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Energy PA

Steptoe & Johnson’s energy team is top listed in Pennsylvania by The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Oil and Gas Law.  Our team has over 100 attorneys and 100 paraprofessionals who provide comprehensive services to the energy industry across the firm’s major practices. These team members provide solutions tailored to the specific needs of energy developers throughout the Appalachian basin. Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  In addition to keen legal minds, Steptoe energy attorneys have a wealth of industry experience. Team members have worked in government, helped to structure and implement regulations governing competitive markets, and worked as in-house counsel for Fortune 500 energy companies.

The energy team assists clients in competitive wholesale and retail markets to develop, operate, finance, sell, acquire or protect the assets necessary to achieve their goals. 

  • Transactions 
  • Mineral Title & Real Estate 
  • Energy Litigation 
  • Shale Gas Development 
  • Permitting & Water Issues 
  • Midstream 
  • Coalbed Methane 
  • Labor & Employment
What Sets Us Apart?

  • Dedication to shaping energy law for the future 
  • Scalable, time-sensitive solutions to meet client needs 
  • Transferrable shale gas experience 
  • Robust abstracting resources throughout the region 
  • 100 years of experience in Appalachian energy law 
  • Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® and Chambers USA in Oil & Gas and Energy law 
  • Strategic locations throughout the Marcellus and Utica shale plays


Representative Clients 

AEP 
CONSOL Energy 
CNX Gas Corporation
Dominion Resources, Inc.
EnerVest Operating Company  
Hard Rock Exploration, Inc. 
Massey Energy
Patriot Coal Corporation 
EQT

 
 
Recent Articles & Publications
PA PUC Issues Order for Unconventional Well Impact Fees,
May 15, 2012
PA Court Delays Act 13's Preemption of Local Zoning Ordinances,
April 12, 2012
PA Supreme Court Allows Appeal of Butler Case,
April 4, 2012
PA Supreme Court Affirms Good Faith Test of Production in Paying Quantities,
March 30, 2012
PA Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets Preemption in Surface Mining Act,
March 1, 2012