Dan Watkiss

Dan Watkiss represents clients in energy and related industries, including power companies; exploration, production and mid-market companies; natural gas pipelines; power and liquefied natural gas project developers; lenders; governments; and regulators. Two significant areas of his practice focus on antitrust and competition issues, and counseling power and natural gas companies on designing and implementing best-in-class legal and regulatory compliance programs.  Read More >>

Sandy Rizzo

Sandra Rizzo represents electric utilities, power marketers, independent power producers, and investment and hedge funds owning securities of electric utility holding companies.  She assists in litigated proceedings before FERC and state and federal courts; advocates on federal regulatory policies, regulations and rules;  and advises on regulatory compliance and enforcement issues, including compliance with the NERC reliability standards. Read More >>

Frank V. Maisano

Frank Maisano is a skilled media specialist with a track record of success in working with media outlets across the country. He has outstanding relationships with most national and trade business, energy and environmental reporters, and communicates with them regularly through his widely-read, pithy weekly energy updates.  Read More >>

Richard Alonso

Richard Alonso is Counsel in the firm’s Environmental Strategies Group. He advises energy companies and manufacturers on environmental compliance and enforcement issues before state and federal agencies. Before joining Bracewell, he was Chief of the Stationary Source Enforcement Branch at EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, the second-ranking official for Clean Air Act enforcement. Read More >>

Michael D. Olsen

Michael Olsen is Counsel in the Environmental Strategies Group in Washington, D.C. He advises companies and business groups on a wide range of energy development, natural resources and environmental issues. Prior to this, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management at the U.S. Department of Interior, overseeing a wide range of energy and environmental issues. Read More >>

Tracy C. Davis

Tracy C. Davis counsels and represents electric energy clients in regulatory proceedings and disputes before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE) and federal appellate courts. She also concentrates on matters of international law and participation by foreign energy companies in the U.S. market.  Read More >>

Bill Wolf

Bill Wolf counsels energy industry participants in federal and state energy regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.  His practice includes representing clients in project development and authorization, FERC tariff and ratemaking proceedings, complex transactions, and regulatory compliance and enforcement matters.  Read More >>

Amanda J. Frazier

Amanda Frazier represents energy clients in administrative litigation, rulemaking, and licensing and regulatory proceedings and disputes before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). She also focuses on client counseling regarding compliance with energy market rules, including compliance with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standards, and assists clients with internal investigations. Read More >>

M. Andrew McLain

Andrew McLain provides legal counsel to electric and natural gas companies in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE), and other federal and state regulatory bodies.  Mr. McLain also counsels energy companies on financial and natural resource matters related to the siting and development of transmission and generation projects.  He is currently involved in the licensing of a major liquefied natural gas import facility before FERC, as well as matters related to the siting and development of a precedent-setting wind power project.  Read More >>

Rachael B. Novier

Rachael Novier counsels domestic and foreign energy-industry clients on regulatory matters involving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Public Utility Commission of Texas. She also focuses on related appellate litigation in federal and state courts, as well as compliance matters.  Read More >>

Matthew J. Armstrong

Matthew J. Armstrong counsels clients on a wide variety of project development (wind, fossil fuel, pipeline and transmission line) and environmental compliance and enforcement matters, including the permitting and compliance requirements under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, NEPA and the Endangered Species Act.  Read More >>