Greenberg Traurig LLP

Litigation

Of Counsel

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).

CapabilitiesLitigation Infrastructure Energy & Natural Resources

Admission to PracticeAlabamaSupreme Court of the United StatesU.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitU.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

English

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