Mr Scott Segal > Bracewell LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
2001 M STREET, NW, SUITE 900
WASHINGTON DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Mr Scott Segal
Position
Scott Segal is co-chair of the firm’s Policy Resolution Group, the government relations and strategic communications section at Bracewell. He has more than two decades of experience across a broad range of policy and communications issues, with particular experience dealing with energy, the environment and natural resources. Other areas of experience range from healthcare to financial services to trade and manufacturing issues. A practicing lawyer, Scott assists clients with effective participation in the legislative and regulatory processes. Additionally, Scott helps guides clients with strategic planning and communications in changed circumstances through public-affairs initiatives, monitoring, advocacy and negotiations with the United States Congress and administrative agencies of the federal government. He has testified before Congress and administrative agencies numerous times on matters related to energy and environmental policy.
Education
The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1989; Emory University, Bachelor of Arts, 1986, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Government > Government relations
The Washington DC-based policy resolution group at Bracewell LLP combines extensive experience in traditional energy, energy transition, and environmental government relations and strategic communications, with policy advice to and advocacy on behalf of nonprofit organizations such as The Trevor Project and professional associations including the FBIAA. Scott Segal, who is best known for his work on climate change, electric reliability, motor fuels, and upstream oil and gas development, shares leadership of the team with Dee Martin, who guides clients through advocacy campaigns related to energy, national security, and social justice issues. Joshua Zive provides support on developing and implementing advocacy strategies and public messaging campaigns, and has been advising clients like Yuga Labs on understanding the policy and legal landscape of digital assets. Senior counsel Joseph Brazauskas focuses on energy, environment, and natural resources, and has been instrumental in assisting Cheniere with the recent pipeline authorization process. Christine Wyman left the firm in March 2023. Andrew Shaw joined from Dentons in June 2024, contributing significant experience in energy and environmental matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense