Education
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991, Dean’s fellow; The American University Law Review
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.A., cum laude, 1987, history , History
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.A., cum laude, 1987, political science/economics; Phi Beta Kappa , Political Science/Economics
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Illinois
- Moderator, Renewable Energy Developers’ Perspectives on Potential Stumbling Blocks, Defense Distributed Energy & Military Microgrids Summit, Arlington, VA, 2012.
- Moderator, Government Finance Outlook – Projects and Money Conference, 2010; Moderator, New Build Activity: What’s the Path Forward – Projects and Money Conference, 2013, New Orleans, LA.
- Moderator, Financing Renewable and Alternative Energy, Bringing Renewables to Wall Street – Tackling the Challenges to Investing in Renewable Technologies, Troutman Sanders LLP Conference, New York, NY, 2008.
- Moderator, Building Transmission Projects to Service Renewable Generation: What’s the Best Policy? and Transmission Investment to Support Renewable Technologies, Transmission Renaissance Conference, Washington, D.C., 2007 and 2008.
- Presenter, Alternative Energy Financing, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, Miami, FL, 2007.
- Presenter, Understanding Derivative in Project and Structured Finance Transactions, District of Columbia Bar, Washington, D.C., 2007.
- Presenter, Acquiring Energy Assets, Documenting the Deal – The Buyer’s Perspective, Law Seminar International Conference, Houston, TX, 2003.
- Presenter, Letters of Credit, Overseas Private Investment Corporation Brown Bag Lunch, 2002.
- Presenter, International Law Issues Involved in Doing Business in the Palestinian Autonomous Regions, American Society for International Law Conference, Washington, D.C., 2000.
- Presenter, Legal and Regulatory Framework for Independent Power Projects in Indonesia and the Philippines, Chinese Energy Delegation, Singapore, 1996.
- Co-authored, SEPA’s “Buy versus Build: A Qualitative Comparison of Financial, Tax and Regulatory Issues Influencing Utility Solar Procurement” Report, December 2011.
- Co-authored with Anne K. Dailey, Utilities and Renewable Energy: To Buy or to Build, Law360, 2009.
- Does the Privacy Act of 1974 Protect Your Right to Privacy? An Examination of the Routine Use Exemption, 40 Am. U.L. Rev. 1990.
- Quoted in How to Stand Out and Get on the Partnership Track, Washington Lawyer, June 2017.
- Quoted in Banks Lured By ‘Sexy’ Solar, Wind Energy Projects, February 5, 2010, by Jim Efstathiou Jr. and Christopher Martin, Bloomberg.