Businesses across every industry sector, including producers, manufacturers, financial institutions, utilities, and others, are routinely required to engage with a wide range of state agencies. Our state administrative and business solutions attorneys offer clients a deep understanding of state administrative procedures and robust relationships with regulatory agencies. We bridge the interests of our clients and the state, helping our clients achieve their objectives — whether through administrative hearings, rulemaking, presentations, agency adjudicative or enforcement proceedings, or in court, if necessary. Our team is particularly experienced with state regulators in the Southeastern U.S.
Clients seek our guidance for both routine and strategic legal issues, addressing immediate concerns and serving as trusted long-term advisors to help prevent potential future challenges. We commit ourselves to fully understanding our clients' businesses, enabling us to deliver strategic and practical business advice, regardless of the industry. We are also experienced in challenging and defending regulations as well as orders that are issued by a wide array of state agencies.
Our team is an integral part of our national Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement Practice Group (RISE), comprised of more than 50 attorneys across 12 of our 20+ offices. Many of our team members served in leadership positions in these agencies before joining our firm, and we prioritize maintaining strong, professional bipartisan relationships with government regulators. These experiences help us anticipate the direction of the regulatory winds, and combined with our legal acumen, allows us to develop comprehensive and thorough strategies for our clients.