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Marcella Burke

King & Spalding LLP


Marcella Burke leads King & Spalding’s energy transition initiative and our offshore decommissioning practice. Marcella joins King & Spalding’s from the U.S. Department of Interior where she managed the offshore and onshore decommissioning litigation and regulatory docket. She served as Deputy Solicitor for Energy and Natural Resources, and Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. Her clients were BOEM, BSEE, BLM, and OSMRE. She served as Counsel to the Royalty Policy Committee, on the Regulatory Reform Task Force, and as NEPAteam lead for all energy-related NEPAapprovals. She also served as Deputy General Counsel of the Environmental Protection Agency.