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Steve Weiler is Managing Shareholder of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Washington, D.C., office. With an emphasis in regulatory matters involving competitive energy markets, he has represented electric utilities, interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, local distribution companies, electric generators, hydroelectric projects, marketers and industrial end-users in a wide range of regulatory proceedings and administrative litigation before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and in appellate litigation and commercial transactions.
In recent years, Steve’s practice has focused on regulatory and transactional matters involving electric transmission providers, in particular on transmission rate and tariff proceedings. During this time, he also has represented independent power producers and electric utilities in the development, negotiation and pursuit of federal regulatory approval for mergers and acquisitions, the purchase or sale of generation facilities, transactions involving corporate affiliates, and matters involving market power. Furthermore, Steve has recently represented interstate and intrastate pipelines, as well as large customers, in pipeline rate proceedings at FERC and various state commissions. Additionally, he has also represented natural gas storage developers and storage customers, both in transactions and regulatory proceedings at FERC.
Before joining Leonard, Street and Deinard, Steve was Of Counsel at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a Partner at Keck, Mahin & Cate. Prior to entering private practice, he served as an advisory attorney in the FERC’s Office of the General Counsel.
EDUCATION
J.D., University of North Dakota School of Law, 1986
Order of the Barristers
M.A., summa cum laude, English, University of North Dakota, 1982
B.A., summa cum laude, English & Honors, University of North Dakota, 1979
ADMISSIONS
District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Seventh and Ninth Circuits
United States District Court for the District of Columbia | 