March 30, 2026

Energy Regulatory Litigation Associate

EnergyCompliance/RegulatoryLitigation

McGuireWoods LLPRichmond

Practice area

Energy · Compliance/Regulatory · Litigation

PQE

2-4 years

Location

Richmond, Virginia

Employment type

Full-time

Overview

Seek a 2-4 year associate for a Virginia Energy Regulatory administrative litigation practice.
Represent major electric, natural gas, and water utility clients before public service commissions primarily in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Handle administrative litigation proceedings including rate cases, annual rate recovery mechanisms, integrated resource planning, and certificate proceedings for major facilities (generating, transmission, renewables).
Advise on renewable energy regulation, procurement, green tariffs, Demand-Side Management/Energy Efficiency (DSM/EE), generator interconnection, utility acquisitions, transmission, electric market design (RTOs), and regulatory compliance.
Engage in significant stand-up time in trial-type administrative proceedings and appellate matters. Also assist with regulatory aspects of energy asset transactions (financing, development, acquisition, disposition).
The role involves significant direct client interaction.
This is a hybrid work position.
Seeking candidates with 2-4 years of energy regulatory experience (state or federal) or a civil litigation/regulatory background with interest in energy law. Judicial clerkship experience is a plus.
Require excellent academic credentials, strong organizational, writing, and communication skills, and demonstrated project management ability.
Utilize innovative technology platforms, including Harvey AI, to streamline research, drafting, and analysis.
Must be a member of the Virginia Bar, eligible for reciprocity, or willing to take the Virginia Bar exam within six months.
Salary with opportunities for hours-based and merit bonuses, plus billable hours credit for pro bono work.

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No recruiter found for McGuireWoods LLP in Virginia

Below are recruiters with experience in Virginia with other major firms.

Steven G. Weiler
Legal Recruiter
Veritas Legal Consulting, LLC
Why talk to Steven G. Weiler?
Maggie Naylor joined Hogan Lovells's Tysons Corner office in the Intellectual Property group.
When Steven Weiler first reached out to me back in 2020, I was an associate at a small, well-regarded boutique hoping to break into the world of big law. He placed me unbelievably quickly at Faegre Drinker Biddle and Reath, where I doubled my salary overnight, developed highly marketable specialized skills in tech transactions, and met some of the kindest lawyers in existence across Minneapolis, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Denver, and LA. After three years at Faegre, though, I found myself missing the intimacy and productive energy of my close-knit boutique. Of course I called Steven, who assured me that finding such an environment in big law was not the pipe dream I feared it might be. Steven sought targeted opportunities just for me - top firms with tech transactions groups based in the DC area who actually show up to the office and interact with one another in person - and used his considerable professional networking and advocacy reserves to place me in the perfect position in Hogan Lovells' Tysons Corner office, where I am settling in as we speak. I have Steven to thank for my career happily-ever-after and I truly cannot recommend him enough!
Maggie Naylor
Hogan Lovells • Tysons Corner

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