Robert H. Loeffler is a senior partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Morrison & Foerster. He is broadly experienced in resolving complex government-related issues and administrative litigation, with special emphasis on energy regulatory law. He also has substantial experience in intellectual property law. Mr. Loeffler was named a Leading Lawyer in Energy Law in the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Business Lawyers put out by Chamber & Partners Publishing (2006, 2007, and 2008). Best Lawyers has named him as one of “The Best Lawyers in America 2008.”

Mr. Loeffler has practiced before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for over 30 years, representing clients on a variety of novel federal electric, natural gas, royalty and oil transportation issues, including some of the very largest proceedings conducted before the FERC. He has litigated energy cases before the regulatory agencies or courts of Alaska, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Mexico, and Washington.

Mr. Loeffler has also had lead responsibility with respect to a variety of sophisticated intellectual property issues for domestic and overseas clients, including defense of patent infringement suits and Section 337 proceedings at the International Trade Commission, strategies for responding to patent demand letters, and government and policy issues relating to intellectual property disputes.

• Counsel for Liberty Natural Gas with respect to permitting and developing of a half-billion dollar-plus deepwater LNG project and interstate pipeline off shore New Jersey.
• Counsel for the State of Alaska with respect to a proposed investment in, and contract for, the development of the $ 20 billion Alaska Gas Pipeline, the largest energy project ever proposed.
• Counsel for the State of Alaska in the British Petroleum-Atlantic Richfield merger and successfully argued in federal court for allowing the State to intervene as a party in favor of the merger, a first in antitrust law.
• Federal energy regulatory counsel to the AES Corporation with respect to its acquisition of three power plants for $ 750 million from Southern California Edison. Later represented AES with respect to multi-year FERC investigations of the California energy crisis.
• Counsel for Southern Union Company in successful effort to overturn on preemption grounds a large jury verdict against the company.
• Led the team that successfully defended the American Red Cross in a patent infringement suit that alleged that its website fundraising infringes a patent claiming a method of interactive contribution solicitation and fundraising.