Long Law Firm's Telecommunications and Public Utility Practice offers extensive experience representing clients before the Louisiana Public Service Commission ("LPSC") and other regulatory bodies. The firm handles utility rate cases, cost of service investigations, prudence investigations, complaint proceedings, rule making proceedings and various other regulatory proceedings affecting telecommunications, electric, and water and sewerage companies. The firm advises clients considering the construction and operation of cogeneration facilities and non-utility generation facilities in Louisiana. Our attorneys closely monitor the changes and restructuring of the telecommunications industry and the investigation into the possibility of retail competition in the electric industry. Our clients include large commercial and industrial users of energy, non-utility power producers and marketers, and local and long distance telecommunications providers. The firm lawyers also represents telecommunications companies, and electric companies in commercial and quasi-regulatory litigation, including litigation arising under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The firm has represented clients in rulemaking and ratemaking proceedings in nearly every major energy-related proceeding before the LPSC over the past ten years. This experience has given the firm a unique perspective and understanding of the public utility field. Long Law Firm's telecommunications and utilities section works closely with the firm's business sections to provide comprehensive representation to our clients. Further, the attorneys in this section keep abreast of the rapid developments in public utility law, enabling them to serve the diverse legal needs of clients in these rapidly changing industries.


David L. Guerry

Appellate Litigation
Arbitration & Settlement Counsel
Banking (Commercial Lending & Finance)
Business Litigation
Business Structure and Transactions
Construction Litigation
Energy, Telecommunications, & Utilities
Governmental Relations
Insurance Defense
Professional Liability
Public Finance
Real Estate



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