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Solutions for U.S. Energy Security and Global Climate Change

Trusted Advisors to the Commercial Fishing Industry

Advising owners and investors in Geothermal Resources.   

Advising Pipeline Owners and Operators on Pipeline Safety Matters

Our Electric Practice counsels clients on Transmission Infrastructure, Rate Design, and Cost Allocation.

Advising Clients on the Full Spectrum of Wind Energy Matters.

The firm's professionals have decades of combined experience counseling clients to develop new technologies and execute energy projects.

In the Northwest and throughout the nation, our Seattle office provides clients with a wealth of knowledge and experience. 

Kyle Danish is a leading member of the firm's highly regarded Climate Change Practice, which was formed in the late 1990's.  Our team offers clients sophisticated solutions and perspective on today's emerging issues.

Our Electric Practice has one of the most experienced teams in the nation, combining outside the box thinking with inside the beltway know how.

Nancy McNally is a leading member of the firm's bipartisan Government Relations Practice.   

The firm's nationally recognized energy and environmental groups include highly respected Native American and Alaskan Native practices.

Validating the firm’s unique value proposition, U.S. News/Best Lawyers placed the firm in its top tier for Washington, D.C. Government Relations practices.  

Van Ness Feldman provides a comprehensive suite of services to energy sector investors, including investors.

Van Ness Feldman is unique in that it assists many of its clients in not only the development, financing or acquisition phases, but also during the operation phase.

We advise clients on all types of energy project development, including conventional and renewable electric generation, electric transmission, and related U.S. regulatory issues.

Van Ness Feldman maintains one of the leading natural gas, oil, and petroleum product infrastructure practices in the U.S.

We represent clients on leading edge transactions involving wind, solar, biomass, waste, hydroelectric, and other alternative, renewable, and traditional generation projects. 

Our lawyers represent clients in administrative proceedings before the FERC and other agencies, as well as in federal and state judicial proceedings, and before the Supreme Court.

Van Ness Feldman maintains one of the leading natural gas, oil, and petroleum product infrastructure practices in the U.S.

Like many VNF professionals, Bob Nordhaus has served extensively in the federal government, including as General Counsel at both the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Energy.   

Founded by four congressional staffers in 1977, through the years VNF has consistently attracted senior staff from influential congressional committees.