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I'm Counsel in the Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group with a distinguished career advising energy clients in the private sector and federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), on complex legal and policy matters in the energy and telecommunications fields. My full bio is here.

On May 23, 2025, President Trump signed four new executive orders (the Orders) to “usher in a nuclear energy renaissance.” In an article, the White House explained that the Orders provide “a path forward for nuclear innovation” as they “allow for reactor design testing at [Department of Energy (DOE)] labs, clear the way for