Mike Engleman is administrative head of Dickstein Shapiro’s Energy Practice, which he joined in 1999 after spending his first eleven years of practice in his hometown, Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Engleman focuses on state, federal, and international complex civil litigation matters and energy law issues. He has appeared before state and federal courts nationally; before arbitration panels nationally and internationally; and before the public service commissions of numerous states, including Arizona, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia. Mr. Engleman has served as lead counsel on a wide variety of energy-related litigation matters, including U.S. and international coal contract disputes, power purchase agreement disputes, warranty and performance disputes, utility/railroad easement issues, wrongful death or other electric contact actions, and personal injury claims.

Mr. Engleman was named one of Legal 500’s recommended lawyers in the category Energy: Litigation in 2011. Also in 2011, Mr. Engleman was named a Top Utility Lawyer by Public Utilities Fortnightly for his work in federal regulatory matters and litigation.

Bar Admissions

District of Columbia
Kentucky
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Education

University of Louisville, B.A., 1984
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, J.D., 1988