Experience

Babst Calland

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Shareholder

  • Jan 2016 - Present

  Jim is an energy lawyer with 15 years of experience in government service and private practice helping clients navigate regulatory and strategic challenges throughout the energy sector. His clients include pipelines, utilities, energy producers, LNG terminals, investors, technology companies and hydrogen infrastructure developers. Applying his experience from day-to-day safety regulatory counseling, dozens of enforcement matters, internal and government investigations, rulemakings, energy projects and in appellate litigation, Jim identifies and executes creative legal and strategic pathways to help clients achieve their objectives. Jim started his career in energy and transportation safety as an attorney the US DOT-PHMSA. Since departing government service, he has broadened his practice to include counseling on other DOT modal safety programs, including the FRA, NHTSA and FMCSA. Jim also advises clients on NTSB accident investigations, GAO audits and in state regulatory proceedings. Through this cross-cutting safety regulatory experience, he has worked with many energy-related national safety and engineering codes and standards, including those for pipelines, utility-scale battery energy storage systems, and LNG facilities. These experiences have given Jim a unique understanding of safety and regulatory risk management, corporate safety culture and how each bears on credibility and the bottom line. He manages the Firm's growing DC office. Member of DC & MD Bars, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Show less



Van Ness Feldman LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Partner

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2016

• Associate

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2013



U.S. DOT - PHMSA

• Attorney-Advisor

  • Apr 2006 - Sep 2010

  Office of Chief Counsel Pipeline Safety Law Division Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Chief Counsel Pipeline Safety Law Division Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration