Elias J. Ancharski

Overview

When a client wishes to expand their public utilities footprint in Arizona, they call upon Elias Ancharski. Eli’s specialty involves providing counsel to private companies spearheading energy development and environmental initiatives in Arizona. Eli frequently works as the bridge between companies and Arizona’s governing regulatory agencies. Using his expertise in government and regulatory law and state and local administrative law to accompany clients through transactional and regulatory hurdles, Eli’s counsel includes preparing his clients’ proposals for compliance and ultimate success. His clients include water utility companies, electric cooperatives, energy developers, energy procurement companies, telecommunications providers, and energy interest groups. 

While attending Vermont Law School, Eli interned at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and spent a semester with the Arizona Corporation Commission in the Legal Division assisting with state-related utility matters. That experience set Eli on a career trajectory combining his passion for the great outdoors with his interest in business and law. 

He also served as an editor for his alma mater’s environmental law journal, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. He currently serves as the Chair-Elect of the Maricopa County Bar Association’s Environmental and Natural Resources Section.