Shemin V. Proctor
Partner
Shemin is the Managing Partner of the Washington, DC office of Andrews Kurth and she divides her time between the Washington and Houston offices. She represents major energy companies, including natural gas and oil pipelines, energy marketing and trading companies, and midstream service providers, in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and has represented natural gas pipelines before the federal courts. Shemin has represented and counseled clients in numerous rate, tariff, certificate, complaint and compliance matters before the FERC. Shemin also works with clients seeking to construct natural gas storage and liquefied natural gas facilities. In addition, she has counseled energy companies on natural gas matters arising from bankruptcy and has experience in the antitrust area.
Representative Experience
- Lead counsel for major interstate natural gas pipeline in litigated complaint proceedings before FERC
- Lead counsel for midstream company regarding sale of jurisdictional pipeline before FERC
- Lead counsel for midstream company regarding new ethane pipeline project
- Represented debtor regarding unwinding and disposition of transportation capacity deals
- Represented interstate natural gas pipeline in enforcement proceedings before FERC
- Counsels corporate clients and underwriters regarding energy regulation
Publications
- Bet-the-Company Regulation (pdf) (October 2011)
- "Salazar And Far-Reaching Changes At BOEMRE" EnergyLaw360 (September 15, 2010)
- "Will Polluters Really Pay In Greenhouse Gas Cases?" EnergyLaw360 (August 16, 2010)
- EPA Issues New Renewable Fuels Standard (February 12, 2010)
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Starts January 2010 (November 16, 2009)
- EPA Moving Ahead with Regulation of Greenhouse Gases (September 25, 2009)
Events
- "Carbon Webinar: Anticipating and Disclosing Present and Future Commercial Risks" (pdf) (September 11, 2008)
- Various Natural Gas Storage presentations (February 2008, March 2007, February 2006)
- "Master Limited Partnerships" (November 2007)
- "Rate Case Course" (November 10, 2006)
- Interview with Shemin Proctor at the American University Washington College of Law for her views on recruiting tips to law students (August 22, 2003)
Professional Recognition
- Profiled as one of the leading Oil & Gas lawyers in Washington, DC (2009) and in the United States (2010-2011), Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers
- Who's Who in Black Washington, D.C. (2009, 2010)
