Clarksburg, WV (Vocus) July 27, 2010
On September 1, the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson will get the electricity practice group of the western Pennsylvania firm of Culbertson, Weiss, Schetroma and Schug, P.C., currently led by Russell Schetroma, an influential authority on oil and gasoline transactions, most notably inside the Marcellus shale.
With this affiliation, Steptoe & Johnson will acquire a Meadville, PA business office which will facilitate the continued provision of legal services to Steptoe & Johnson’s regional Appalachian clients. Meadville is Steptoe & Johnson’s 1st Pennsylvania company. The firm also has offices in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. The firm ideas to open a 2nd Pennsylvania workplace in Southpointe (Canonsburg) in the fall.
With the addition of Culbertson, Weiss, Schetroma and Schug’s electricity apply group, the rapidly expanding Steptoe & Johnson Power Crew will discipline about 190 attorneys and paraprofessionals who will give legal providers to Appalachian energy market clientele throughout the nation. The firm’s army of energy practitioners focuses on companies to the power sector including coal, oil and gas and renewables. Its attorneys on a regular basis support clients through the area with acquisitions and divestitures, financing, due diligence critiques, permitting, title evaluation, litigation, public utility law, FERC regulatory matters, mediation and arbitration, land use difficulties, and midstream legal concerns.
“Establishing a physical presence in Pennsylvania was a normal determination for our firm as our Vitality Group comprises one of the largest and most various practices in the area,” stated Susan Brewer, CEO of Steptoe & Johnson.
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Sharon Flanery, Steptoe & Johnson’s Vitality Staff chair commented, “Our Electricity Team presently gives legal providers through the Appalachian Basin, such as in the Marcellus shale, so our bodily enlargement into Pennsylvania and the addition of Russ Schetroma and the other members of his crew strengthens our capability to give timely and charge powerful legal companies on target with our client’s strategic aims.”
Schetroma received his Juris Doctor cum laude from the Dickinson College of Law and has a lot more than thirty decades expertise practicing Pennsylvania oil and gasoline law. In 2007, he obtained the Power and Mineral Law Foundation’s John L. McClaugherty Award, its greatest honor, which is awarded each and every yr to a member who exemplifies higher requirements for dedication and accomplishment to the EMLF, the legal profession, and the natural resources sector. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® for his function in oil and gasoline law, and he is a prolific writer, lecturer and printed writer on subjects associated to the unique factors of Appalachian oil and gas law and transactions. He chairs the Land Title Requirements Committee of the Crawford County Bar Association. He recently finished support to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as a senior hearing board member in lawyer disciplinary matters. Schetroma has also been identified by the Pennsylvania Bar Association with its award for “exceptional contributions to the pro bono support in Pennsylvania.”
About Steptoe & Johnson’s Power Apply Group
Steptoe & Johnson’s energy group helps clientele in aggressive wholesale and retail markets to build, run, finance, promote, or get power property to meet their energy wants. Firm attorneys have labored in authorities, assisted in structuring and implementing the regulations governing aggressive markets, and worked as in-residence counsel for vitality businesses. As a end result, the group provides a extensive viewpoint to complicated troubles and efficiently crafts price-additional solutions for clientele. With nearly 100 years of hands-on involvement in the power business, Steptoe & Johnson has acquired deep knowledge and beneficial industry information. Attorneys routinely support consumers conquer problems to major nationwide vitality initiatives and are very skilled in transactions, regulatory work, litigation, and the environmental aspects of energy law.
About Steptoe & Johnson PLLC&
Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a regional enterprise-concentrated firm with particular strengths in vitality, labor, employment and litigation. It comprises above 180 attorneys resident in areas all through West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky and shortly in Pennsylvania. For virtually a century, Steptoe & Johnson has demonstrated its commitment to high quality, devoting individual focus, knowledge, ability, and assets to customer-concentrated service.
For much more information, get in touch with Betsy Spellman, Director of Client Solutions at (304) 624-8000, or by means of electronic mail: betsy.spellman@steptoe-johnson.com Go to the firm’s World wide web site at: http://www.steptoe-johnson.com
