Since 1985, Jim Halford has represented energy, pipeline, and gas, telecommunications and electric utility clients in the Gulf South region with the Brunini Firm. He serves on the Firm’s five-person Board of Directors and is past Chairman of the Firm’s Regulatory Department. Mr. Halford was selected as Lawyer of the Year 2013, Jackson Missississippi in Energy Law by Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America. He regularly appears before the Mississippi Public Service Commission on behalf of one of the largest natural gas utilities in the state, as well as on behalf of numerous telecommunications providers. He was also lead counsel for the nation’s first electric regional transmission organization as it obtained Mississippi Public Service Commission approval of its management of the transmission assets of Mississippi’s largest electric utility. Mr. Halford’s practice also includes pipeline litigation, including prosecution of injunctive relief and eminent domain actions, as well as defense of surface damage and personal injury claims in state and federal courts. He oversees major energy projects and advises clients on regulatory and easement issues. Jim has lobbied the Mississippi Legislature on behalf of local natural gas utilities, interstate natural gas pipeline companies, and telecommunications companies. He has chaired a panel on natural gas deregulation issues at the National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys. He is also recognized by Chambers U.S.A.: America’s Leading Lawyers as among Mississippi’s Leading Lawyers in Energy and Natural Resources.
Honors & Awards
•Best Lawyers in America: Communications Law and Energy Law
•Best Lawyers in America Lawyer of the Year 2013 Jackson MS in Energy Law
•Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business: Energy and Natural Resources
News
•CHAMBERS USA RECOGNIZES BRUNINI AMONG TOP LAW FIRMS IN MISSISSIPPI
•COVID-19 and Energy/environmental business sectors
•Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
•Brunini Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers
•Chambers Lists Brunini Attorneys
•Twenty- seven honored by Best Lawyers 2017, Four attorneys named “Lawyer of the Year”
•Halford and Ueltschey featured in Expert Guides
•Brunini Recognized Among Top Law Firms in Mississippi by Chambers USA
•BRUNINI RECOGNIZED AMONG TOP LAW FIRMS IN MISSISSIPPI BY CHAMBERS USA
•HALFORD SPEAKS AT JUDGES’ CONFERENCE
•Brunini Recognized Among Top Law Firms in Mississippi by Chambers USA
