Morris Laing offers deep experience in energy and utilities law, representing clients across traditional and emerging energy sectors. The firm’s oil and gas practice is recognized as one of the foremost in Kansas, handling matters such as lease negotiations, title issues, regulatory compliance, unitization, operations, and acquisitions for producers and pipeline companies. Morris Laing also advises on wind energy and renewable energy projects, providing transactional, regulatory, and tax guidance to developers and investors.
Our energy lawyers represent electric cooperatives, investor-owned utilities, public utilities, and offer telecommunications law for providers in regulatory proceedings and rate cases before the Kansas Corporation Commission, and assist with transmission, certification, and related civil litigation. From fossil fuels to eminent domain or renewable infrastructure and utility law, Morris Laing delivers strategic counsel grounded in longstanding industry knowledge.
Morris Laing has long been recognized as one of the state’s foremost practitioners in the area of oil and gas. From its inception, the firm has represented oil and gas clients in matters before the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (and its predecessor) and in oil and gas related litigation in state and federal courts.
The firm’s victory in Fawcett v. Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas has proven to be the final word on royalty accounting. Alone, this decision had led royalty owner class-action attorneys to dismiss a number of cases against producers.
Our oil and gas attorneys have far-ranging expertise in such matters as lease negotiations, title examinations, unitization, pooling, secondary and tertiary recovery projects, operations decisions, and sales and acquisitions of oil and gas assets. Our clients include independent and major producers, pipeline companies and utility companies.
Morris Laing’s environmental practice is built on more than 80 years of experience as one of the foremost oil and gas firms in Kansas. We represent clients in a variety of areas, from federal and state compliance issues to complex civil litigation.
Our attorneys have experience in all phases of civil litigation in both federal and state court, including the United States Supreme Court, and have served with the Kansas Corporation Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Morris Laing’s environmental practice combines attorneys in business, administrative regulation, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation to assist clients in many aspects of environmental and natural resources law.
Morris Laing attorneys are well-versed in a broad range of environmental issues, including oil and gas, surface and groundwater pollution, solid and hazardous waste disposal and regulation, and nuisance and trespass liability.
Our environmental attorneys have advanced certificates in natural resources law and have published articles relating to the Clean Water Act, Solid Waste Disposal Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, CERCLA and the Endangered Species Act.
Morris Laing attorneys regularly represent electric and natural gas distribution companies, telephone companies, and natural gas gathering companies in proceedings before the Kansas Corporation Commission. Our representation includes matters ranging from major rate cases to certification-related requests as well as participation in regulatory dockets involving industry-wide issues.
The firm is active in addressing transmission issues before the Southwest Power Pool. We also represent public utilities in civil litigation, including siting and land condemnation issues, and are engaged to advise on various transactional matters, including regulatory issues associated with mergers and acquisitions.
Morris Laing has also been engaged to provide transactional, tax, and regulatory advice to developers and investors in Kansas wind energy projects.