Washington, D.C. and Seattle– Van Ness Feldman is pleased to announce that this year over half of the firm’s partners have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018 (Copyright 2017 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).  This year’s honorees are ranked in the following practice areas: Energy, Energy-Regulatory, Environmental, Government Relations, Land Use and Zoning Law, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation – Land Use and Zoning, Litigation – Real Estate, Native American, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Transportation, Utility and Water Law. 
Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence utilizing an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 41,000 leading attorneys cast over 3.9 million votes on the legal abilities of their peers.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
2018 Van Ness Feldman Professionals listed in Best Lawyers by Practice Area:
    
        
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             Energy 
            Lawrence Acker 
            John Buchovecky 
            Paul Korman  
            Matthew Love  
            Malcolm McLellan  
            Margaret (Peg) Moore                   
            Brian O’Neill 
            Susan Olenchuk  
            Marlys Palumbo 
            Doug Smith  
            Ben Yamagata 
             
            Energy Regulatory 
             
            Lawrence Acker 
            Brian O'Neill 
            Marlys Palumbo 
             
            Environmental 
            Brent Carson  
            Kyle Danish 
            Jay Derr  
            Adam Gravley 
            Dale Johnson 
            Tadas Kisielius   
            Molly Lawrence  
            Matthew Love  
            Malcolm McLellan 
            Alan Mintz 
            Marlys Palumbo  
            Dick Penna 
            T.C. Richmond  
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             Government Relations Law 
            Bob Szabo 
            Land Use and Zoning 
            Brent Carson  
            Jay Derr 
            Duncan Greene 
            Tadas Kisielius 
            Molly Lawrence 
            T.C. Richmond 
            Litigation-Environmental 
            Brent Carson  
            Kyle Danish 
            Jay Derr  
            Stephen Fotis 
            Adam Gravley  
            Tadas Kisielius  
            Molly Lawrence 
            Matthew Love 
            T.C. Richmond  
            Litigation-Land Use and Zoning                   
            Brent Carson  
            Jay Derr 
            Molly Lawrence 
            Litigation-Real Estate 
            Brent Carson 
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             Native American Law         
            Richard Agnew 
            Edward Gehres 
            Matthew Love 
            Dan Press 
            Jonathan Simon 
            Natural Resources 
            Lawrence Acker 
            Richard Agnew 
            Matthew Love  
            Margaret (Peg) Moore 
            Oil and Gas 
            Lawrence Acker 
            Paul Korman 
            Brian O’Neill 
            Real Estate 
            Jay Derr  
            Joel Gordon  
            Molly Lawrence  
            Susan Shyne 
             
            Transportation 
             
            Michael McBride 
             
            Utility Law 
             
            Adam Gravley 
            Water 
            Adam Gravley     
              
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With over 100 professionals in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA, Van Ness Feldman is a nationally recognized law firm focused on law and policy relating to energy, the environment, natural resources, land use, and real estate. The firm helps a broad, national range of clients successfully navigate the complexities of developing, maintaining, and operating natural resource, energy, infrastructure, and sustainable real estate projects.