Introduction
Nancy assists developers, private offtakers, and public utilities with power and renewable energy development transactions, including project development, power purchase, and offtake agreements.
Nancy Cruz advises clients on state and federal regulatory compliance and permitting matters in the energy sector, including matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and several state public utility commissions, including the Wisconsin Public Service Commission and the Iowa Utilities Board.
Bilingual in both Spanish and English, Nancy volunteers with community organizations that support and protect immigrant communities in Wisconsin. Committed to maintaining an active pro bono practice, she has represented a criminal defendant and an indigent petitioner in a civil suit on appeal, appearing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. While in law school, Nancy was a clinical student with the Immigrant Justice Clinic, where she represented asylum applicants and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
*Admitted in Wisconsin and the District of Columbia only.
Education & credentials
- University of Wisconsin Law School, J.D., 2020
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A., History, 2015
- Wisconsin
- District of Columbia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
- Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison, WI, Associate, 2020-2021; Summer Associate, 2019
Professional recognition
Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Energy Law; Environmental Law; Natural Resources Law, 2023-2026
Named a HNBA Top Lawyer Under 40, 2025
Impact
- Wisconsin Hispanic Lawyers Association, Vice President; President
- Hispanic National Bar Association, Young Lawyers Division, Co-Chair CLE/Programming; Deputy President of Affiliates for Region IX
- Centro Hispano, Juventud Program, Mentor, 2018-2020