About Kamran I. Mohiuddin
Kamran Mohiuddin focuses his practice on complex commercial and enforcement litigation, representing corporate clients in high-stakes disputes in federal and state courts, administrative tribunals, and appellate proceedings across the energy, environmental, and industrial sectors.
Kamran has handled significant federal and state court matters, with particular experience in commercial disputes, emergency appellate practice, statutory and administrative law challenges, regulatory enforcement defense, and multimillion-dollar civil penalty litigation. He has represented clients in proceedings before the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the U.S. Court of International Trade, and federal, state, and administrative courts, including matters resulting in favorable appellate outcomes and negotiated resolutions with federal agencies and the U.S. Department of Justice.
His litigation experience encompasses drafting dispositive motions and appellate briefs, managing all phases of discovery, assisting in witness preparation for depositions, participating in deposition proceedings, and responding to Civil Investigative Demands from the U.S. Department of Justice and agency subpoenas. He has developed defense strategies for clients facing civil and potential criminal exposure across a range of enforcement contexts.
He also represents clients on regulatory matters and enforcement risk assessment, developing litigation and defense strategies on matters arising under OCSLA, CERCLA, OPA, CWA, CAA, MMPA, SDWA, SMCRA, CZMA, and the APA, before agencies including DOI, BSEE, BOEM, NOAA, and EPA.
Prior to joining the firm, Kamran practiced at a global law firm where he handled complex federal litigation and regulatory matters for major energy and industrial clients. He previously served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Jeffrey V. Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He also gained in-house legal experience as a legal intern at a Fortune 500 company.
While in law school, Kamran served as chief notes & comments editor of the Houston Law Review.
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Experience
- An offshore energy company in a Ninth Circuit emergency appeal defending PHMSA’s pipeline restart approval; strategized and executed intervention, successfully securing party status and successfully opposing petitioners’ emergency motion for stay.
- A national seafood industry coalition in a Court of International Trade challenge to NOAA’s Marine Mammal Protection Act import restrictions affecting 240 fisheries across 46 nations; developed litigation strategy, briefed complex statutory interpretation issues, and secured a favorable settlement with DOJ resulting in agency agreement to reconsider challenged comparability findings, averting potential insolvency for major seafood industry companies dependent on continued import access.
- A uranium mining permittee in contested EPA Environmental Appeals Board proceedings and Eighth Circuit appeal involving challenges to Underground Injection Control permits under the Safe Drinking Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and Administrative Procedure Act; developed defense strategy and obtained favorable EAB decision denying review in favor of client.
- An offshore energy developer in high-profile federal regulatory, administrative law, and preemption matters arising under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Defense Production Act, and Pipeline Safety Act; drafted legal memoranda and correspondence used in presentation to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy and senior federal officials analyzing DPA authority, federal preemption of state and judicial impediments to pipeline restart, and national energy emergency executive authority; developed preemption strategy addressing state court preliminary injunctions and federal consent decree modification; matters culminated in a Presidential Executive Order and Secretary of Energy directive under the Defense Production Act resulting in the restart of offshore pipeline operations.
- An energy company in a complex legacy environmental liability matter involving predecessor company liability and historical contamination claims; developed dismissal strategy, drafted motion to dismiss, successfully obtaining dismissal.
- National Gulf exploration companies in multimillion-dollar civil penalty actions brought by BSEE; developed litigation strategy drafted dispositive motions.
- A major multinational energy company in CERCLA contribution and cost recovery strategy arising from the Lower Passaic River Superfund site; analyzed and developed strategic positioning on Section 106 UAO versus Section 107(a) cost recovery claims, consent decree, and ROD amendment requirements under EPA regulations.
- A leading energy solutions provider in a breach of contract dispute exceeding $10 million; developed litigation strategy addressing complex issues of damage classification, limitation of liability, and foreseeability arising in connection with liquefied natural gas technologies.
- A multimillion-dollar hospice care facility in a high-stakes enforcement matter involving alleged regulatory violations, administrative forfeiture proceedings, and civil litigation under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act; developed comprehensive defense strategy to mitigate potential criminal exposure and coordinate parallel civil and administrative proceedings.
- A high-profile medical professional against a global nonprofit organization in complex commercial litigation including defense against multifaceted counterclaims involving tort-based theories; developed responsive litigation strategy.
- A leading industry association on an amicus brief in a high-profile federal circuit court case presenting complex issues of statutory interpretation and regulatory authority under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; conducted appellate record review and developed legal arguments on issues of first impression.
- A coal-fired power generation company in a high-stakes EPA coal combustion residuals closure dispute; analyzed EPA’s prior denial and adverse record, developed a “complete hydraulic separation” compliance and litigation theory distinguishing client’s proposed engineered remedy from previously rejected closure concepts, assessed governing D.C. Circuit precedent, and developed litigation strategic positioning
- Clients in responding to Civil Investigative Demands from the U.S. Department of Justice and subpoenas from the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; developed response strategy, managed document review and production, and structured productions to protect privilege and limit scope of government inquiry.
- Fortune 5 and Fortune 10 multinational energy corporations in high-stakes offshore regulatory matters and enforcement disputes before DOI, BSEE, and BOEM, managing between $100 million and $1.5 billion in potential liability exposure; developed litigation avoidance strategies, litigated administrative appeals and agency submissions to secure approvals, and resolved potential enforcement actions under OCSLA, OPA, and the CWA.
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News & Views
Honors & Awards / Ranking
Blank Rome Attorneys Recognized in 2027 Best Lawyers in America®August 20, 2026
News / Press Release
Blank Rome Welcomes New General Litigation Associate Kamran I. Mohiuddin in HoustonApril 8, 2026
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Recognitions
2027, Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation and Energy Law, listed in Best Lawyers in America® (Woodward/White, Inc.)
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Professional Activities
Kamran served as Co-Chair of the ABA Public Lands and Resources Committee (2025-2026) and Vice Chair of Publications (2024-2025).
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Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Texas
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States Court of International Trade
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, JD
- University of Houston, BS
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