Senior Tariff Counsel

Most days tend to involve complex tariff and rate-case matters — major filings, contested rate proceedings, regulatory strategy, supporting expert testimony, and mentoring junior tariff counsel. You'll often handle senior matter work in the morning, engage with regulators, clients, or expert witnesses in the afternoon, and contribute to senior strategy on long-arc regulatory matters.

The hardest parts tend to be the technical complexity of senior tariff work and the slow procedural pace of regulatory proceedings. Rate cases can take a year or more to resolve, and the substantive depth rewards years of practice. Practice settings vary — large utility companies have in-house tariff counsel teams; specialized utility-law firms serve regulated clients; some senior tariff counsel work at consulting firms; FERC, FCC, and state PUC practice each has distinct procedural rhythms.

People who tend to thrive here are substantively deep, patient with regulatory procedural pace, comfortable with technical content, and energized by the public-utility regulatory space. If you want courtroom drama or fast-resolution practice, regulatory work is deliberate. If you find satisfaction in shaping the rates and rules that affect millions of utility, telecom, or transportation customers, the practice can be intellectually rich and consistently in demand.