Full Name
T.H. Bernard McNamee
Job Title
Partner,
Current Employer
McGuireWoods LLP
Speaker Bio
Former FERC Commissioner Bernard L. McNamee is a partner at McGuireWoods and a senior advisor at McGuireWoods Consulting. McNamee is also the Street Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at Appalachian School of Law. McNamee is widely regarded as a leader on energy policy and the law.
Before being nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, McNamee served in the U.S. Department of Energy as Executive Director of the Office of Policy and Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy. During his career, McNamee has served as a senior policy advisor to a U.S. Senator, and served four attorneys general in two states (Virginia and Texas), and was a policy advisor to a Virginia governor.
In addition, McNamee practiced energy law for almost 9-years representing clients at the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
McNamee received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Emory University School of Law.
Before being nominated by the president and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, McNamee served in the U.S. Department of Energy as Executive Director of the Office of Policy and Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy. During his career, McNamee has served as a senior policy advisor to a U.S. Senator, and served four attorneys general in two states (Virginia and Texas), and was a policy advisor to a Virginia governor.
In addition, McNamee practiced energy law for almost 9-years representing clients at the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission.
McNamee received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and his law degree from Emory University School of Law.
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