Travis Vickery

Travis practices administrative and regulatory law primarily for the firm’s electric energy clients. Before joining McGinnis, Travis served as an Administrative Law Judge at the State Office of Administrative Hearings, where he presided over contested case utility matters and assisted with the management of utility team Administrative Law Judges. Travis represents clients before the Texas Legislature and state regulatory bodies, in agency rulemakings and contested case proceedings, in state and federal courts, and in corporate governance and transactional matters. Travis is also a mediator focusing on utility, regulatory, and business matters.

Honors & Recognitions

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^®, Administrative / Regulatory Law (2022-2026)

Community & Professional

• Austin Bar Association

Travis represents electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, and business interests before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and in state court. He has assisted clients in matters involving applications for certificates of convenience and necessity (CCN), service area exceptions, service area disputes, load transfers, retails rates and wholesale transmission service rates in ERCOT, some of which involved contested case hearings. He has acted as a rate case hearings examiner on an Austin Energy rate case. Travis also assists the firm’s clients on a variety of matters ranging from legislation, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, generation interconnections, data center loads, easements and business transactions.

Travis has also represented numerous electric cooperatives in property tax litigation in state court and as an advocate for electric cooperatives with the Texas Comptroller’s office and at the Texas Legislature.