William Scherman
2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Suite 500 West
Washington, DC 20037
Bill advises companies on litigation, commercial, regulatory and legislative matters relating to the U.S. and international energy markets. He has litigated high-profile energy investigation and enforcement matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and in the federal courts. He represents large electric utilities before the FERC and state regulators. Bill previously served as general counsel for the FERC and also served as chief of staff and senior legal and policy advisor.
Bill is heavily involved in very high-profile trials before the FERC involving rate, market power and market manipulation issues. He utilizes his experience in market power issues in advising companies on mergers and acquisitions.
During his tenure at the FERC, he played a key role in major policy initiatives, including the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and Order No. 636, which reformed the natural gas pipeline industry. As the FERC’s chief legal officer, he was responsible for the agency’s litigation strategy before federal appellate courts.
Credentials
- University of Louisville, J.D., 1984 (Law Review, Articles Editor)
- The George Washington University, B.A., 1980
- General Counsel, FERC, 1990–1993
- Chief of Staff and Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, FERC, 1987–1993
- The Best Lawyers in America® in energy law
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
- Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation), 2003–2023
- Selected to the D.C. Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2007–2023
- Who’s Who Legal (Law Business Research Ltd.), Energy, 2018–2023
- Euromoney’s Expert Guides in the Energy and Environment guide, 2017
- Selected to the Top 50 Energy & Environmental Trailblazers, National Law Journal, 2015
- SNL Energy‘s 10 Most Influential People, 2014
- America’s Leading Lawyers for Business’ BTI Client Service All-Star, 2014
- Member: Keystone Energy Board; Harvard Electricity Policy Group
- District of Columbia
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 17, 2023
- Press ReleaseFebruary 21, 2023
- Time to modernize federal and state ex parte rules,” The Energy Daily, March 6, 2015
- The EPA and the Clean Power Plan: A Paradigm Shift in Energy Regulation Away From Energy Regulators,” Energy Law Journal, November 16, 2015