Carolyn Elefant

Carolyn Elefant is the founder and owner of the Law Offices of Carolyn Elefant, PLLC. She’s a veteran energy and eminent domain attorney with more than two decades experience. Following graduation from Cornell Law School, Elefant launched her legal career as an attorney-advisor at FERC. After leaving FERC, she worked for leading national energy practices in Washington, D.C., before starting her own firm in 1993. 

Her legal experience includes litigation and appeals in state and federal court, administrative hearings, negotiating energy industry contracts and easements, serving as an expert on gas pipeline matters, and testifying before Congressional committees. 

Elefant was named an Energy & Natural Resources SuperLawyer in D.C. from 2012 onward. She speaks and writes on energy topics and has published in the Energy Law Journal on various energy issues and is quoted frequently in industry publications such as Platts as well as national media including The New York Times, Boston Globe, and others. In 2014, She appeared on the Daily Show to discuss new law firm business models and NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show to speak about pipeline impacts on landowners.