand response, and transmission interconnection matters.
- Counsel and representation related to employment and labor matters, including discrimination, wage and hour, and labor matters.
- Counsel and representation related to environmental matters, including environmental due diligence, asset analysis, and risk evaluation.
- Counsel and representation related to government investigations and enforcement matters.
- Counsel and representation in general liability matters
- Counsel and representation in commercial litigation matters.
- Counsel and representation in workers' compensation claims in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey.
Related Practices
- Appellate
- Casualty Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction
- Corporate
- Employment and Employee Relations
- Employment and Labor
- Energy & Utilities
- Environmental
- Environmental Real Estate Services
- Environmental Regulation and Litigation
- Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense
- Labor
- Real Estate
- Regulatory and Administrative Agency Law
- Shale Resource
- Wage and Hour
- Workers' Compensation
Attorneys
Brian W. Bisignani
Principal
Chair, Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights Practice Group
Lancaster
Phone: 717-612-6041
Fax: 717-291-1609
Oliver C. Overlander III
Principal and Co-Vice Chair
Workers' Compensation Department
Lancaster
Phone: 717-391-4434
Fax: 717-291-1609
Christopher J. Barr
Principal
Energy & Utilities
Washington, DC
Phone: 202-661-6950
Fax: 202-661-6970
John W. Dornberger
Administrative Principal, Harrisburg Office
Co-Chair, Construction Practice Group
Harrisburg
Phone: 717-612-6037
Fax: 717-731-1985
Michael W. Gang
Principal and Co-Chair, Energy & Utilities Practice Group
Chair, Firm Board of Directors
Harrisburg
Phone: 717-612-6026
Fax: 717-731-1985
James J. Kutz
Co-Chair, Appellate Department
Chair, Regulatory & Administrative Agency Law & Professional Licensure Practice Groups
Harrisburg
Phone: 717-612-6038
Fax: 717-731-1985
Ronald H. Levine
Senior Counsel
Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1071
Fax: 215-587-1444
David B. MacGregor
Principal
Co-Chair, Energy & Utilities Practice Group
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1197
Fax: 215-587-1444
Abraham J. Rein
Principal & Chair, White Collar Practice Group
Chair, Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1057
Fax: 215-587-1444
Amanda T. Camplesi
Associate
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-506-6371
Fax: 412-227-9065
Edward A. Smallwood
Principal
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-506-6380
Fax: 412-227-9065
F. Traynor Beck
Principal
Chair, Corporate Practice Group
Philadelphia
Phone: 215-587-1148
Fax: 215-587-1444
Ryan M. Logan
Principal
Construction and Commercial Litigation
Wilmington
Phone: 302-251-8856
Fax: 302-251-8857
David A. Hudock
Associate
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-227-8751
Fax: 412-227-9065
Christopher D. Gee
Associate
Casualty Litigation
Pittsburgh
Phone: (412) 506-6367
Fax: (412) 506-6368
Cathy R. Gordon
Principal
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-506-6369
Fax: 412-506-6369
John W. Bruni
Principal
Casualty Litigation and Toxic Tort Liability Litigation
Pittsburgh
Phone: 412-506-6388
Fax: 412-227-9065
Sidney T. Ramsey
Associate
Workers' Compensation Department
Allentown
Phone: 610-774-0316
Fax: 610-433-3972
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Related Practices
- Appellate
- Casualty Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction
- Corporate
- Employment and Employee Relations
- Employment and Labor
- Energy & Utilities
- Environmental
- Environmental Real Estate Services
- Environmental Regulation and Litigation
- Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense
- Labor
- Real Estate
- Regulatory and Administrative Agency Law
- Shale Resource
- Wage and Hour
- Workers' Compensation