Laura V. Swett is Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  She is a member of the Energy, Regulation and Litigation Practice Group.

Laura has experience in a wide variety of complex energy litigation.  She represents pipelines and electric power companies before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in a broad range of matters involving enforcement/market manipulation, rates, market rules and regulation, cybersecurity, licensing and wholesale power sales.  She also advises clients on electric transmission policy and environmental regulatory compliance.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Laura served as senior legal and policy advisor to both a FERC Chairman and Commissioner.  In these positions, she advised her principals and directed FERC staff on matters related to enforcement, oil, wholesale electricity markets, nuclear energy, electric grid reliability, cybersecurity, congressional relationships and public engagement.  Before serving as a Commission advisor, Laura was a lawyer in the FERC Office of Enforcement, where she ran and supported investigations through all stages, from their genesis through federal court litigation.  Laura received her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 2011.  She graduated from the University of Virginia in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in Government.