Our experience includes representing: 

• An energy finance company in $100 million commercial arbitrations involving the design and engineering of geothermal power plants
• A natural gas pipeline company in major litigation, later favorably settled, after prevailing before court of appeals regarding ownership rights to drip liquids and condensate
• A natural gas pipeline company in litigation later favorably settled, against an excavation firm for damages arising from a substantial environmental spill
• An energy company client involving a Turnkey EPC Agreement for a 50-megawatt combined-cycle, natural gas-fired cogeneration power facility
• An energy client in multimillion-dollar litigation involving financing and construction issues for an 830-megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle electric generation plant
• A natural gas public utility in an eminent domain proceeding in which FERC authorized the expansion of the client’s natural gas storage facilities to include over 9,000 additional acres
• An energy finance company in litigation resulting in multimillion-dollar judgment after trial against defendants who wrongfully distributed company information and financial data
• A wind farm maintenance firm in litigation, later favorably settled, in defense of a negligence action concerning the collapse of a wind turbine
• A municipality in defense of its green energy building code against a federal preemption challenge in a first-of-its-kind case
• An ethanol supplier in dispute with its short-line railroad regarding corn transportation terms
• A leading ethanol producer in a highly contested tax dispute before state tax commissioners resulting in substantial tax refund for the ethanol firm
• A debt and private equity firm in litigation, later successfully settled, with a large ethanol producer regarding fees for locating sources of capital for an ethanol project
• A LLC member in breach of fiduciary litigation, favorably resolved, relating to merger involving a large ethanol industry participant
• Contested case proceedings involving authorizations to construct a 600 MW ($2 billion) coal-fired facility in three states
• An ethanol producer in two week trial involving $23 million claim arising from forward corn contracts (settled favorably before submission to the jury)
• An ethanol producer in a lawsuit involving trade secrets and a covenant not to compete (settled after temporary injunction hearing with ethanol producer paying nothing)
• An ethanol supplier, securing final summary judgment on liability for breach of contract, relating to failed delivery of ethanol solubles