- President, Western Chapter, Energy Bar Association (2022 – 2023); Vice president (2021 – 2022)
- Chair, Energy, Telecom & Utility Law Section, Oregon State Bar (2021 – 2022)
- Board member, Foundation of the Energy Law Journal (FELJ) (2020 – present)
Education
- The George Washington University Law School, LL.M., highest honors, 2018, energy and environmental law
- Lewis & Clark Law School, J.D., cum laude, 2013, editor-in-chief, Environmental Law; Cornelius Honor Society; Certificate in Environment and Natural Resources Law
- Walla Walla University, B.A., magna cum laude, 2008
Bar Admissions
- Oregon
- Washington
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
- U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
Clerkships
- Hon. Jack L. Landau, Oregon Supreme Court, 2013-2014
- Moderator, “Power Plays – Innovations and Reforms in Western Transmission and Interconnection,” EBA Western Chapter’s 2025 Annual Meeting, February 27, 2025.
- Speaker, “Insights from Recent FERC Interconnection Actions,” 2025 EUCI Effective Strategies for Streamlining Interconnection Conference, January 22, 2025.
- Speaker, “Easing Interconnection and Transmission Challenges in the Mountain West Impacts of New Reforms and Regional Collaboration,” Infocast Mountain West Renewables Summit, November 20, 2024.
- Presenter, “Insights From Recent FERC Interconnection Actions,” EUCI Conference: Strategies for Effective Interconnection Queue Management, July 10, 2024.
- Speaker, “Electricity Markets: A Regional Perspective,” Energy Law Insights, August 15, 2023.
- Moderator, “The Past, Present, and Potential Future of Western Markets and Regionalization,” 2022 EBA Western Chapter Virtual Annual Meeting, February 24, 2022.
- Moderator, “The Transmission Evolution: The Role of Transmission in Supporting Clean and Carbon-Free Initiatives,” 2021 EBA Western Chapter Virtual Annual Meeting, February 25, 2021.
- Moderator, “Resource Adequacy: What Is It And Why You Should Care,” 2020 Energy Bar Association Western Chapter Annual Conference and Meeting, February 2020.
- Emcee, “Tomorrow’s Energy System,” Conference hosted by the Green Energy Institute of Lewis & Clark Law School, February 2019.
- Panelist and presenter, “The ‘Public Interest’ Standard of Utility Regulation,” The George Washington University Law School J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Environmental Law Symposium: The Electricity Mix of the Future: Environment, Economics and Governance, March 2016.
- Regular Contributor, Troutman Pepper’s Washington Energy Report.
- Co-author, “High-Level Summary of FERC Order No. 1920 on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation,” Troutman Pepper, May 21, 2024.
- Co-author, “Troutman Pepper Summary of FERC Order No. 2023-A on Generator Interconnections,” Troutman Pepper, March 28, 2024.
- Contributor, “Unlocking U.S. Transmission Upgrades – Are We on the Cusp of Real Progress? Bridging the Gap Between Planning and Permitting,” Troutman Pepper, November 27, 2023.
- Co-author, “Troutman Pepper Summary of FERC Order No. 2023 on Generator Interconnection Reform,” Troutman Pepper, August 2, 2023.
- Co-author, “FERC Order Bolsters States’ Small Power Facility Authority,” Law360, January 19, 2021.
- Co-author, “Analyzing FERC’s Order Updating PURPA Regulations for First Time in Almost 40 Years,” Troutman Pepper, July 20, 2021.
- Author, “Protecting Low-Income Ratepayers as the Electricity System Evolves,” 37 Energy L. J. 265 (2017).
- Author, “Preparing for the Energy Future by Creating It,” 7 J. Energy & Envtl. L. 215 (2016; recipient of the 2016 Jamie Grodsky Prize for Environmental Law Scholarship at The George Washington University Law School).
- Author, “Short- and Long-Term Solutions for Struggling Commercial Nuclear Energy Generators in Restructured Wholesale Markets,” J. Energy & Envtl. L. (2015-2016 Paper Series).
- Author, “A Comparative Examination of Energy Federalism Constraints in the United States and Australia,” Geo. Wash. Univ. Law School Envtl. & Energy Perspectives (Fall 2014).