Robert J. Keegan is a founding partner of a mid-sized law firm that is renowned for its expertise in all facets of administrative and regulatory law within industries such as public utilities, energy facilities siting, automobile insurance and telecommunications.  He is an industry leader in representing electric generators and developers of energy storage and delivery infrastructure, as well as regulated and competitive retail energy providers and large energy users interested in exploring creative procurement strategies.  Mr. Keegan advises clients on matters relating to a broad range of regulatory and administrative compliance matters including, regulatory approval of mergers and acquisitions, utility rate plans, energy-supply contracts, renewable resources, and load-management initiatives.  He represents clients in adjudicatory and rulemaking proceedings involving rate-setting, pipeline safety, service quality and industry-restructuring issues.  Mr. Keegan has also successfully represented several client in appeals from the administrative record before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Before founding the firm in 1988, Mr. Keegan was appointed by the Governor for two terms as a Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities from 1983 to 1988.  Prior to his appointment as Commissioner, Mr. Keegan was Deputy Regional Counsel at the United States Department of Energy.  Prior to receiving his Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School, Mr. Keegan completed his Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Boston College.

Mr. Keegan is admitted to practice before the bars of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts and the First Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Northeast Gas Association, past member of the Board of Directors of the New England Canada Business Council, member of the Board of Directors of the Energy Coalition in California, member of the Guild of Gas Managers, and the past President and current Treasurer of the Society of Gas Lighting.