Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jason Leif's practice is concentrated on matters that affect companies participating in the energy industry. His practice focuses on issues associated with energy investigations and compliance, pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) construction and permitting, rates and tariffs, asset acquisitions and divestitures, and energy-related contract arrangements. Jason has conducted internal investigations and worked with companies responding to inquiries from regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Representative clients in recent public matters include BP, Chevron, and CenterPoint Energy.

Before joining Jones Day, Jason worked at the FERC, where he advised administrative law judges in litigation involving gas pipelines, oil pipelines, and electric utilities. He contributed to decisions relating to an electric utility merger, transmission tariffs, and rate design issues. Jason is a member of the Energy Bar Association (EBA), the Texas Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. He serves as member of the EBA's board of directors and is past president of the EBA's Houston Chapter, where he remains on the board. Jason also is a member of the EBA's Natural Gas Regulation & Compliance Committee, of which he was previously a vice chair, and the Oil Pipeline Regulation Committee.

Areas of Practice

• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Energy Regulatory
• Energy/Utilities
• Corporate Compliance Programs

Representative Cases

• Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
• Cove Point LNG Terminal Activities
• Development of New LNG Facility
• FERC Compliance and Enforcement Regarding Natural Gas Matters , (2009)
• Kenai-Kachemak Pipeline
• LNG Import Facilities
• LNG Interventions
• Natural Gas Pipeline Development
• Offshore Pipeline System Acquisition
• Oil Pipeline
• Option Sale in Midkiff-Benedum System
• Regulatory Approval of Gas Supply Agreement
• Trading Investigations
• Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Quality Bank

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New Jersey
• Texas

Education

• American University

Published Works

• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Energy-Related Appropriations (updated April 20, 2009), 2009
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Energy-Related Appropriations, 2009
• FERC's Enforcement Program—Incremental Updates, 2008
• FERC Revises Its Rules on Critical Energy Infrastructure Information Effective November 2006, 2006
• Congress, FERC issue warning to marketers in energy industry, Houston Business Journal, 2006
• Energy Policy Act of 2005: Summary and Analysis of the Act's Major Provisions, LexisNexis, 2006

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