Experience

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  KEYLOGIC LTD

  • United States

  • Senior Advisor

    • Jun 2023 - Present
    • United States
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  Service Women's Action Network

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Member Board Of Directors

    • Jun 2018 - Present
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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  International Senior Lawyers Project

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Senior Legal Advisor

    • Jun 2017 - Present
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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  National Regulatory Reserch Institute

  • Washington DC-Baltimore Area

  • Senior Fellow

    • Jun 2018 - Jul 2022
    • Washington DC-Baltimore Area
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  Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

  • Washington, DC and New York, NY

  • Of Counsel

    • Mar 2009 - Jul 2021
    • Washington, DC and New York, NY

    Energy (including FERC and DOE regulations) and Telecommunications Law (including FCC regulation) (Practice in the District of Columbia limited to courts,departments and agencies of the government of the United States; admitted to the New York Bar; New York office: 1290 Avenue of the Americas, Ne...

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  Bell, Boyd & Lloyd

  • Partner

    • Dec 1996 - Feb 2009

    Negotiated electric energy contracts. represented clients in litigated energy regulatory proceedings, negotiated contracts for telecommunications services, represented clients in rulemaking proceedings.

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  Rogers and Wells

  • Partner

    • Aug 1986 - Nov 1995

    Represented clients before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in tariff and rulemaking proceedings, and in federal circuit court of appeals cases. Represented client in regulatory proceedings to obtain certificate of environmental compatibility and public need for 150 mile natural gas pi...

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  Wald, Harkrader and Ross

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Partner

    • Apr 1981 - Aug 1986
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    Represented clients in rulemaking and litigated proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), New York Public Service Commission and in federal district and federal circuit court of appeals cases.

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  New York State Public Service Commission

  • Chairman

    • Sep 1977 - Mar 1981

    Chief Executive Officer of agency with 600 legal, engineering, accounting and economist professionals responsible for regulating telecommunications, electric, natural gas and water utilities. Chaired state electric generation siting board, NARUC Committee on the National Energy Act, and State Task Force on competitive telecommunications; presided over post-July 1977 NYC blackout electric power reliability regulation changes, the extension of customer-owned telecommunications equipment policies in New York, and the certification of hundreds of miles of new electric transmission lines. Testified by invitation before Congressional committees and state committees on proposed legislation.

  • Commissioner

    • Apr 1976 - Sep 1977

    Served as member of seven person commission responsible for enforcing the laws regulating electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water service provided by investor-owned utilities in New York, including the siting of electric transmission lines, and deciding cases and controversies under those laws. Served as co-hearing officer in a proceeding to lower regulated long distance telecommunications rates and eliminate cross-subsidies of regulated telephone equipment.

  • Executive Assistant to Chairman Alfred E. Kahn

    • Jun 1974 - Apr 1976

    Principal advisor to Chairman Kahn on legal and policy issues, assisting him in carrying out his responsibilities as Chief Executive Officer; principal agency liason with Governor Carey's office and other state and federal government agencies, bodies and representatives.

  • Legal Assistant to Chairman Joseph C. Swidler

    • Apr 1973 - Jun 1974

    Advised Chairman Swidler on telecommunications laws, represented the agency in matters before the FCC, analyzed and prepared agency positions on proposed legislation, responded to inquiries from the press on major agency cases.

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  Federal Communications Commission

  • Washington, DC

  • Appellate Litigation Attorney, Office of General Counsel

    • May 1971 - Apr 1973
    • Washington, DC

    Wrote briefs and presented oral arguments to multiple federal circuit courts of appeal in defense of FCC decisions; on the brief in defense of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  Federal Communications Commissiion

  • Broadcast Bureau

  • Trial Attorney

    • Jan 1970 - May 1971
    • Broadcast Bureau

    Prepared trial strategies, engaged in direct and cross-examination of witnesses, motion practice, drafting of proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law to administrative law judges, drafting of briefs and reply briefs on exceptions to the decisions of administrative law judges.