Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Doug Beresford has over 25 years of experience in all facets of energy practice, including representation of clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state regulatory commissions, negotiations with the U.S. Rural Utilities Service and other regulatory authorities, and litigation before the U.S. courts of appeals and state appellate courts. His practice focuses on transactions and regulation involving the financial and corporate structures of utilities and energy projects.

Doug has represented a wide variety of clients, including rural electric cooperatives, investor-owned electric utilities, natural gas pipeline companies, local distribution companies, and industrial consumers. Doug has extensive experience with issues concerning independent power production, open-access transmission, market power, and market-based competition.

Areas of Practice

• Energy

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia, 1982
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court District of Columbia
• U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Associations and Memberships

• District of Columbia Bar (Member)
• Federal Energy Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1982
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
  
  Law Review: Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1981 - 1982
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978
  A.B.
  Honors: cum laude

Address

555 Thirteenth Street, NorthWest
Washington, DC 20004

Phones

(202) 637-5819

Faxes

(202) 637-5910

Emails

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