Counsel

Representative Matters

• Represents leading Smart Grid, Distributive Energy Services, Solar and Biofuel-related companies and assists various start-up cleantech enterprises, including those involved with electric drive vehicles, solar and alternative energy parks and waste-to-energy projects, as well as companies seeking to market the commercially viable use of hydrogen technology. 
• Experience in electric utility law including representation of one of the three largest publicly-owned electric utility holding companies in the country, involving multi-state/multi-jurisdictional transactions and regulatory proceedings, including transmission and distribution issues, merger and acquisition, rate cases, fuel reconciliation cases, and fixed fuel factor cases, with significant work addressing nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel contracts.
• Extensive experience in most aspects of telecommunications law, including interconnection agreements and wireless telecommunications issues.
• One of five regional outside counsel for the largest US wireless company.
• Experience in contested case and rulemaking proceedings before state agencies, judicial review of agency orders before state and federal courts, and judicial proceedings regarding agency actions.
• As Mayor of Manitou Springs, participated on behalf of the City in all aspects of the Colorado Governor's Energy Office initiatives to implement sustainable energy strategies. 
• Involved in efforts to measure City of Manitou Springs' carbon footprint; define and implement greenhouse gas emission reduction program and participated in ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability and Cities for Climate Protection Campaigns to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions.

Professional Activities

• Admitted Colorado, 2010
• Admitted Texas, 1993
• Admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Western District of Texas
• Member, Energy Issues Committee, Colorado Municipal League
• Mayor, Manitou Springs, Colorado
• Chair, Sherman & Howard Alternative Energy and CleanTech Practice Group

Publications and Presentations

• Keynote Speaker, Summit Independent Business Alliance, 2010 Sustain a Biz Conference, "Bringing Big Initiatives Home: Global Green Strategies for the Municipal Level," Frisco, Colorado, June 2, 2010
• 5th Annual 2010 Sustainable Opportunities Summit, Colorado Convention Center, Panel Speaker - "Economic Development and Sustainability", March 2-4, 2010
• U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet's "Putting Colorado to Work Jobs Forum" member of the "Expanding Colorado's Clean Energy Economy" Roundtable University of Denver, January 15, 2010
• Southern Colorado Sustainable Technologies Conference and Expo, Pueblo Convention Center, Keynote Speaker - "Sustainable Smart Growth and Economic Development" - and Panel Speaker, July 31, 2009
• Green Cities Coalition, United Nations World Environment Day, Presenter, June 5, 2009
• Fort Carson Sustainability and Environmental Management System Summit, Presenter, "Transition Towns - The Strategic Importance of Sustainable Energy and Business Practices" April 30, 2009, Fort Carson, Colorado
• Energy Star Summit 2008, Second Day Keynote Speaker, "Local Initiatives-Global Impact" December 1-2, 2008 Denver, Colorado;
• University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Sustainability Summit, Panel Speaker-- "Community Energy Conservation Initiatives"-October 15, 2008;
• Green City Summit 2 Panel Speaker - "Advances in Local Governmental Renewable Energy Issues" -
  June 5, 2008 Colorado Springs;
• Colorado Bar Association, Environmental Law Group, "Renewable Energy and Municipal Energy Initiatives", March 25, 2008;
• University of Texas School of Law Telecom, Cable and Wireless Conference, Austin, Texas "Triennial Review Issues" 2005 Spring Conference;
• State Bar of Texas Webcast- "New FCC Unbundling Rules:  Can Competition Survive"-February 2005

Education

• Juris Doctor, University of Texas School of Law, 1992
• Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin, 1989

Honors and Awards

• 2009 Sustainability Champion, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment - Office of Environmental Integration and Sustainability
• 2009 Best of Springs Business "Minority Business Leader", Colorado Springs Business Journal
• Martindale-Hubbell "Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers"
• Marquis "Who's Who in American Law"
• College of the State Bar of Texas