Leif, Jason F.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jason Leif represents energy industry participants, focusing on investigations and compliance, pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) construction and permitting, rates and tariffs, asset acquisitions and divestitures, and energy-related contracting matters.

Jason has conducted internal investigations and worked with companies responding to inquiries from regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Jason has tried cases before FERC administrative law judges (ALJs), including matters involving the impact imported LNG could have on natural gas-fired electric turbines and gas distribution facilities and the valuation of crude oil shipped from Alaska's North Slope through the Trans Alaska Pipeline. Representative clients in public matters include BP, CenterPoint Energy, and Chevron.

Before joining Jones Day, Jason worked at the FERC, where he advised ALJs 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 the board of directors of the Charitable Foundation of the EBA. Jason 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
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Energy Projects
• Energy Regulatory
• Energy Dispute Resolution
• Energy Marketing and Trading
• Energy/Utilities

Representative Cases

• Alon USA complies with regulatory requirements for refined oil products pipeline and facilities
• Atlas Pipeline Partners involved in option sale in Midkiff-Benedum System
• BP appears in regulatory proceeding concerning Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) Quality Bank
• BP considers regulatory and contractual issues for Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
• BP develops Crown Landing regasification facility on U.S. East Coast
• BP intervenes in FERC proceedings related to LNG import projects
• BP successfully resolves issues in FERC proceedings for Cove Point LNG import terminal
• Chevron proposes development of new U.S. LNG import facilities
• Major energy company undergoes internal investigation into potential FERC regulatory violations , (2009)
• Major U.S. gas transportation company to acquire U.S. offshore gathering, processing, and transportation assets of an international supermajor
• Major U.S. utility plans to develop 1,000-mile domestic natural gas pipeline
• Unocal forms joint venture Kenai-Kachemak Pipeline with Marathon Oil
• Unocal receives approval of gas supply agreement with Enstar from Regulatory Commission of Alaska

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New Jersey
• Texas

Education

• American University
• U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Published Works

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Defines Enforcement Priorities and Refines Enforcement Procedures, 2009
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Energy-Related Appropriations (updated June 1, 2009), 2009
• 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

Address

717 Texas
Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77002-2712

Phones

1.832.239.3727 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.832.239.3600 (Business Fax)

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com