Court Rich is Co-Founder of Rose Law Group and is Director of the firm’s Energy and Utility Infrastructure Department. Court practices in the areas of energy, utilities, municipal law, regulatory law, land use and zoning, project permitting, administrative law, real estate, and handles administrative matters in front of the Arizona Corporation Commission, the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee, the Arizona Department of Real Estate, and lobbying at the State Legislature. Court serves as counsel for many of the largest energy developers and energy users in the world working on behalf of data centers and developers of battery, solar, wind, and thermal generation projects and others in the energy sector. Court has extensive experience helping clients solve complicated development and regulatory issues. Court has assisted clients in some especially unique development issues related to project siting, permitting, accessing utility services, dealing with floodplains, financial assurances, and routinely helps clients secure land use permission from the proper jurisdiction.

On the regulatory front, Court has worked on numerous groundbreaking matters in Arizona including acting as lead counsel on innovative power supply agreements for data center developers and representing numerous interests in regulatory matters at the Arizona Corporation Commission where he has regularly practiced for more than 20 years. Court has negotiated numerous power purchase agreements and turnkey agreements for utility scale solar generation facilities with utilities including, among others, Arizona Public Service, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Tucson Electric Power. In addition, Court drafts and negotiates solar service agreements, solar lease agreements, and solar purchase agreements for numerous distributed scale solar projects with a variety of off-takers.

Under Court’s leadership, Rose Law Group pc has become the leading firm in Arizona for renewable energy and its renewable energy department was just ranked number one in the state by Ranking Arizona. Phoenix Magazine has named Court the state’s top lawyer for energy and mining (four years in a row), government and administrative, and land use and environmental law.

Court’s work demands that he have close relationships with elected officials and state, municipal, and county staff members throughout Arizona. As a result, Court is often involved in election campaigns in support of local and state candidates and stays involved in the communities in which he works. Court is always ready to assist clients in working with municipal, county, or state officials in an effort to build better communities and solve local and regional issues.

Court is a regular speaker and panelist on all things related to energy, and data centers. Court also has served as pro bono counsel for the Institute for Justice (representing a Winchell’s Donut shop against first amendment abuse) and has been an associate scholar at the Goldwater Institute which published his policy brief, “Protecting Private Property Rights: The Case for Vested Property Rights.”

Former Governor Jan Brewer appointed Court to sit on her Solar Energy Advisory Task Force. Court was recently appointed by the Mayor and Council to sit on the City of Phoenix’s ad hoc committee on electric vehicle issues. Court is the chairman of Pinal Partnership’s Energy Committee, Vice President of the Arizona Solar Energy Industry Association, and a member of the Phoenix Green Chamber’s Public Policy Committee. Court also sits on the Board of the Arizona chapter of Alder, the Board of Directors for the Gen Equity Political Action Committee, and formerly served on the executive board of the Economic Development Group of Eloy (EDGE) and the City of Scottsdale Cultural Council’s Scottsdale Public Art Advisory Board. Court is a proud graduate of Scottsdale Leadership’s Class 23, a member of Alder, and Pinal Partnership.

Court received his B.A. in philosophy from University of Arizona in 1998 and his J.D. from Arizona State University in 2001 where he was a Pedrick Scholar. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona Association.

On the lighter side, he was named “Best Name for a Lawyer” in the Phoenix New Times’ Best of Phoenix Issue, 2001.