Area of Emphasis
Brianne Kurdock is the chair of the Firm’s Pipeline and HazMat Safety practice group. She represents clients in pipeline safety matters at the U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), state commissions, and the federal courts. Her nationwide practice covers compliance and strategic counseling, incident response, enforcement proceedings, regulatory comment preparation, and litigation. She has experience with all sectors of the pipeline industry and is a frequent speaker at energy conferences.
Brianne served as the Firm’s co-chair of the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee between 2021-2025. She also designed Solvaire’s PIPES Tracker tool which can be used to search PHMSA enforcement cases.
Background
Prior to joining Babst Calland, Ms. Kurdock served as the primary pipeline safety and environmental regulatory attorney for a national trade association that represents the interstate natural gas pipeline industry in North America. She also served as counsel to PHMSA where she represented the agency in regulatory, enforcement, and litigation matters.
Ms. Kurdock earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. After law school, Ms. Kurdock clerked for the Honorable William J. McGovern, Superior Court of New Jersey.
Memberships and Affiliations
Ms. Kurdock is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, New York and New Jersey and before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She currently serves on the Legal Committee of the Southern Gas Association and is a member of the American Bar Association, Women’s Council on Energy and the Environment, and Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Awards and Recognition
Ms. Kurdock received the U.S. Department of Transportation’s General Counsel’s Superior Achievement Award, the PHMSA Administrator’s Team Eagle Award, the PHMSA Administrator’s Superior Achievement Award, the PHMSA Peer Award, and the New Jersey Superior Court’s Certificate of Commendation.
