WASHINGTON, D.C. (April
26, 2015) – Jennings,
Strouss & Salmon, PLC announced that attorneys Debra D. Roby, Joel L. Greene, Gary J. Newell, Alan I. Robbins and Deborah A.
Swanstrom have been listed in the 2016
Washington DC Super Lawyers® in the area of Energy and Natural Resources.
Debra D. Roby is
Chair of the firm's Energy practice group and has extensive experience
representing clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and
related courts. She counsels clients on a variety of energy matters, including
electric transmission access and rate proceedings, regional transmission
organizations, organized electric power markets, hydroelectric licensing and
compliance, contract negotiations, complaint proceedings, NERC reliability
compliance, audits and appeals, and other matters.
JoelL. Greene has more
than 40 years of experience assisting clients in energy regulatory matters,
legal strategic planning, contract negotiations and advocacy before FERC, U.S.
Department of Transportation, state commissions, and the courts. Mr. Greene is very active in the
energy industry, having served on the North American Energy Standards Board and
as an officer of the Energy Bar Association. In addition, he served as chair of
the International District Energy Association (IDEA) and is currently the Association’s
legal counsel.
GaryJ. Newell has extensive experience in energy law, having focused his
legal practice on regulatory and contract issues affecting both suppliers and
purchasers of wholesale electricity and bulk power transmission services. Since
1978, Mr. Newell has represented municipalities, municipal joint action
agencies and cooperative utility systems in a broad array of administrative and
appellate proceedings, at both the state and federal levels, involving the
rates, terms and conditions for energy-related products and services. Mr.
Newell has also been an active participant in negotiations involving the
formation of Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and centralized
wholesale electricity markets in several regions of the U.S.
Alan I. Robbins is an experienced energy lawyer
and administrative litigator before the FERC and related courts. For over 35 years, Mr. Robbins has helped his clients
navigate a broad range of energy issues, including restructuring
of the electric industry and the development electric power markets,
traditional electric rate matters, utility merger proceedings, contract
negotiations, hydropower licensing, project development, and overall business
strategies. His clients include
municipal joint action agencies, generation and transmission cooperatives, a
state utility commission, individual municipal and cooperative electric
systems, larger end-users, and other market participants.
Deborah A. Swanstrom has
more than 25 years of experience representing clients from diverse segments of
the electric and natural gas industries on regulatory matters related to
ratemaking, open access, transmission projects, renewable generation projects, interconnections,
hydropower project exemptions and energy trading. Ms. Swanstrom counsels
clients on FERC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) regulations,
reliability standards developed by NERC and regional entities, and compliance
with the Dodd-Frank Act, Federal Power Act and Natural Gas Act. She has
represented government and investor-owned electric utilities, investors in
generation and transmission projects, industrial electricity consumers, state
and local regulators, gas pipelines, local distribution companies, and
producers and marketers.
The selections for the top attorneys in Washington, DC are made by the research team at Super Lawyers, which is a service of the Thomson Reuters Legal Division based in Eagan, MN. Each year, the research team undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that includes a survey of attorneys, independent evaluation of candidates by the attorney-led research staff, a peer review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and disciplinary check. Only five percent of attorneys are named by Super Lawyers.
About Jennings, Strouss & Salmon,
PLC
Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC, has been providing legal counsel
for over 70 years through its offices in Phoenix and Peoria, Arizona; and Washington,D.C. The firm's primary areas of practice
include agribusiness; bankruptcy, reorganization and creditors’ rights;
construction; corporate and securities; employee benefits and pensions; energy;
family law and domestic relations; health care; intellectual property; labor
and employment; legal ethics; litigation; professional liability defense; real
estate; surety and fidelity; tax; and trust and estates. For additional
information please visit www.jsslaw.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
The firm’s affiliate,
B3 Strategies, assists clients with lobbying and public policy strategy at the
local, state, and federal levels. For more information please visit www.b3strategies.com.
~JSS~
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