Balch & Bingham LLP

Renewable Energy

Partner

Leo Manuel is the Managing Partner for the Firm’s Gulfport, Mississippi office. Leo has a diverse legal practice in the areas of renewable energy development, public utility regulation, economic development, commercial litigation and transactions, and general corporate governance. Leo possesses twenty years of experience in very large and complex commercial and energy legal matters ranging from asset merger and acquisition to multi-billion-dollar project permitting and rate cases. Leo's experience and diverse knowledge base has been leveraged to create favorable outcomes in the courtroom, at the negotiation table, and in the regulatory hearing room.

American Bar Association

Mississippi Bar Association

Energy Bar Association

Harrison County Bar Association

Harrison County Young Lawyers Association

Firm Pro Bono Committee, Past Chair

University of Richmond School of Law, J.D., 2005, cum laude; University of Richmond Law Review, Articles Editor

University of Richmond, M.B.A., 2005

Louisiana State University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2001