Patrick J. McCormick III

Patrick J. McCormick III was named to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee by U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska on April 26, 2011. McCormick was previously employed at Hunton & Williams LLP where he was a partner and the leader of the Regulated Markets and Energy Infrastructure Practice in the firm’s Washington Office. McCormick provides counsel to and advocacy on all matters within the Committee’s jurisdiction especially as they bear on the security, adequacy, reliability and affordability of the nation’s energy supply resources and delivery infrastructure. McCormick’s private practice focused on representing clients and advising executives on matters pertaining to energy regulation and infrastructure development.

Prior to joining Hunton and Williams in 2005, McCormick was for more than a decade the Managing Partner for the Washington Office of Balch & Bingham LLP. Earlier in his career he served as Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Electric Rates and Corporate Regulation with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and in positions of increasing responsibility in the law and governmental affairs departments of Potomac Electric Power Company. McCormick is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland. He has been listed in Chambers USA and Best Lawyers in America.