Jo Ann Biggs

Practice Areas

Jo Ann counsels regulated entities and entities that wish to own regulated assets related to energy in Texas and represents them in front of state and federal regulators. She represents clients in complex matters decided in bench trials in administrative and civil forums. She also assists clients in meeting federal electric reliability standards, helping them navigate compliance audits and reconcile potential non-compliance issues. In addition, Jo Ann advises parties to transactions that touch regulated, energy related assets.

Over the course of a career that has spanned more than three decades, Jo Ann has earned a reputation for her judgment and experience in helping clients negotiate the often unpredictable, complicated terrain of the energy regulatory landscape. In fact, she has helped to shape that landscape in the legislative process, working, for example, to craft the bill that ultimately passed the Texas Legislature to restructure the unbundled electricity market in the state.

Chambers USA has repeatedly recognized Jo Ann for her energy regulatory work. She has served on the Hendrix College board of trustees since 1998.

Career

Licensed to practice in Texas since 1983; Joined Vinson & Elkins in 2008

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association; Public Utility Law Section – State Bar of Texas; Dallas Bar Association

Personal

Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1983 (Managing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review); Hendrix College, B.A. English, 1980 (Alpha Chi). Admitted to practice: Texas, 1983.