Education & Training

Juris Doctor, George Washington University, 1972.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering, Villanova University, 1966.

Executive Program for Organizational Change, Stanford University, 1986.

Mediation Training & Accreditation, Mediation, Inc., Asheville, NC, August 2005.

Mediation Training for District of Columbia Superior Court Multi-Door Program, May 2006.

Restorative Justice Conferencing Training, Fairfax, VA, March and September 2007.

Community Conferencing Training, Baltimore, MD, July 2007.

Facilitating Victim-Offender Dialogue for Serious Violent Crimes, Eastern Mennonite University, June 2009.

Defense Initiated Victim Outreach Training, Chicago, May 2010.

Arbitration Training Institute, American Bar Association, Washington, DC, July 2010.

Presenting Data and Information, Edward Tufte, September 2010.

Prior Positions

2003-2005

Senior Counsel Energy Practice Group Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., Washington, DC

Illustrative law firm projects: Intervened in IBLA appeal of OCS commingling decision and obtained dismissal; analyzed prohibition of joint bidding by major oil companies for OCS lease sales; settled two major gas royalty valuation litigations; managed onshore and offshore oil and gas transportation audits toward resolution; prepared detailed analysis of Coastal Zone Management and Deepwater Port Act as applied to offshore LNG projects; analyzed NEPA application to BLM approvals of onshore oil and gas seismic work; assembled a package of materials assessing the implications of the US Commission on Ocean Policy Report on the oil and gas industry; prepared multi-association comments on MMS 2004 oil valuation and 2005 gas valuation rules.

Illustrative trade association projects: Assumed overall legal responsibility for API management of royalty issues, upstream issues generally (e.g., onshore and offshore oil and gas leasing, public lands), Clean Air Act transportation fuels, Clean Air Act issues generally (e.g., national ambient air quality standards, stationary sources).