BETHESDA, Md. – Troutman Pepper served as legal counsel to its client Hull Street Energy (“Hull Street”) in its definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the Bastrop Energy Center and Paris Energy Center from Mesquite Generation Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Atlas Holdings. Hull Street is a private equity firm that specializes in deploying capital into the power sector as it decarbonizes. Read a company press release about the deal.
Located in Bastrop and Paris, Texas, the two natural gas-fired power generation facilities provide 855 megawatts of critical power generation and reliability services to the Texas grid. This news comes on the heels of Hull Street’s recent acquisition of natural gas-fired plant Sunrise Power in Fellows, California. Hull Street and its affiliates now own approximately 2,300 megawatts of strategically located gas-fired and dual-fueled generation capacity throughout the United States, which will help enhance the resiliency and reliability of power service for regional customers.
Troutman Pepper’s multi-disciplinary team has acted as legal counsel to Hull Street for many of its transactions. Partners Andrew Schifrin, Clayton De Arment, Steven Khadavi, Dan Anziska, Akshay Belani, Byron Kirkpatrick, Anne Loomis, Marc Machlin, Paul Porretta, and Stephen Rinehart; and Associates Wallace Bao, Steve Boughton, Jacob Davis, Emily Fahey, Morgan Gerard, Nick Guttman, Russell Kooistra, Karina Miranda, Victor Noriega, Jessica Rothenberg, and Matt Sides, advised Hull Street in the deal.
Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Capital Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group facilitates projects for investors, utilities, sponsors, private investment funds, lenders, developers, and other stakeholders. The firm’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance.
The firm is known nationally for its work in the energy industry and the rapidly evolving renewable energy industry. In 2020 and 2023, Troutman Pepper was named “Law Firm of the Year” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for its work in energy law. The firm’s renewable energy practice has won national recognition in Chambers USA, among other industry authorities.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
New York, May 18, 2023 – Global energy storage firms pivoting towards the US battery market on the back of the transformational Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are facing up to scaling constraints on battery supply and access to skills, while hopeful that external intervention will ease interconnection queues and policy uncertainty.
In its industry insight report, Taking Charge: Inside the US Battery Boom, released today, US law firm Troutman Pepper finds that while firms are accelerating their US battery storage plans in the wake of the IRA, they are nonetheless alive to the market ‘growing pains’ that lie ahead.
The report reflects upon the views of a range of market actors involved in funding, developing, advising, and operating US battery storage assets. With current constraints on battery supply and workforce set to compound further amid a rapidly scaling sector, these commentators have identified short-term fixes while the longer-term solutions set out in the IRA take hold. They include competing for battery supply from Asian manufacturers while US battery gigafactories are developed and making greater use of external consultants to ease capacity bottlenecks on early-phase project development.
The market is also optimistic that intervention from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Department of Treasury will address respectively the growing challenge of interconnection queues and questions over how certain key elements of the IRA, such as tax credit transferability, will work in practice.
The fact these market growing pains are compounding tells its own story regarding the positive global industry reaction to the IRA. Less than six months after it became law, the US Energy Information Administration reported a steep increase in battery storage projects under development, with the 26.5GW of pipeline capacity it recorded in February, up 58% on the pre-IRA figure, expected to expand further throughout 2023.
Troutman Pepper’s report argues that the introduction of an investment tax credit (ITC) for standalone battery storage projects is the single biggest catalyst behind this growth. As well as triggering an influx of newly viable storage projects to the market, this move has brought developers greater flexibility across their entire portfolios, encouraged higher installed capacities, and started to create a ‘buyer’s market’ for investors.
John Leonti, Partner and Co-leader of the Energy Industry Group at Troutman Pepper, commented: “We’ve been active in the US energy storage sector for over a decade, so are well aware of the industry’s current buoyancy. But we’ve also seen how rapid growth in the development pipeline post-IRA has placed even more stress on the supply chain.
“Collaboration is a well-worn industry motto, but it really does sit at the heart of battery storage’s path to success in the US. The market needs fine-tuned specialist expertise to demonstrate that it’s possible to act smartly and quickly, without acting in haste. It’s heartening to find, through this report, that optimism in the market remains high, and we look forward to the challenges that will accompany the sector’s success.”
The report concludes with Troutman Pepper’s forecast of five post-IRA investment trends expected to shape the sector in the years ahead:
- Significant inward investment into the US battery sector from established renewables markets in Europe, Asia, and South America will also bring expertise to build the integrated battery supply chain in North America.
- Battery developers and investors in the US will be exposed to trade disputes between the US and China. They will turn to the solar sector for lessons in handling such short-term volatility.
- Standalone storage may be grabbing the headlines but there will be plenty of activity in the co-location space, especially with the addition of battery storage to operational wind and solar projects.
- Large institutional investors will enter the tax credit market on the back of tax credit transferability measures. This will change the due diligence dynamic for projects.
- Utility-scale battery storage projects are booming under the IRA but, in time, investors will begin to look at how they can apply the IRA rules to projects with emerging long-duration storage technologies.
Taking Charge: Inside the US Battery Boom can be downloaded here.
Troutman Pepper’s market-leading energy practices help clients with their most important and complex matters throughout the United States. From renewables to conventional and emerging technologies, the cross-disciplinary team has extensive experience across the energy landscape. The firm regularly advises independent power producers, banks, utilities, private equity funds, and large corporations. Learn more at energylawinsights.com.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
SAN DIEGO –Ben Wagner, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, has been recognized as a 2023 Top Intellectual Property Lawyer by the Daily Journal. The recognition honors leading California intellectual property lawyers focused on litigation, transactions, and counseling.
A seasoned, go-to intellectual property and complex commercial litigator, Wagner has handled hundreds of disputes for clients ranging from startups to established multinationals in a diverse range of industries, including apparel, consumer goods, life sciences, medical devices, real estate development, and professional sports. A devoted advocate for plaintiffs and defendants, over the past decade, he has recovered more than $85 million for plaintiffs and IP rights holders and successfully defended against more than $120 million in claims, and currently manages IP portfolios with total claim values estimated above $1.3 billion. His tailored approach to litigation values finding and targeting the right stones, rather than simply insisting on turning over every stone.
Wagner has been recognized for his IP work by several industry authorities. Earlier this year, he was recognized among WTR1000’s list of worldwide leading IP practitioners in trademark enforcement and litigation. He also has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America® (Litigation – Intellectual Property, 2023), Managing Intellectual Property (IP Star, 2022), and the San Diego Business Journal (Leaders in Law – IP, 2021), among other publications.
In determining its 2023 Top Intellectual Property Lawyers, Daily Journal editors reviewed hundreds of nominations submitted by lawyers statewide, with honorees selected based on the impact of their work in intellectual property.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – Troutman Pepper client Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, (Payroc), a global payments leader, recently announced the acquisition of Atlantic Merchant Services, LLC, (Atlantic Merchant), a full-service merchant processing company based in Raleigh, North Carolina by one of Payroc’s subsidiaries. Payroc is backed by private equity firm Parthenon Capital who assisted Payroc in completing this acquisition. Read a company press release about the transaction.
Payroc is a high-growth merchant acquirer, processor, and payment integrations powerhouse processing more than $80 billion in annual transaction volume in over 45+ markets, for more than 151,000 merchants. Atlantic Merchant and its sales partners work with the company’s financial institution referral partners to deliver modern, cost-effective payment technology solutions to merchants that help streamline business operations and improve customer experience and profitability. The new relationship will allow Atlantic Merchant to expand the opportunities it can provide its merchants and community bank partners.
The Troutman Pepper team advising Payroc in the acquisition included Partner Brad Resweber, Counsel Joel Post, and Associate Cody Mathis. The firm has more than 200 attorneys who regularly advise financial services providers, including banks, neobanks, payment processors, card issuers, consumer reporting agencies, and consumer and commercial lenders. Troutman Pepper handles their full spectrum of legal needs and has been nationally recognized for its work in the financial services industry, including by Chambers and Partners, U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, and Law360, among others.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle transactions ranging in size from tens of millions of dollars to multibillion dollars. Core areas of service include private equity, mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border transactions and corporate carve-outs), capital markets and corporate finance, corporate governance, and securities laws compliance. The firm also has particular expertise in advising clients on matters involving fund formation and fund management.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
PHILADELPHIA – Troutman Pepper is proud to support the Equal Justice Works Fellowship Class of 2023. Equal Justice Works is the nation’s largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law. More than 75 Fellows were announced on May 10, 2023.
Every year for more than three decades, the Equal Justice Works Fellowship program welcomes a class of public interest lawyers who design projects with legal services organizations that advocate for underserved communities and promote equal access to justice. Troutman Pepper, along with other law firms, corporations, foundations, and individuals, funds these fellowships and supports these projects that aim to advance social equity.
For this Fellowship class, Troutman Pepper and Archer Daniels Midland Company are co-sponsoring Conner Kozisek, who is graduating from New York University School of Law. While in law school, Kozisek interned with the Fair Elections Center, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Brennan Center for Justice. As an Equal Justice Works Fellow, Kozisek will be hosted by the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, where he will work on non-partisan voter protection measures. Koziesek plans to focus his work on access to the polls, addressing polling place closures and last-minute changes to polling place locations, which may create hurdles for voters to cast their ballots. The firm is proud to support Kozisek’s important work in this area.
Equal Justice Works has awarded more than 2,000 Fellowships to lawyers who are committed to ensuring equal access to justice. On average, 85% of Equal Justice Works Fellows remain in public service positions.
Each year, Troutman Pepper attorneys dedicate thousands of pro bono hours in support of nonprofits, immigrants, military veterans, children, the wrongfully convicted, civil rights and social justice initiatives, and so many more. Learn more at troutman.com/pro-bono.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
CHICAGO – Molly S. DiRago, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Business Litigation Practice Group, has been selected to serve on Law360’s Illinois Editorial Advisory Board. The advisory board provides feedback on Law360’s coverage and expert insight on how to best shape future coverage.
DiRago litigates complex commercial matters, focusing on biometrics and privacy, class actions, and consumer fraud. In addition to litigation, she counsels clients on privacy policies, including on the collection of biometric data (fingerprints, retina scans, etc.), and has written articles and spoken on privacy and technology issues, including Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act. She is editor of the firm’s More Privacy, Please, a monthly newsletter recapping industry and legal developments in the areas of cybersecurity, information governance, and privacy.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to serve on Law360’s Illinois Editorial Advisory Board,” DiRago said. “Troutman Pepper has a strong footprint in Chicago, and I look forward to helping fellow Illinois attorneys stay informed about important legal issues.”
Outside of her practice, DiRago enjoys contributing to the legal community through pro bono and public service efforts. She is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion in both legal and business communities and focuses her community service on organizations working toward those goals. DiRago is a board member of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), a junior board member of the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), and a delegate for the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law.
Troutman Pepper’s Business Litigation Practice Group is nationally recognized for its work defending and prosecuting high-stakes commercial matters in federal, state, trial, and appellate courts throughout the country. Attorneys are experienced in litigating complex multidistrict cases, class actions, and single-case litigations and represent a diverse array of clients from mid-market companies to Fortune 500 leaders.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – Troutman Pepper and Partner Anne C. Loomis have been named among the 2023 Wind Investment Awards finalists. The firm is up for recognition in the ‘Legal Advisory of the Year’ category and Loomis is shortlisted in the ‘Rising Star of the Year’ category. Winners of the Wind Investment Awards will be announced at the Financing Wind 2023 conference on May 25.
The awards, now in their fourth year, celebrates best practice in the global onshore and offshore wind industry, incorporating innovation, financing, project development and asset management. Hosted by global renewable energy and clean technology community, Tamarindo, the awards unite prominent decision makers to enable opportunities to network and forge long-term business connections.
Troutman Pepper is listed among nine firms shortlisted in the ‘Legal Advisory of the Year’ category which recognizes firms who have displayed a successful track record over the last 12 months by providing good legal stewardship to clients.
Loomis is among eight individuals shortlisted in the ‘Rising Star of the Year’ category, which recognizes professionals with five to 10 years of experience who display innovation, influence, and strong business performance. As a tax attorney and CPA with years of experience in the energy industry, Loomis focuses her practice on federal, state, and local tax planning with an emphasis on the unique tax issues facing rate-regulated public utilities and other energy industry clients. Her in-house experience with a Fortune 500 energy company, understanding of clients’ tax accounting considerations, and face-to-face experience with the IRS make her an invaluable member of Troutman Pepper’s Tax Practice and Energy Industry Group.
Troutman Pepper’s market-leading energy practices help clients with their most important and complex matters throughout the United States. From renewables to conventional and emerging technologies, the cross-disciplinary team has extensive experience across the energy landscape. The firm regularly advises independent power producers, banks, utilities, private equity funds, and large corporations. Learn more at energylawinsights.com.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
NEW YORK– Energy Law Insights, a website and accompanying video series dedicated to tracking developments in energy law, was recently launched by Troutman Pepper’s multidisciplinary Energy Industry Group. Ranked nationally as a top-tier practice, the team proactively identifies and manages the challenges posed by both federal and state regulations for utilities, developers, and other major stakeholders and is at the forefront of the rapidly evolving renewable energy industry with noted expertise in renewable energy financing.
“Clients trust our powerhouse team to deliver on their most important and complex matters – from renewables to conventional and emerging technologies. It is our hope that with launching this dedicated site, all energy industry participants can learn more about our work, our people, and all that we have to offer,” added John Leonti, a leader in the firm’s Capital Projects + Infrastructure Practice Group and co-leader of the Energy Industry Group.
“Troutman Pepper is home to one of the largest energy practices in the country, both in terms of size and breadth of experience,” said Chris Jones, a leader in the firm’s FERC practice and co-leader of the Energy Industry Group. “From navigating unexpected challenges to evaluating new opportunities, our team is here to help market leaders and innovators succeed and we are excited to add this website to our list of offerings.”
The site, which will serve as a hub that clients can turn to for the latest updates on the evolution of energy, will host original video content covering trending topics spanning energy storage, tax, the Inflation Reduction Act, federal and state regulatory issues, environmental issues, and more. The platform will also include access to the industry group’s relevant blogs, podcasts, and newsletters including, the Washington Energy Report, Reflections on Water, and Environmental Law and Policy Monitor blogs, and the popular Battery + Storage Podcast hosted by Troutman Pepper Partner Bill Derasmo.
“With the knowledge of industry insiders, our team is dedicated to keeping our clients informed on all things energy law and regulation,” said Anne Loomis, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Tax Practice Group and a co-leader of the Energy Industry Group. “With Energy Law Insights, our goal is to provide a multi-faceted resource that covers developments in the energy space with in-depth analysis on why those developments matter.”
Troutman Pepper has a team of more than 150 lawyers who have the capabilities and experience to help clients across the energy industry with their most important and complex matters throughout the United States. From renewables to conventional and emerging technologies, the cross-disciplinary team has extensive experience across the energy landscape. The firm regularly advises independent power producers, banks, utilities, private equity funds, and large corporations. Learn more at energylawinsights.com.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
NEW YORK – Few technologies have impacted the world and workplace as rapidly as generative artificial intelligence (AI). The global generative AI market is expected to reach $42.6 billion in 2023.[1]
As with most emerging technologies, AI brings both promise and a measure of risk. To help the firm and its clients successfully but safely use these disruptive tools and technologies, Troutman Pepper announced today the formation of its Generative AI Task Force. The Task Force is a logical extension of Troutman Pepper’s multifaceted efforts in the AI space and will unify and amplify the firm’s existing talents and experience using AI and advising clients seeking to do so.
“Troutman Pepper has always been on the leading edge of these issues. To capitalize on the work we’re already doing and the broad legal expertise we have in the AI space, we’re thrilled to officially launch our Generative AI Task Force. The team is up to date on the legal issues rife in the implementation of generative AI across industry sectors and shares news across practices of our own research and development that delivers client value,” said Will Gaus, Troutman Pepper’s chief innovation officer and Task Force lead. “We will continue to welcome and actively pursue new opportunities to expand—with appropriate care and due diligence—the use of AI in our firm and in the profession of law.”
The Generative AI Task Force combines the skills and services of attorneys and professionals from across the firm with expertise in technology, data analytics, business litigation, privacy, information security, compliance, client service, innovation, eDiscovery, legal ethics, and more. Many of the Task Force members have already developed, tested, piloted, thoroughly vetted, and implemented custom internal and client-facing AI solutions. Specifically, the Task Force is focused on:
- Consolidating the firm’s AI expertise and defining the procedures and policies needed to leverage generative AI for gaining efficiencies in both firm business operations and client work.
- Educating the firm and its clients about the benefits and risks of generative AI.
- Coordinating the various constituencies across the firm who will play a role in building and supporting these activities.
Troutman Pepper clients and the firm will continue to benefit from the expertise of Task Force contributors’ prior and ongoing hands-on AI experience, including:
- Troutman Pepper eMerge’s participation in an early pilot evaluating the performance of GPT-4 when searching, categorizing, and analyzing documents in discovery and internal investigations on RelativityOne.
- The creation of the bespoke application Xtractor, a custom solution that employs AI and machine learning, including Azure Cognitive Services, to convert unstructured text from forms into structured data. Xtractor reduces the time it takes to review documents, saving legal teams hundreds of hours and clients thousands in legal fees. Xtractor won the coveted Best Innovation: Enterprise award from Relativity in 2022.
- A partnership with Casetext and its GPT-4 application CoCounsel, one of the first “AI legal assistant” tools powered by GPT-4 to hit the market. Troutman Pepper’s Innovation Solutions team is already using the technology to support firm-approved AI use cases.
- A partnership with LexFusion on a variety of technologies across the AI landscape.
- A series of educational programming for attorneys and allied legal professionals focused on leveraging generative AI to gain efficiencies and transform tasks, from the routine to the complex, as well as professional development on essential skills needed to work effectively with AI tools.
- Ongoing research and development supported by the firm’s strategic partnership with award-winning AI development group Framework Consulting.
The Generative AI Task Force is led by Partners Alison Grounds (eMerge, chair of the firm’s Innovation Committee), Chris Forstner (Intellectual Property), and Jeremy Levy (Private Equity); Jessica Kozlov Davis (Office of the GC); Will Gaus (Innovation); Dan Pulka (Marketing); Jason Lichter (eMerge); Kevin Buchan (Technology); and Maureen Rossi (Library). Additional members include Jim Austin, Rhonda Ulrich, Andrew Medeiros, Deanna Fowler, Andrew Jacobs, Craig Sloane, Steve Peltier, and Jon Moniz.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
[1]https://pitchbook.com/news/reports/2023-vertical-snapshot-generative-ai
WASHINGTON – Troutman Pepper recently worked with the National Veterans Legal Services Program (NVLSP) to submit comments with recommendations to proposed changes to a veterans’ benefit program called the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection (TSGLI), which provides short-term financial support to help eligible service members recover from severe injuries. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) adopted some of the proposed recommendations, which will ease the process for veterans who are seeking TSGLI benefits.
The Troutman Pepper team representing NVLSP consisted of Partner Kim Phan and Associates Jessica Ring and Bryan Rizza. Rizza is an officer in the United States Army National Guard.
After Troutman Pepper submitted comments on February 27, 2023, the VA reissued two forms: SGLV-8600 and 8600A for TSGLI benefits, incorporating some of NVLSP’s recommendations. Of note, the VA increased its estimated time burden, and the initial claims form now includes a brief list detailing examples of supporting evidence that Servicemembers should include.
In the VA’s response letter to NVLSP, the VA acknowledged that due to an “unintentional oversight,” they did not respond to NVLSP’s comments prior to finalizing the initial, unchanged forms. Without the Troutman Pepper team’s persistence, the VA may never have reviewed or implemented the recommended changes.
“We are thrilled the VA incorporated NVLSP’s recommendations that will ultimately make it easier for more veterans to apply for these critical benefits,” said Phan, who led the pro bono team. “This work has the potential to impact so many deserving people, and we’re proud to play a small part in making a difference in their lives.”
“We are delighted that the VA adopted NVLSP’s changes and grateful for Troutman Pepper’s assistance and dedication to ensure that our veterans and their families get the benefits they deserve,“ said Zach Outzen, NVLSP Equal Justice Works Fellow, sponsored by the Lavan-Harris Charitable Fund.
The NVLSP is an independent, nonprofit veterans service organization that has served active duty military personnel and veterans since 1981. NVLSP strives to ensure that our nation honors its commitment to its 22 million veterans and active duty personnel by ensuring they have the benefits they have earned through their service to our country. NVLSP has represented veterans in lawsuits that compelled enforcement of the law where the VA or other military services denied benefits to veterans in violation of the law. NVLSP’s success in these lawsuits has resulted in more than $5.4 billion dollars being awarded in disability, death and medical benefits to hundreds of thousands of veterans and their survivors. NVLSP offers training for attorneys and other advocates; connects veterans and active duty personnel with pro bono legal help when seeking disability benefits; publishes the nation’s definitive guide on veteran benefits; and represents and litigates for veterans and their families before the VA, military discharge review agencies and federal courts.
Each year, Troutman Pepper attorneys dedicate thousands of pro bono hours in support of nonprofits, immigrants, military veterans, children, the wrongfully convicted, civil rights and social justice initiatives, and so many more. Learn more at troutman.com/pro-bono.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.