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Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
2101 L STREET N.W.
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WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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Patrick Pope
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Of Counsel
Career
Patrick Pope focuses his practice on advising clients regarding development of energy infrastructure projects, negotiation of associated commercial contracts, procuring of necessary regulatory approvals and litigation of related contract disputes. He has been involved in the natural gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) business for portions of four decades.
Prior to joining the firm, Patrick served as Vice President and General Counsel of Southern Natural Gas Company, with primary responsibility for infrastructure development and regulatory matters for over thirty years. Having served during this period as commercial and regulatory counsel for two of the eight operational LNG terminals in the United States, he is a frequent speaker at worldwide LNG conferences, with more than 30 appearances in the last decade on topics ranging from terminal development to gas interchangeability and contract risk management. Since joining the firm, he has become a member of the faculty at international conferences dealing with production sharing contracts and gas balancing arrangements sponsored by the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN).
Capabilities
Litigation
Infrastructure
Energy & Natural Resources
Admission to Practice
Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., University of Alabama, 1977
- Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review
- Bench and Bar Honor Society
- Farrah Law Society
- Bradley Arant Scholarship
- Am Jur Book Award (Securities Regulation, Corporate Tax, Labor Law)
- B.A., University of the South (Sewanee), 1974
- Rhodes Scholarship, Alabama nominee
- Wilkins Scholarship, Outstanding Freshman
- Hoff Scholarship
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Omicron Delta Epsilon
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)