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About Brad Bayliff

Bayliff Law Firm PLLC represents landowners in transmission line cases before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The firm also advises clients on various electric utility and competitive telecommunications issuesbefore the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

  • Brad Bayliff has appeared regularly over the last twelve years before the Public Utility Commission of Texas. In addition, the firm has represented communications clients in negotiations and/or arbitration proceedings in numerous states and represents clients in appeals of state regulatory decisions to federal and state courts throughout the nation.

  • The firm advises clients on a broad range of issues involving electric utility, communications, cable television, and regulatory law. The firm represents clients in proceedings before state regulatory agencies, the Federal Communications Commission, and state courts. 

     




  • Brad Bayliff is the firm's partner who represents clients in transmission line cases before the Public Utility Commission of Texas
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    He has represented clients ranging from individual landowners to developers. Brad has extensive experience advising clients regarding regulatory, arbitration, and contractual matters.




    • Brad's practice areas are: Electric Utility Law; Telecommunications Law; Cable Law; Government Affairs; and other Administrative Law issues. He has represented clients before many state regulatory commissions, obtaining approvals for applications, mergers, and asset acquisitions involving large and small telecommunications companies and complex financings.

     

    • In addition to regulatory and arbitration work before state utility commissions, Brad also represents clients in rulemakings and lobbying efforts. He has been an invited speaker and provided case law updates at the University of Texas Telecommunications, Cable, and Wireless Conference.

     

    • Brad received his B.S. and J.D. degrees from Indiana University. During law school, he was an intern for Chief Justice Thomas Phillips of the Supreme Court of Texas, received the Best Oralist award in the school’s moot court competition, and served on the Editorial Staff of the Federal Communications Law Journal, the journal of the Federal Communications Bar Association. Prior to his legal career, Brad was a real estate broker and developer and served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1986 to 1994.  

     

     

    You may want to have an attorney represent you in a PUC proceeding. Our law firm can help you understand the PUC's procedures and the laws and rules that the PUC applies in deciding whether to approve a proposed transmission line.