Hall Booth Smith, P.C.

Attorneys in HBS's Energy, Regulatory and Utilities Practice Group represent clients in sophisticated transactional, regulatory, finance, tax and litigation matters.

About Our Practice

Our clients include municipal and investor owned utilities, joint action agencies, electric cooperatives, industrial end-users, independent power producers, and natural gas companies. The practice encompasses representation of clients before federal and state regulatory agencies whose actions shape the energy business and other regulated clients including the following:

• Georgia Public Service Commission

• State and Federal Courts including Appeals

• Georgia General Assembly and Congress

• Georgia State Ethics Commission

• Georgia Department of Community Affairs

• Georgia Department of Natural Resources

• Georgia Environmental Protection Division

• Georgia Department of Revenue

• One Georgia Authority

• Department of Energy

• Federal Communications Commission

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

• U.S. Department of Agriculture

HBS attorneys have been long known for our successes before administrative and regulatory agencies. We also regularly undertake those actions in both federal and state jurisdictions that determine the success of our clients. We are often hired as special counsel on appeals of adverse agency or court decisions. In all instances, we seek to ensure that our clients’ interests are made known to federal and state policymakers and that our collective actions further all the goals of our clients' businesses.

One of our attorneys is the national coordinating counsel for a major insurance company on all of its catastrophic electric line contact cases. He has advised electric cooperatives and their insurers in cases from all over the United States, including cases from Washington, Arizona, Kentucky, Colorado, New Hampshire, Michigan, Tennessee, and Georgia, to name a few.

Since the firm’s inception, HBS has embraced the value of diversity, and we continue to cultivate an environment of inclusion and success for all individuals.  We are committed to a cohesive and productive work environment where our varied cultures, backgrounds, ethnicities, and perspectives are communicated, understood, and embraced to enrich our employees and best serve our clients.

Our Commitment
Our efforts to enhance our diverse environment are not restricted to minority employees.  Instead, we believe that everyone, regardless of his or her race, age, or gender, must be included in our diversity mission in order to ensure its success.   The firm’s Diversity Committee is comprised of partners and senior staff members who ensure our diversity mission is not just a sentiment but is also a part of the fabric of HBS.     

HBS actively participates in a variety of events and sponsorships geared towards highlighting the importance of diversity, and the firm continuously seeks opportunities to enhance our diversity program.  This includes involvement with organizations such as the Corporate Counsel for Women of Color and the Minority Corporate Counsel of America as well as our internal mentor/protégé program, in which our senior, female and minority attorneys reach out and mentor other women and minority attorneys and clients.