Trevor advises infrastructure investors, electric and gas utilities, independent power producers, pipeline companies, and industrial customers regarding state regulation, renewable energy, and related federal and state regulatory issues. He regularly represents banks, public utilities, and both publicly traded and privately held companies.
Since 2017, Trevor has been named to Benchmark Litigation’s "40 & Under Hot List," a listing of the top litigation attorneys in the U.S. and Canada aged 40 or younger. He was named a 2018-2019 "Top Litigator Under 40," a subset of the "40 & Under Hot List." Benchmark Litigation is the definitive guide to America’s leading litigation firms and attorneys.
Representative Experience
- Representing three electric distribution utilities in a contested multi-billion-dollar electric security plan proceeding.
- Representing natural gas utilities in base distribution rate case proceedings. Most recently those utilities were awarded the second highest rate of return (8.12%) nationally for the two years before that decision was issued.
- Acting as national compliance counsel for one of the country’s largest competitive retail electric service providers.
- Representing industrial customer in construction of $4 billion facility with regard to all energy related issues, including Power Siting, negotiation with utilities, and procurement of the commodity.
- Representing a state university regarding Power Siting Board approval for a 105.5 MW Combined Heat and Power Facility powered by natural gas. This facility will be the primary source for heat and power for the university’s Columbus campus.
- Obtaining summary judgment for a municipal utility in a $188 million class action regarding alleged customer overcharges. The Court held for the municipal utility on all claims, and completely rejected the theory proposed by the municipal utility’s former director.
- Negotiating numerous on and off-site solar energy related agreements, totaling over 100 MW, for municipal and industrial clients.
- Successfully defending a claim on an $86 million letter of credit in a contested contractual dispute between a competitive retail electric service provider and a governmental aggregator.
- Obtaining several million in direct customer benefits for a municipal client as part of a contested Electric Security Plan proceeding.
- Obtaining PUCO approval for an “alternative rate” which allowed immediate recovery of an investment into an intrastate gas pipeline even though its former owner failed to keep many of the records justifying the rate base of that asset.
- Representing the buyer of an intrastate pipeline company in purchase negotiations and obtaining PUCO approval of its merger into a natural gas distribution utility.
- Representing a gas utility seeking PUCO approval for the sale of its parent company.
- Representing a competitive retail electric provider before the Ohio Supreme Court in several rate cases.
- Successfully represented purchaser of small natural gas distribution utility in obtaining PUCO approval of acquisition.
- Representing the world’s leading transportation network company in various Ohio PUCO proceedings.
- Obtaining summary judgment against a municipal utility attempting to force a non-municipal resident to accept service under Ohio’s constitutional home rule provisions and Certified Territory Act.
- Representing the purchaser of a publicly-traded natural gas utility holding company and obtaining PUCO approval of the associated merger transaction.
- Representing an international automotive manufacturer in PUCO proceedings relating to distribution network adequacy and rate structure.
- Procuring PUCO approval for the merger of four natural gas utilities.
- Trying case to verdict in favor of anaerobic digestor qualified as a “public utility” exempt from township zoning authority.
- Representing an Ohio municipality in PUCO proceedings relating to government aggregation.
- Obtaining a $27.8 million judgment in a bank fraud proceeding.
- Obtaining an arbitration award in excess of $1.7 million for breach of an Asset Purchase Agreement.
