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Chief Counsel

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Keith Coyle

Keith Coyle is the Chief Counsel for the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation. 

Before joining PHMSA as Chief Counsel, Coyle was a Shareholder in the Washington, D.C. office of Babst Calland, where he focused on matters involving energy and natural resources, including the regulation of pipelines and transportation of hazardous materials.  Coyle previously served as Legislative Counsel for former U.S. Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX), who was then the Vice Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and a Subcommittee Chairman on the Ways and Means Committee, as an Attorney Advisor at PHMSA, and as a law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.  

Coyle is a graduate of American University’s Washington College of Law, with an LL.M. in Law & Government, Temple University’s James E. Beasley School of Law, with a J.D. in Integrated Trial Advocacy, and Lehigh University, with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations.  He grew up outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and currently lives with his wife and three children on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.