Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux is a law firm that practices before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the federal appeals courts in a variety of energy-related matters. The firm assists clients in strategic planning and reorganization, including the functional and legal separation of integrated energy activities. It also provides clients assistance in the transactional aspects of their energy businesses, including negotiation and drafting of a wide spectrum of contracts. The company has represented clients such as investor-owned and privately-owned electric utilities and their affiliates, cooperatively-owned utilities, cogeneration and independent power companies, a nonprofit wholesale power exchange, natural gas distribution companies, an interstate natural gas pipeline, a natural gas marketing company, industrial companies with energy concerns and an alternative energy investment fund. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C.