Patrick J. McCormick III spent more than a decade advising on U.S. energy policy on the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, serving across seven Congresses (112th–119th) and stepping down as Chief Counsel in 2025. During his tenure, he provided counsel on energy legislation and agency oversight, and led senior staff work on nominations including five Secretaries of Energy and five Secretaries of the Interior. McCormick also brings private-sector and regulatory experience, including as Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Bloom Energy and as a partner leading the Regulated Markets and Energy Infrastructure practice at Hunton & Williams (now Hunton Andrews Kurth). Earlier in his career, he served at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and held positions at Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco).