Luis Cruz

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Luis served as legal counsel to NRC Commissioner Annie Caputo, advising her on adjudications and regulatory policy matters, implementation of executive orders, and responses to congressional and executive correspondence. He previously practiced as an energy regulatory associate at a large international law firm, where he advised developers, investors, utilities, power generation companies, and financial institutions in commercial transactions across the energy sector, including oil, gas, wind, solar, battery storage, nuclear, and transmission assets. His prior practice also included counseling clients on regulatory compliance with qualifying facilities status and transfers of control of radioactive material licenses.

Luis has more than a decade of experience as engineer in the nuclear energy sector, including service at the NRC and the US Department of Energy. His work included nuclear power reactor site inspections, management of the NRC’s performance indicator program, licensing of transportation packages and dry storage systems for radioactive materials, and review of settlement claims related to spent nuclear fuel disposal. He leverages his technical background to provide practical, informed counsel on highly regulated energy matters.

Luis was an editor of The George Washington University Law Review, where he published a note on spent nuclear fuel disposal. He also holds an M.S. in engineering management from The George Washington University with a focus on energy and environmental management.