George Bibikos's litigation, regulatory and transactional practice focuses on oil and gas law, energy and natural resource development, environmental litigation and regulatory counseling, public utility law, and administrative law.
Over the past decade, George has represented a broad range of clients in the energy sector, including oil and gas companies, developing natural gas from unconventional shale formations like the Marcellus and Utica located in the Appalachian Basin. His clients also include interstate pipeline companies, midstream companies, public utilities, alternative energy producers, oilfield services companies, construction equipment rental companies, major land developers, major food corporations, government contractors, and other commercial entities in various market sectors.
In addition to his practice, George serves as adjunct professor of Oil and Gas Law at Widener University Commonwealth Law School in Harrisburg, Pa. George has lectured on many topics including oil and gas law, cybersecurity in the energy sector, administrative law, environmental law, trial and appellate practice, state public contract procurement, Pennsylvania state tax exemptions for religious and charitable institutions, and civil rights. George has also testified before the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Senate Committee on Environmental Resources and Energy regarding oil and gas royalties in Pennsylvania and has been interviewed and quoted by publications such as Law360, Central Penn Business Journal, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette regarding developing issues in oil and gas law.
A frequent author, George has written more than 40 publications that span a variety of disciplines, including oil and gas law, environmental law, cybersecurity in the energy sector, constitutional law, appellate practice and procedure, procurement, public utility law, local land use and zoning requirements, and labor and employment issues. Among other law reviews, he is the author of A Review of the Implied Covenant of Development in the Shale Gas Era, and a co-author of A Primer on Oil & Gas Law in the Marcellus Shale States, cited favorably and relied upon by state and federal courts, other practitioners, and various authors of law reviews and legal treatises. He is also a contributing author of The Law of Oil & Gas in Pennsylvania (Implied Covenants, Chapter 6 (PBI 1st ed.) (September 2014)) and Environmental Law & Practice (Water Resources, Chapter 7 (PBI 7th ed. 2012)).
George also provides pro bono legal services to a variety of clients. For example, he has represented inmates in the Third Circuit Court of Appeal and petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for relief on their behalf in cases in which the clients allege violations of constitutional rights. George has helped incorporate and provide business advice to a nonprofit organization in the Harrisburg area created to pair rescue dogs with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and serves as counsel to an international social enterprise based in the Harrisburg area that works to train artisan craft makers (primarily women) in Africa and Asia and then link them with businesses in the United States as a means of combating poverty in underdeveloped nations.
Before joining Cozen O'Connor, George practiced oil and gas law as a partner at a global law firm. He started his career in 2003 as a law clerk to Honorable Dan Pellegrini of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
