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Valkyrie “Kyrie” Buffa
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VALKYRIE "KYRIE"
BUFFA

Associate

,
Houston
T  713.651.2825
kbuffa@liskow.com
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Practices

  • Carbon Capture & Storage
  • Federal Offshore Regulatory
  • Energy Transactions
  • Solar
  • Wind Energy
  • Energy Transition
  • Energy – Regulatory
  • Energy – Transactional

Assistant

Chavon McAllister

713.651.2819

“After working internally for the legal and compliance departments at a multinational LNG company, I know firsthand what corporate clients need from external counsel.”

Overview

Valkyrie “Kyrie” Buffa is barred in Texas and Louisiana and has experience working in both the oil and gas industry and the environmental non-profit sector. Prior to joining Liskow, Kyrie supported corporate regulatory efforts ensuring compliance with EPA, FERC, FTC, Louisiana DEQ, and Texas CEQ regulations—as well as assisting with in-house counsel work involving administrative law, anti-bribery and anti-corruption (ABAC), contractual indemnities, international legislation, premises liability, privacy, and tax law. Kyrie has also clerked at three Louisiana law firms which gave her exposure to the management of litigation cases and handling transactional matters.

Kyrie’s work in Liskow’s Energy Practice Group primarily focuses on administrative appeals, alternative energy, carbon capture, utilization, transportation, and storage (CCUTS), offshore regulatory law, and oil and gas.

Talks about

#carboncapture #offshore #energytransactions #energylitigation #energy

Highlights

The Order of Barristers National Honor Society, Inducted Member, 2022 

National Pretrial Competition at Stetson Law, National Quarterfinalist, 2021

Co-authored “Establishing Utility-Scale Solar Projects: Federal Involvement” research paper on cutting the red tape surrounding green solar energy projects, published by Resources for the Future (RFF) in May of 2021

Notable Experience

  • Innocence Project of New Orleans (IPNO), Student Attorney for DOJ-funded Wrongful Conviction Clinic, 2022
  • Gold Weems Bruser Sues & Rundell, Law Clerk, 2022
  • Cheniere Energy, Inc., Legal Clerk for Chief Legal Officer (CLO) and General Counsel, 2021
  • deGravelles & Palmintier, Law Clerk, 2020-2021
  • Resources for the Future (RFF), Intern, 2020

Involvement

Professional

  • State Bar of Texas, 2023
  • Louisiana State Bar Association, 2022-2023
  • Federal Bar Association, 2022-2023
  • Bar Association for the Federal Fifth Circuit (BAFFC), 2022-2023
  • Women’s Energy Network (WEN), Corporate Member, 2021-2022
  • Academic Tutor and Teaching Assistant, LSU Law, 2020-2022
  • Energy Bar Association, Member, 2022
  • Foundation for Natural Resources & Energy Law (formerly RMMLF), Student Member, 2022
  • ConocoPhillips Confidentiality Certified, 2021 

Community

  • American Constitution Society, 2021-2022
  • Toastmasters International, Cheniere Club Member, 2021
  • Public Interest Law Society (PILS), LSU Law, 2019-2022

Recognition

  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN), Scholarship Awardee, 2021-2022
  • Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF), Scholarship Awardee, 2021-2022
  • “Foundation for Natural Resources & Energy Law (formerly RMMLF), Scholarship Awardee, 2021-2022”
  • LSU Foundation Laborde Energy Law Center, John Laborde Energy Scholarship Awardee, 2020-2021 

Credentials

Education

  • Louisiana State University, Paul M. Hebert Law Center (J.D./D.C.L., 2022)
    • Order of the Barristers
  • University of Colorado (B.S., Business/Marketing, summa cum laude, 2019)

Bar Admissions

  • Louisiana, 2022
  • Texas, 2023

Court Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Western District, Louisiana, 2022
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District, Louisiana, 2022
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District, Louisiana, 2022

Presentations

  • National Pretrial Competition at Stetson Law, National Quarterfinalist, 2021
  • Tullis Moot Court Competition at LSU Law, Semifinalist & Best Individual Oralist, 2020
  • National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition at Pace Law, Team Captain, 2021-2022
  • National Energy & Sustainability Moot Court Competition at West Virginia Law, Team Captain, 2022

Publications

  • "First-Ever Gulf of Mexico Wind Auction Results in Only 1 Wind Lease Offshore Louisiana. What Happens Next?" Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, August 31, 2023
  • "MADE IN AMERICA: U.S.-Built Offshore Wind Substation and Support Vessels Start to Set Sail For Federal Waters," Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, June 22, 2023
  • "What Businesses Need To Know About Texas's First Comprehensive Data Privacy Law," Liskow's Gulf Coast Business Law Blog, June 21, 2023
  • "BSEE’s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices," Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, May 4, 2023
  • "Department of Interior Takes Steps to Update Offshore Wind Regulatory Scheme," Liskow's The Energy Law Blog, January 23, 2023
  • “With A New Regulatory Framework on The Horizon, There Is Still Much Uncertainty Concerning the Future of Offshore Carbon Storage,” Law360, January 5, 2023
  • “Establishing Utility-Scale Solar Projects: Federal Involvement,” Resources for the Future Working Paper on cutting through the red tape surrounding green solar energy, published May of 2021 (PDF)

WHAT’S TRENDING WITH Kyrie

  • Blogs
    08.31.23
    First-Ever Gulf of Mexico Wind Auction Results in Only 1 Wind Lease Offshore Louisiana. What Happens Next?
    4 minute read
  • Blogs
    06.22.23
    MADE IN AMERICA: U.S.-Built Offshore Wind Substation and Support Vessels Start to Set Sail for Federal Waters
    4 minute read
  • Blogs
    06.21.23
    What Businesses Need to Know About Texas’s First Comprehensive Data Privacy Law
    4 minute read
  • Blogs
    05.04.23
    BSEE’s Updated Decommissioning Rules Address RUEs and Formalize Predecessor Enforcement Practices
    3 minute read
  • Blogs
    01.23.23
    Department of Interior Takes Steps to Update Offshore Wind Regulatory Scheme
    6 minute read
  • Blogs
    11.28.22
    With A New Regulatory Framework On The Horizon, There Is Still Much Uncertainty Concerning The Future Of Offshore Carbon Storage
    5 minute read
  • Insights
    11.28.22
    With A New Regulatory Framework On The Horizon, There Is Still Much Uncertainty Concerning The Future Of Offshore Carbon Storage
    less than a minute
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