Overview

Nathan Campbell is an associate in the Appellate group of Vinson & Elkin’s Washington D.C. office. His practice focuses on environmental litigation, regulatory compliance, permitting, and transactional support.

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Experience

  • (D.C. Cir.) – Successfully defended FERC decision declining to halt construction of an interconnection between an LNG facility and a group of temporary electricity generation units used to bolster local electric grid in Puerto Rico

  • (Ct. App. – Va.) – Successfully represented local natural gas distribution company on appeal of a favorable trial court ruling striking down an adverse county zoning board decision that would have impacted company’s ability to maintain its distribution system; successfully opposed a stay pending review of the trial court’s ruling

  • (Cal. S.Ct.); (Cal. App.) – Counsel for investor-owned utility challenging a Public Utilities Commission order unlawfully regulating its compensation and incentives under statute for continuing operation of the utility’s nuclear power plant for grid reliability and energy transition purposes

Credentials

Education

  • University of Alabama, B.S., Environmental Engineering summa cum laude, 2018
  • Vanderbilt Law School, J.D., 2021 (Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review; Articles Editor, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review)

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
Insights

Client Alerts

Supreme Court Curbs Agency-Head Removal Protections in Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook: Implications for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

In a pair of decisions issued on June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the constitutional …

July 1, 2026

July 1, 2026 • 9-minute read

Client Alerts

Supreme Court Curbs the Scope of NEPA Reviews in Landmark Decision: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado

In the first major National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) case to reach the Supreme Court in almost two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision on May 29, 2025, in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado.

May 30, 2025 • V&E Supreme Court Update

May 30, 2025 • 13-minute read

Should They Stay, and Will It Go? SCOTUS Weighs ETS’ Fate Background Image

Client Alerts

The New NEPA Regulations: What You Need to Know About the “Significant Effects” the Final Phase 2 Rule Could Have on Permitting and Infrastructure Project

On May 1, 2024, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) published the final version of Phase 2 of its National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) rulemaking (“Phase 2 Rule”).

May 30, 2024 • V&E Environmental Update

May 30, 2024 • 11-minute read

Environmental Justice Now an Important Aspect of Your Disclosures and Social Aspect of ESG Background Image

Client Alerts

Worried About the WEC?: EPA Finalizes New Oil and Gas GHG Reporting Rules that Will Directly Impact How the Waste Emissions Charge is Calculated

On May 14, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published the final version of its revisions to the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (“GHGRP”) regulations for the oil and gas sector, often referred to as “Subpart W.”

May 28, 2024 • V&E Environmental Update

May 28, 2024 • 9-minute read

Macquarie Capital Launches Renewable Fuels Platform Aerogy; Completes Financing of First US Project Background Image

Client Alerts

EPA Finalizes RFS Set Rule and Biogas Regulatory Reforms, But Drops eRins (For Now)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) this week released its final Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) “Set Rule”.

June 28, 2023 • V&E EPA Update

June 28, 2023 • 9-minute read

EPA Announces Plans to Strengthen Environmental Justice Through Criminal Enforcement Background Image