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Linda Gillespie Stuntz Linda Stuntz is a founding partner of the law firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C. in Washington, D.C. Her law practice includes energy and environmental regulation, as well as matters relating to government support of technology development and transfer.
Ms. Stuntz served as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy under President George H.W. Bush. In that position, and in other senior policy positions at the Department between 1989 and 1993, she played a principal role in the development and enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
Ms. Stuntz also helped to develop the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, and was active in the implementation of these amendments, particularly the acid rain and alternative fuels programs. In addition, she worked extensively on issues related to potential global climate change and energy-related measures to minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
During both her government service and her private law practice, she has addressed questions arising under the Natural Gas Act, the Natural Gas Policy Act, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. She has been an arbitrator and an expert witness in complex cases involving the electric power, natural gas and coal industries.
Between 1981 and 1987, Ms. Stuntz was an Associate Minority Counsel and Minority Counsel to the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Stuntz serves on the boards of directors of Raytheon Company and Royal Dutch Shell plc. She served on the board of Schlumberger, Ltd. from 1993-2010, and on the board of American Electric Power from 1993-2004. A long-time member of the Energy Bar Association and a frequent speaker on electricity and natural gas regulation, she was named by the Legal Times in May 2005 as one of the leading energy lawyers in the nation. A former member of the National Commission on Energy Policy, she served as Chair of the Electricity Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Energy from 2008-2009. In January 2009, the Committee produced three reports addressing electricity storage, smart grid and “Keeping the Lights On in a New World.”
Ms. Stuntz received a B.A. with honors in 1976 from Wittenberg University and her law degree, also with honors, in 1979 from Harvard. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.
Randall Davis is currently a member of the law firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C., specializing in legislative and regulatory matters affecting the energy industries. Prior to co founding the firm of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C., Mr. Davis was a partner in the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue. Prior to joining Jones, Day in March, 1987, Mr. Davis was Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science at the Office of Management and Budget. He joined the Office of Management and Budget in April, 1985.
Mr. Davis came to the Office of Management and Budget from the White House Office of Policy Development, where he was Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Natural Resources and principal staff member to the Cabinet Council on Natural Resources and the Environment. Prior to that, Mr. Davis served as Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, where he helped to formulate and implement strategy on subjects such as foreign affairs, budget, tax, and regulatory issues.
Before joining the White House staff in January, 1983, Mr. Davis was the Minority Counsel and Staff Director of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce from January, 1981 to January 1983 and was Associate Minority Counsel of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee from July, 1978 until January, 1981.
Mr. Davis received his Juris Doctor degree from Catholic University of America in 1977 and his B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from Wilmington College in 1973. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.
John R. Staffier has practiced for over 25 years in the area of energy-related litigation and transactions. Mr. Staffier has represented clients before a variety of federal and state regulatory agencies, including the Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and the California Public Utilities Commission, and before U.S. appellate courts. He has been involved in pipeline and storage certificate proceedings, facility siting cases, and gas and electric rate cases, as well as numerous rulemaking proceedings and import/export authorization proceedings. He has also advised clients on electric restructuring issues and on regulatory issues related to acquisitions of jurisdictional electric facilities.
In addition, Mr. Staffier has extensive experience working with international energy projects, primarily on behalf of foreign participants. His work in this area has involved the negotiation and drafting of gas and LNG purchase and sales agreements and the litigation of complex issues, including the pricing of gas supplies and the siting of energy facilities. He has had extensive involvement in several international arbitrations, both as counsel and as an arbitrator. He has served as a party named arbitrator on five occasions. He recently completed service as an arbitrator in a dispute between two New England electric utilities and a Canadian gas supplier involving the interpretation and implementation of certain contractual issues in the context of changed conditions in the New England electricity market, and in a dispute between an electricity supplier and a purchaser in Florida involving the interpretation and application of contractual pricing provisions.
Mr. Staffier has also represented foreign suppliers of imported LNG to the U.S., where his work focused on the drafting of contractual pricing, price redetermination, and arbitration provisions and on explaining U.S. regulatory requirements and practices. He has had extensive experience and involvement in jurisdictional and siting issues related to U.S. LNG facilities. Most recently, he has participated in the FERC’s review of its policies regarding LNG facility jurisdiction, and in lobbying regarding modifications to the Deepwater Ports Act which made offshore LNG facilities subject to regulation under that statute. Mr. Staffier has also represented capital investment firms in analyzing energy-related mergers and related State and Federal electric and gas regulatory issues, as well as numerous electric and gas issues related to the California energy crisis.
Prior to joining Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C., in 1997, Mr. Staffier was a partner in the law firms of Van Ness Feldman, (1994-1996) and McHenry & Staffier, (1975-1994). Before entering private practice with McHenry & Staffier, Mr. Staffier served as a Staff Attorney with the Federal Power Commission (now FERC), where he was involved in the litigation of pipeline rates and certificate matters. He later worked in the Office of the Solicitor of the Federal Power Commission where he represented the Commission on electric and gas regulatory issues before various federal trial and appellate courts.
Mr. Staffier received a J.D. from Boston University in 1972 and a B.A. from Columbia University in 1968. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Massachusetts Bar, the Energy Bar Association, and the American Bar Association.
Ellen Swyler Young is a Principal of Stuntz, Davis & Staffier, P.C. Ms. Young concentrates her practice primarily in the areas of energy and the environment, with particular emphasis on legislative and regulatory issues relating to the electricity industry. She has expertise in litigation, administrative law and agency practice, and legislative practice, including legislative analysis, drafting and strategy development and implementation. Ms. Young has represented clients in both the legislative debates on and subsequent administrative implementation of major energy and environmental legislation, including the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. She represents clients before Congress and administrative agencies in connection with a wide variety of energy policy issues, including electric industry restructuring, energy efficiency and renewable energy, new technology development and deployment, alternative transportation fuels and vehicles, and appropriations for federal energy programs. Ms. Young also represents clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in rulemaking proceedings as well as administrative litigation. She also advises clients on a wide range of issues related to influencing policy development at the Federal level, including campaign finance regulations, lobbying requirements and House and Senate rules and procedures.
Prior to joining Stuntz & Davis in July, 1995, Ms. Young was Counsel to Van Ness Feldman. Before entering private practice, Ms. Young served in staff capacities with the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.
Ms. Young received her undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the American University, Washington, D.C. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and is a member of the Energy Bar Association.
Jim Moeller joined Stuntz, Davis and Staffier, P.C. as Of Counsel in 2007. Mr. Moeller represents clients primarily on energy regulatory and policy matters in the areas of electric transmission and natural gas regulation.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Moeller served as an attorney-advisor at the SEC Office of Public Utility Regulation where he was responsible for approving, upon reviewal, many large public utilities deals including mergers. Mr. Moeller has also amassed years of experience in private practice representing clients in front of the FERC, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other state public services commissions.
Mr. Moeller received a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1984, a M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from Tufts University in 1984, and a B.A. in International Relations from Lake Forest College in 1980. He is admitted to practice before the District of Columbia Bar and is a member of the Energy Bar Association.
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