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Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
910 LOUISIANA STREET
HOUSTON
TEXAS 77002-4995
TEXAS
United States
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James Barkley
Work Department
Global Projects / Energy Regulatory
Position
Partner
Department Chair – Global Projects (Austin, Dallas & Houston)
Career
Regulatory proceedings, energy projects, corporate transactions, and litigation focusing on the regulated energy industry. Mr. Barkley’s practice focuses on the representation and counseling of energy industry clients in matters before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Railroad Commission. He has represented electric and pipeline companies in rate cases and licensing proceedings and has defended the siting of energy projects in state and federal courts. He counsels power and hydrocarbon clients on a wide range of regulatory and contractual issues with a focus on developing strategies to overcome regulatory and other challenges.
Memberships
State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; Texas Journal of Oil, Gas & Energy Law, Advisory Board; Institute for Energy Law; Gulf Coast Power Association, Board of Directors.
Education
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1993; B.A. (with honors), history and economics, Baylor University, 1985.
Personal
Publications
Co-editor, Avoiding the Brink: Theory and Practice in Crisis Management (Brassey’s, 1990)
Co-author, Leaders in Crisis: The CSIS Crisis Simulations (CSIS, 1987)
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
Baker Botts L.L.P. handles a broad range of regulatory and litigation mandates in the oil and gas sector, such as representing clients in hearings surrounding transportation rates for natural gas, permitting of regulated facilities and counselling concerning regulatory changes. The regulation team is also noted for its capability in handling contentious matters, particularly when representing clients in administrative litigation and judicial reviews of agency decisions, as well as compliance and enforcement cases. Emil Barth has acted as first chair on regulatory hearings before the FERC and regularly advises on regulatory, litigation and project development matters, while Michael Yuffee focuses on enforcement defense and other regulatory mandates relating to the wholesale energy markets. Houston-based James Barkley jointly leads the team alongside Jay Ryan, and special counsel Ryan Norfolk regularly handles matters surrounding enforcement defense, internal investigations and administrative litigation. All named practitioners are based in the firm’s Washington DC office, unless stated otherwise.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense