ERIC B. LANGLEY is a Partner in the firm and a member of the firm’s Litigation Section and Energy Litigation Practice Group. Though a litigator by trade, more than half of Mr. Langley’s practice is devoted to representing electric utilities in pole attachment and joint use matters. This practice area spans multiple disciplines, ranging from day-to-day consultation with clients as a joint use team member, to major matter representation in contract negotiations, state and federal rulemaking proceedings, and litigated disputes in state court, federal court, and the Federal Communications Commission. Mr. Langley is a frequent speaker at joint use conferences and trade meetings. His core litigation practice focuses on commercial, energy and class action litigation, but he also has tried casualty, intellectual property and zoning cases.
Mr. Langley was born in North Carolina, and was reared in Mobile, Alabama. He received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University, and his law degree from the University of Alabama.
Representative Experience
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Pole Attachment and Joint Use Litigation - represents electric utilities in proceedings before Federal Communications Commission; represents electric utilities in pole attachment and joint use matters in state and federal courts; co-lead counsel in one of the only full-scale pole attachment trials in the Federal Communications Commission. Pole Attachment Consultation and Joint Use Consultation - provides advice and counsel to electric utilities regarding their relationships with third-party attachers (CATV, Telecom, etc.); represents electric utilities in negotiation of pole attachment and joint use agreements; co-lead counsel in recent pole attachment agreement negotiation between electric utility and state cable television association. Energy Litigation - represented generation and transmission cooperative in wholesale power dispute; regularly represents electric utility interests in various types of disputes. Commercial Class Action - represents banks, insurers, and other businesses in various class action lawsuits. Consumer Class Action - represented numerous food/diet companies in class action lawsuits alleging mislabeling of nutritional aspects of product.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- American Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar
- U.S. District Court, Middle District, of Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Northern District, of Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Southern District, of Alabama
- United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
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- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1998, cum laude;.
- Auburn University, B.A., History, 1995, cum laude;.
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