Contacts
- Marty Truss Co-Director210-554-5240
- Richard Aaron Co-Director517-374-9198
Professionals
- Aaron, Richard
- Alexander, Ryan
- Benedict, Kerry
- Buczek, Andrew
- Cossé, Clay
- Doerr, Andrew
- Durrett, Brandon
- Estey, Stephen
- Ferroli, John
- Figueroa, Rodrigo
- Fitzsimons, Lauren
- Fryer, Douglas
- Gordon, Gary
- Griffin, Sean
- Hanselman, Jason
- Hill, Gavin
- Jacobs, Mark
- Janiszewski, John
- Jay, Eric
- Kissel, Courtney
- Liebmann, Wilhelm
- Liedel, Steven
- McGowan, Mary Beth
- Moore, Brian
- Palsrok, David
- Piggott, Cameron
- Ray, Daniel
- Rubio, José
- Rushing, Danielle
- Ryan, J. Patrick
- Sanders, Thomas
- Sayre, Stephen
- Schebor, Todd
- Selinger, Scott
- Sherwood, Andrew
- Silvas, Israel
- Smith, Prescott
- Snyder, Ariel
- Steinfield, Arlene
- Stewart, John
- Truss, Marty
- Vanderhider, David
- Vaughn, Thomas
- Vigil, Hilary
- Voss, Elizabeth
- Weingartner, Laura
- Wilk, W. Alan
- Williamson, Deborah
Related Sub-Industries
Related Practices
Overview
Today’s energy industry players face a unique set of challenges and opportunities. The growing demand for new and renewable energy sources is offset by an urgent need to manage existing sources more efficiently and responsibly. Existing and aging infrastructures must be strengthened even as new technologies are developed. The only constant appears to be turbulent, sometimes unexpected change.
In this environment, energy clients need legal counsel who can draw on a vast reserve of past experience and success to create powerful, forward-thinking solutions. Dykema lawyers have provided advice and representation to a variety of energy clients for more than 75 years. Our dynamic team of experienced attorneys and government policy advisors includes industry thought leaders who regularly speak and write about energy-related issues.
We represent all cooperative utilities in Michigan as well as investor-owned utilities and other cooperatives in Texas and the midwestern and southeastern United States. Our lawyers advise a wide range of clients on a full array of regulatory, corporate, and transactional matters at both state and federal levels. Our clients include:
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We offer our clients strategic advice and legal counsel supported by a firmwide wealth of experience in regulation, litigation, appeals, legislative and governmental affairs, corporate law, transactions, securities, the environment, taxes, employment law, real estate, technology licensing, government grants and incentives, and construction contracts.
Our lobbying and legislative advisors maintain close relationships with state legislatures and public service commissions, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy, and local governments to help our clients successfully navigate regulatory issues and reach their legal, policy and business goals.
In the Midwest, Texas, and nationwide, energy industry clients choose Dykema for full-service counsel and representation in the areas of:
Alternative and Renewable Energy
Our ability to help clients compete in such developing—and critically important—areas as wind-generated and solar power and other renewable forms of energy is supported by our deep understanding of industry trends. Read more.
Electric Cooperatives
For more than 30 years, we have been a leading provider of legal services to cooperatives of all kinds, including rural electric cooperatives. We are the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation’s recommended law firm for cooperative acquisitions of investor-owned utility service territories. Read more.
Electric Transmission
We are strongly positioned to offer our clients ongoing guidance and representation in the increasingly critical field of electric transmission. Read more.
Energy Corporate
Our cross-disciplinary approach allows us to offer results-driven advisement on energy finance-related issues such as mergers and acquisitions, public-private partnership creation and financing, tax structuring, securities and commercial finance, and IPOs. Read more.
Energy Litigation and Appeals
Dykema’s seasoned litigators align solutions with our energy clients’ business goals to realize significant victories in a range of matters both in and out of the courtroom. Read more.
Energy Lobbying, Legislative and Government Affairs
Our experienced team of registered lobbyists, lawyers and government policy advisors works closely with federal, state and local governments and regulatory agencies to promote and protect our clients’ interests by formulating strategies that can help them achieve their legal, policy, and strategic business goals. Read more.
Energy Regulatory
We regularly represent energy clients before state and regulatory agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state public service commissions, and other state agencies. Read more.
Oil & Gas
Our lawyers are active participants in the oil and gas business. Clients come to us because we understand the industry, and we are comfortable dealing with company presidents, landmen and other technical specialists, and landowners. Read more.
Siting, Zoning, Licensing and Energy Infrastructure
We are well situated to advise clients on complex energy matters related to siting, zoning and land use issues; licensing; and the acquisition and development of infrastructure assets. Read more.
News
- November 16, 2020
- June 18, 2020
- June 16, 2020
- June 8, 2020
- May 18, 2020
- May 4, 2020
- April 22, 2020
- April 6, 2020
- April 2, 2020
- March 12, 2020
- August 26, 2019
- Thomas Sanders and Deborah Williamson Named 2019 Outstanding Lawyers by San Antonio Business JournalAugust 12, 2019
- May 31, 2019
- March 1, 2019
- September 5, 2018
- July 17, 2018
- June 21, 2017
- March 8, 2017
- October 30, 2016
- June 28, 2016
- June 13, 2016
- Deborah Williamson Quoted in Reuters and CFO Magazine Articles on Energy Industry Bankruptcy FilingsMay 18, 2016
- May 11, 2016
- April 28, 2016
- April 28, 2016
- April 14, 2016
- April 12, 2016
- March 17, 2016
- February 24, 2016
- December 11, 2015
- May 6, 2015
- April 1, 2014
- September 26, 2013
- July 17, 2013
- September 12, 2012
Press Releases
- November 5, 2020
- October 19, 2020
- September 18, 2020
- August 27, 2020
- August 20, 2020
- January 27, 2020
- January 24, 2020
- November 1, 2019
- October 24, 2019
- October 8, 2019
- September 3, 2019
- August 22, 2019
- August 15, 2019
- May 13, 2019
- April 16, 2019
- January 28, 2019
- January 8, 2019
- November 1, 2018
- September 7, 2018
- September 6, 2018
- August 15, 2018
- July 9, 2018
- March 12, 2018
- January 9, 2018
- November 1, 2017
- August 15, 2017
- June 12, 2017
- November 1, 2016
- October 20, 2016
- September 6, 2016
- September 1, 2016
- August 15, 2016
- February 2, 2016
- November 16, 2015
- November 2, 2015
- September 9, 2015
- August 18, 2015
- August 13, 2014
- August 23, 2012
- October 27, 2011
Publications
- Texas Lawyer MagazineMarch 14, 2019
- Intellectual Property MagazineJanuary 30, 2019
- Solar Industry News, Zackin Publications Inc.September 4, 2018
- "Fun New Ways for Density and Proration Rules to Bust Your Lease: Retained Acreage Clauses and ‘Governmental Authority’ Language in the Wake of Three Recent Texas Cases"Section Report of the Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section, State Bar of TexasSpring 2016
- Landman MagazineNovember/December 2013
- James M. "Marty" Truss & Reagan M. Marble, Texas Oil and Gas Case Law Update, 2 Tex. A&M L. Rev. 353 (2015).
- North American WindpowerMay 2012
Events & Speaking Engagements
- January 21, 2021
- October 14, 2020
- June 14, 2017
- February 9, 2017
- May 24, 2016
- Investment Opportunities in Green Energy, Video Webcast Co-Sponsored by Cohn Reznick, Dykema and DelMorgan & Co.January 2015
- Navigating Regulatory Issues in Telecommunications, Rural Broadband Council Network Deployment Workshop, Phoenix, ArizonaNovember 19, 2014
- Revolutionizing Broadband: Rural Electric Cooperatives Can Close the Digital Divide, Rural Smart Grid Summit, Phoenix, ArizonaNovember 17, 2014
- Energy—Michigan's New Era, State Bar of Michigan and Institute for Continuing Legal Education's Homeward Bound SeriesNovember 6, 2014
- How Green Is My Rooftop? Issues Relating to Renewable Energy Projects for Retail, International Council of Shopping Centers, U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference Roundtable, San Diego, CaliforniaOctober 2013
- The Uniform Condemnation Procedures Act ("UCPA")—Pitfalls and Practical Considerations, International Right of Way (IRWA), Michigan Chapter, Fall Education Seminar, Inn at Bay Harbor, MichiganSeptember 2013
- Bright Lines: The Law of Siting Transmission Lines, MEnergy, Michigan Energy Law Association, University of Michigan Law School - Moderator and SpeakerMarch 12, 2013
- Green Energy Meets Real Estate, Panelist, USC Marshall School of BusinessApril 2012
- Opportunities in Green Energy, Panelist, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial NetworkMarch 2012
- Understanding Easements, Rights of Way and Utility Easements, Lansing, MichiganJuly 2010
Articles & Alerts
- April 24, 2020
- March 23, 2020
- March 11, 2020
- January 23, 2018
- September 25, 2017
- September 3 Oklahoma Earthquake May Mean More Class Action Litigation Involving Hydraulic FracturingSeptember 13, 2016
- April 24, 2014
- July 1, 2013
- May 12, 2010
- April 7, 2010