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| Contact Info | Telephone: 202-955-1567
Fax: 202-778-2201
http://www.hunton.com
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| University | American University of Beirut, B.E., 1984; University of California, Berkeley (M.S., 1985; Ph.D., 1989) |
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| Law School | Emory University, School of Law, J.D., first honor, 1996 |
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| Admitted | 1996, Georgia; 1998, District of Columbia; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2008, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia |
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| Memberships | State Bar of Georgia; District of Columbia Bar. |
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| Languages | Arabic and French |
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| Born | Beirut, Lebanon, January 1, 1963 |
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| Biography | First Honor Graduate. Order of the Coif. Recipient of 7 AmJur Awards. Executive Articles Editor, Emory University Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to Hon. Stanley F. Birch, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1996-1997. Licensed Professional Engineer, Maryland, 1992. American Society of Civil Engineers, 1985. Author: "Unfunded Mandates: An Issue of Federalism or a 'Brilliant Sound Bite'?," 45 Emory L.J. 281 (1996). Author: "Utility Settlements in New Source Review Lawsuits," ABA Natural Resources & Environment Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 3, Winter 2004.
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| Reported Cases | Sierra Club v. Otter Tail Power Co., 608 F.Supp.2d 1120 (D.S.D. 2009); Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp., 127 S.Ct. 1423 (2007); U.S. v. Duke Energy Corp., 411 F.3d 539 (4th Cir. 2005); New York v. Environmental Protection Agency, 443 F.3d 880 (D.C. Cir. 2006); New York v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 413 F.3d 3 (D.C. Cir. 2005); Tennessee Valley Authority v. Whitman, 336 F. 3d 1236 (11th Cir. 2003). |
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| ISLN | 912365778 |
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U.S. District Court Delivers Major New Source Review Victory for Electric Utility Industry in U.S., et al. v. DTE Energy Company and Detroit Edison Company (E.D. Mich.)Mark B. Bierbower,F. William Brownell,Makram Jaber,Harry M. Johnson,Brent A. Rosser,George P. Sibley, December 21, 2011 On August 23, 2011, in U.S., et al. v. DTE Energy Company, et al., C.A. No. 10-13101, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, in an opinion written by Judge Bernard A. Friedman, held that an electric utility did not violate the Clean Air Act (“CAA”) by undertaking... |
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