Kyrstin M. Wallach

Kyrstin Wallach advises on energy-related matters, including federal regulatory proceedings, transactions, enforcement and litigation. Prior to joining Skadden, Ms. Wallach worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as a legal advisor to a chairman/ commissioner and as an attorney-advisor in the Office of the General Counsel and the Office of Enforcement.

As an attorney at FERC, Ms. Wallach’s experience included matters involving jurisdictional questions, energy markets and market design, natural gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas infrastructure proceedings, natural gas rates, oil pipeline rates, Federal Power Act Section 203 authorizations, hydropower licensing and rulemakings. Ms. Wallach drafted, reviewed and edited Commission orders, including rehearing orders; assisted with the preparation of separate statements; and advised a chairman/commissioner on litigation memoranda and appellate court filings prepared by FERC’s Solicitor’s Office and the U.S. Department of Justice.