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| | Location | | 1333 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. | | Washington, District of Columbia 20036 | | | |
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| Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Energy, Administrative, Airport, Antitrust, Appellate, Communications and Media, Environmental, Federal Legislative, Government Affairs, Hydroelectricity, Litigation, Municipal Infrastructure, Natural Resources, Public Utilities, Qui Tam, Regulatory and Transportation Law before Federal and State Courts, Agencies and Congress. | Firm Profile:
Founded in Washington, DC, in 1967, Spiegel & McDiarmid LLP is a mid-sized, national law firm that focuses on helping local and state governments and consumer groups develop and manage public infrastructure. Our firm is distinctive in that an abiding commitment to the public good permeates all areas of the practice. Clients include municipalities, cooperative utilities, public agencies, regional and national energy associations, airports, telecommunications service users, and municipal providers of telecommunication services. The firm also assists local government clients in a range of federal legislative, appropriations and agency matters, and it manages the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP). Pro bono projects typically involve free speech/First Amendment issues, discrimination, gay rights, and local environmental matters. | | Firm Size: 31 | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | George Spiegel (1919-1997). | | Robert C. McDiarmid (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1937; admitted to bar, 1964, DC and VA; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Swarthmore College (B.S., with honors, Mechanical Engineering, 1958); Cornell University (M.S., Engineering Physics, 1960); Harvard University (LL.B., 1963). Recipient: McCabe Engineering Award. Attorney, Civil Division, Appellate Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1964-68. Assistant to the General Counsel, Federal Power Commission, 1968-70. Practice Areas: Energy; Antitrust; Litigation; Administrative Law; Utility Law; Utility Transmission. Email: Robert C. McDiarmid | | Robert A. Jablon (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1939; admitted to bar, 1965, NY; 1969, DC and U.S. Supreme Court; 1998, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., with honors, 1961); Harvard University (LL.B., 1964). Trial Attorney and Supervisory Trial Attorney, Federal Power Commission, 1965-70. Assistant General Counsel, Administrative Proceedings, New York State Public Service Commission, 1970-72. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Administrative Law; Energy; Municipal; Mergers; Electric Cooperatives; Utilities; Litigation; Regulatory; Appellate Practice; Contracts. Email: Robert A. Jablon | | James N. Horwood (Member) born East Cleveland, Ohio, 1936; admitted to bar, 1961, OH; 1967, U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, DC. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S. in Econ., 1958; LL.B., 1961). Attorney and Supervisory Trial Attorney: Federal Power Commission, 1962-71; Postal Rate Commission, 1971-72. Member, Board of Directors, Alliance for Community Media, 1990—. Practice Areas: Energy; Administrative Law; Cable; Communications Law; Media Law; Municipal; Regulatory; Utility Law. Email: James N. Horwood | | Frances E. Francis (Member) born Los Angeles, California, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, NJ; 1974, DC; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 1962); Yale University (LL.B., 1965); Harvard University (M.P.A., 1969). Visiting Professor, National Law Center, George Washington University, 1980-81. Assistant to Federal Power Commission Commissioner, 1965-68. Attorney, Federal Power Commission, 1969-70. Consultant: New England River Basin Commission, 1971-72; Energy Policy Project, 1973-74. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Energy; Hydroelectricity; Energy Project Development; Utility Law; Hydroelectricity Licensing; Nuclear; Water. Email: Frances E. Francis | | Daniel I. Davidson (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1936; admitted to bar, 1959, New York; 1972, DC; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Columbia University (A.B., 1957; J.D., 1959). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1958-59. Member, U.S. Delegation, Paris Peace Talks (Vietnam), 1968. Staff Member, National Security Council, 1968-69. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Antitrust; Energy; Hydroelectricity; Qui Tam; Utility Law; Regulatory. Email: Daniel I. Davidson | | Thomas C. Trauger (Member) born Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, DC. Education: Washington University (B.S., Electrical Engineering and A.B., Economics, 1972); University of Cologne, Germany; Harvard University (J.D., 1977). Langsdorf Engineering Fellowship. Tau Beta Pi. Fulbright Scholar in Energy Economics. Practice Areas: Energy; Restructuring; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust; Agricultural. Email: Thomas C. Trauger | | John J. Corbett, Jr. (Member) born Lynn, Massachusetts, 1939; admitted to bar, 1968, DC; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Catholic University of America (Ph.B., 1961); Georgetown University (J.D., 1965). Practice Areas: Transportation; Airport Law; Aviation and Aerospace; Legislative; Appellate Practice; Regulation. Email: John J. Corbett, Jr. | | Cynthia Schneider Bogorad (Member) born New York, N.Y., 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, MA; 1979, DC; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., summa cum laude, 1974); Harvard University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Transmissions; Public Power; Utility Law; Energy; Wholesale Power Contracts; Administrative Law; Litigation; Antitrust. Email: Cynthia Schneider Bogorad | | Scott H. Strauss (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, DC; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1978); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., cum laude, 1981). Order of the Coif. Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1980-81. Named 2007 Washington, DC SuperLawyer. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Energy; Telecommunications; Energy Related Labor Law. Email: Scott H. Strauss | | Lisa G. Dowden (Member) born Lake Forest, Illinois, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, DC. Education: Washington University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Harvard University (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Utility Law; Environmental Law; Energy. Email: Lisa G. Dowden | | Rise J. Peters (1961-2007). | | Peter J. Hopkins (Member) born 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, DC. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1979); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Practice Areas: Energy; Qui Tam Litigation; Telecommunications; Cable Programming; First Amendment. Email: Peter J. Hopkins | | David E. Pomper (Member) born Queens, New York, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, PA (inactive); 1991, DC; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1984); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1989). Named 2007 Washington, DC SuperLawyer. Practice Areas: Energy; Utility Law; Regulatory; Environmental Law. Email: David E. Pomper | | Mark S. Hegedus (Partner) born Muskegon, Michigan, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, IL; 1992, DC. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., with distinction, 1985); New York University (J.D., 1991). Trial Attorney, Transportation, Energy & Agriculture Section, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998-2002. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Utilities; Energy; International Energy Law. Email: Mark S. Hegedus | | William S. Huang (Member) born Urbana, Illinois, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, NY; 1988, DC; 1995, CA. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1981); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Masters in City Planning, 1983); Yale University (J.D., 1986); University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D., City and Regional Planning, 1998). Practice Areas: Energy; Hydroelectricity; Administrative Law; Land Use. Email: William S. Huang | | Pablo O. Nüesch (Member) born Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, SC; 1999, DC. Education: Florida Institute of Technology (B.S., Aviation Management, 1987); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Aviation; Airport Law and Regulation; Transportation. Email: Pablo O. Nüesch | | Tillman L. Lay (Partner) born Knoxville, Tennessee, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, DC; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with highest honors, 1977); University of Michigan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1980). Order of the Coif. Articles and Executive Editor, 1979-80; Associate Editor, 1978-79, Michigan Law Review. Practice Areas: Communications and Media; Telecommunications Regulation; Cable; Administrative Law; Appellate Practice; Constitutional Law. Email: Tillman L. Lay | | Larissa A. Shamraj (Partner) admitted to bar, 1999, AK; 2000, DC. Education: Wellesley College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Energy; Public Power; Utility Law; Administrative Law. Email: Larissa A. Shamraj | | OF COUNSEL | | Paul N. Connor (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., 1956; admitted to bar, 1984, OH; 2006, DC. Education: Western Washington University (B.S., 1979); Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College (J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Environmental Law. Email: Paul N. Connor | | Margaret A. McGoldrick (Of Counsel) born Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, DC; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Albion College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Practice Areas: Energy; Contracts; Administrative Law; Arbitration; Public Utility Law. Email: Margaret A. McGoldrick | | Margaret A. Meiser (Of Counsel) born Fort Yukon, Alaska, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, MA; 1992, DC. Education: Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1983); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Georgetown Women's Law Fellow, U.S. Senate, 1989-90. Practice Areas: Energy. Email: Margaret A. Meiser | | Jeffrey A. Schwarz (Of Counsel) born New York, N.Y., 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, VA; 1997, DC; 1998, MA. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1991); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Beta Kappa. Practice Areas: Litigation; Energy. Email: Jeffrey A. Schwarz | | Barry M. Smoler (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, DC; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1962); Harvard University (J.D., 1965). Phi Beta Kappa. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Pipeline Certificates, 1984-89; Assistant General for Rulemaking and Environmental Law, 1990; Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Hydroelectric Licensing, 1991-00. Practice Areas: Energy; Hydroelectricity Licensing. Email: Barry M. Smoler | | Gloria Tristani (Of Counsel) born San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1953; admitted to bar, 1990, NM; 1993, CO; 2007, DC. Education: Barnard College, Columbia University (B.A., 1987); University of New Mexico (J.D., 1990). Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, 1997-01. Commissioner, 1995-97 and Commission Chair, 1996, New Mexico State Corporation Commission. Assistant to U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (D, NM), 1983-87. Member: Hispanic National Bar. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Media Law; Communications Law; Telecommunications Regulation; Public Policy; Legislative. | | Lee C. White (Of Counsel) born Omaha, Nebraska, 1923; admitted to bar, 1950, NE; 1958, DC; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (B.S. in E.E., 1948; LL.B., 1950). Editor-in-Chief, Nebraska Law Review, 1949-50. Chairman, Federal Power Commission, 1966-69. Special Counsel to President Johnson, 1963-66. Assistant Special Counsel to President Kennedy, 1961-63. Administrative Assistant to Senator John Sherman Cooper, 1958-61. Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business, 1957-58. Legislative Assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy, 1954-57. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Energy. Email: Lee C. White | | Alan J. Roth (1933-2003). | | ASSOCIATES | | Stephen C. Pearson (Associate) born Thousand Oaks, California, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, OR; 2003, DC. Education: University of Michigan (B.S.E., Nuclear Engineering, cum laude, 1991; M.S.E., Nuclear Engineering, 1993); Northwestern School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Practice Areas: Energy; Hydroelectricity. Email: Stephen C. Pearson | | Elaine C. Lippmann (Associate) born San Francisco, California, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, MD and U.S. Court of Federal Claims; 2004, PA; 2006, DC. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 1996); Northeastern University (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental Law; Aviation Law. Email: Elaine C. Lippmann | | J.S. Gebhart (Associate) born Decatur, Illinois, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, MD; 2004, DC. Education: Wellesley College (A.B., 1998); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Energy. | | Ruben D. Gomez (Associate) born New York, N.Y., 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, DC. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1997); John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (M.P.P., 2001); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 2004). President, Kennedy School Student Government. Practice Areas: Energy; Telecommunications; Administrative Law. | | Rebecca J. Baldwin (Associate) born Urbana, Illinois, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, MD; 2006, DC. Education: Rice University (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Columbia University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Energy; Environmental Law. Email: Rebecca J. Baldwin | | Sharon Coleman (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, CA; 2008, DC. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1998); Columbia University (M.A., Human Rights Studies, 2003); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Energy. Email: Sharon Coleman | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Carol J. Gloss (Executive Director) born Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1943; Education: University of Northern Colorado (B.A., 1965). Listed in Cambridge Who's Who. Member: Association of Legal Administrators; Legal Marketing Association; International Legal Technology Association; American Bar Association; Society for Human Resource Management. Email: Carol J. Gloss |
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