Stephanie C Sparks
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : Energy: State Regulatory & Litigation (Electricity)
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About
Provided by Stephanie C Sparks
Practice Areas
Ms. Sparks focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, health care, and energy transactional and regulatory matters. She has successfully represented clients in all facets of litigation, trial, and arbitration. She also represents and counsels clients on complex transactional and regulatory matters in the energy and health care industries.
Ms. Sparks’ extensive finance and complex commercial litigation experience includes representing clients in contract disputes, financial services lawsuits, class actions, securities suits, fraud, theft of trade secrets, and business torts.
She has substantial experience as lead counsel in both energy litigation and regulatory matters representing utilities, investors, retail electric providers (REPs), power developers, owners of conventional and renewable generation, and other banking and financial clients in breach of contract suits; business litigation; utility service disputes; energy project transactions; and regulatory proceedings and contested cases before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT). She has broad experience interpreting and complying with the complex regulatory requirements that govern energy developers, REPs and utilities’ operations within the PUCT and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
Ms. Sparks also represents health care clients in litigation and corporate consulting, with particular emphasis on breach of contract, prompt pay, ERISA-related disputes, health care compliance issues, and negotiating and drafting contracts.
Professional Memberships
Executive Committee Member, University of Texas School of Law Alumni Association, 2017-2021
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Member, University of Texas Friar Society
Member, State Bar of Texas
Member, Dallas Bar Association
Member, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
Member, Young Professionals of Greater Dallas Chamber
Chambers Review
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Stephanie Sparks of Vedder Price PC has a comprehensive energy practice, representing a range of sector clients in proceedings before the PUCT. She also offers counsel on compliance with ERCOT rules and pricing issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Stephanie Sparks is a great attorney."
"Stephanie Sparks is a terrific litigator and regulatory lawyer."
"Stephanie Sparks is a great attorney."
"Stephanie Sparks is a terrific litigator and regulatory lawyer."