The Washington DC office of an international law firm seeks an attorney to handle transactional, compliance, and regulatory and related court proceedings at both the State and Federal levels.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

 

---JD, LLB, LLM

---1-3 years of FERC-related energy experience

---Strong writing skills, and excellent academic credentials

---Contracting, administrative litigation, investigations, and/or project experience

---Prior experience in appellate litigation is helpful but not required.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

---Representing Independent System Operators, rural electric cooperatives, and municipal systems before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the courts, the Department of Energy

---Advising electric utilities on matters related to the operation of regional transmission organizations, retail gas electric and gas competition, Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) operations, standards of conduct compliance, and the interplay of federal wholesale regulation and state and local retail regulations

---Negotiating energy transactions, including contracts involving traditional as well as renewable energy resources

---Drafting agreements for the purchase, sale and financing of energy as a commodity, energy assets, including pipeline and gathering facilities, storage and distribution facilities, power plants, and refining and natural gas processing facilities.