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Howard L. Nelson

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Work Department

Litigation

Position

Shareholder

Career

Howard L. Nelson has more than 30 years of regulatory and litigation experience, the majority of which has been related to energy matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state public utility commissions, and the Court of Appeals. His litigation experience includes representing parties in major interstate natural gas and petroleum pipeline hearings involving complex multiparty major rate cases, and in certificate, LNG licensing, restructuring, tariff, fuel, gas quality, merger, and interconnection proceedings. He also advises clients on virtually all aspects of natural gas, including LNG, and oil pipeline regulation, including project development, the design of transportation and storage services and rates, negotiating and drafting contracts, strategic planning, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Howard has also assisted clients with due diligence investigations concerning acquisitions and financings of electric, solar, and wind assets. Finally, Howard has briefed and argued several cases at the D.C. Circuit and 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Concentrations
Energy litigation
Energy regulation
Global Energy & Infrastructure

Capabilities
Litigation
Infrastructure
Federal Regulatory & Administrative Law
Energy & Natural Resources
Oil & Gas Pipeline Regulation
Liquefied Natural Gas

Admission to Practice
District of Columbia
Maryland

Languages

English

Education

• J.D., American University Washington College of Law, 1981
• B.A., cum laude, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978
• B.S., cum laude, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1978