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Peck's practice centers on oil and gas, pipeline and other energy-related transactions and regulation and on federal appellate litigation. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America and Louisiana Super Lawyers. Peck regularly negotiates, drafts and advises clients on complex purchase and sale agreements, operating agreements, mineral leases, right-of-way agreements, transportation and interconnection agreements, gas storage agreements and settlement agreements in complex litigation and other disputes. He also frequently renders title opinions on complex petroleum titles in Louisiana and on the Outer Continental Shelf and assists both lenders and borrowers in the financing of onshore and offshore oil and gas properties. He has represented clients before numerous Louisiana and federal regulators for oil, gas and energy industry. This advice and representation includes transportation, gathering, sale, tariff and pipeline safety issues for both oil and gas; LNG and gas storage; accounting audits; audits of unclaimed mineral proceeds; and operations on the Outer Continental Shelf for offshore leases and rights-of-way. Peck also regularly represents clients in federal appellate litigation. He's convinced a Fifth Circuit panel to vacate its initial decision and rule the other way. This past year, he successfully obtained expedited rulings in two unrelated matters. In cases of industry-wide importance, he's found amicus parties who filed supporting briefs. Peck has published numerous law review articles on oil and gas matters and is also a contributing author to Energy Law and Transactions (Matthew Bender). He is licensed to practice in Louisiana, New York and Texas and in various federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. He has received multiple awards for his pro bono legal services. Peck graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Music from Yale University in 1984 and received his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1987. Before joining Gordon Arata, he served as a law clerk for two federal district judges in New Orleans from 1987 to 1991. | 