Barrett Hawks has recently retired as a partner, where he practiced for many years as a member of Sutherland's Energy and Environmental Practice Group, focusing on representing electric utilities and other electric industry participants in a variety of transactional matters. Barrett is certified as a mediator by the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution and the American Arbitration Association. Representative Experience Barrett's extensive experience includes: · Designing dispute resolution provisions in utility contracts and dispute resolution systems in utility disputes. · Providing advocacy in multi-party utility mediations. · Assisting in arbitrations of utility contract disputes. · Mediating and arbitrating a variety of utility and other business disputes. · Working with generating utilities and groups of distribution utilities to resolve conflicts over rates, allocations of costs, debt restructuring and power purchase contract changes. · Serving on special task forces to resolve difficult community conflicts. · Heading up several strategic planning initiatives for religious groups and law firms. · Serving as a board member on various corporate, religious, educational and community boards. · Advising on generation asset co-ownership arrangements. · Providing counsel on generation asset acquisition and disposition transactions. · Providing counsel on generation and transmission asset corporate separation transactions. · Representing clients in the development of multiple combined-cycle units. · Served to the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Navy Judge Advocates Corps from 1965 through 1979. PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT · Vice Chair, Dispute Resolution Committee and Vice Chair, Corporate Finance Committee, Council Group of the Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law, American Bar Association · Member and Chairman, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) Generation and Transmission Indenture (G&T) Lawyers Committee · Former Member, Board of Governors, State Bar of Georgia Industries · Electric Power News Sutherland's New Blog Captures Cutting-Edge Developments in Coop Industry
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