| KEVIN F. PENDERS, Associate - Boston, Massachusetts |
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Kevin F. Penders is an associate in Keegan Werlin's energy, regulatory and government relations practices specializing in energy and public utility law as well as governmental and legislative advocacy. Mr. Penders represents clients before administrative agencies on issues concerning rates, forecast and supply planning, corporate financing, energy procurement, energy efficiency, facility siting, and other regulatory matters.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Penders was the Manager of Regulatory Relations for National Grid's US Transmission Division and prior to the merger between the two companies served as the Manager of Regulatory Relations for New England Gas Company, a local distribution gas company in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. He also previously worked for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a hearing officer for the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities, as the deputy counsel for the House Committee on Taxation, and as a legislative auditor for the Senate Committee on Post-Audit and Oversight. He is a past co-chair of the Boston Bar Association's Energy and Telecommunications Law Committee.
Prior to receiving his Juris Doctor from New England School of Law, where he was an associate editor for the Environmental Law Forum, Mr. Penders received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a concentration in Asian Studies from the College of the Holy Cross, and he is also a graduate of St. John's Preparatory High School. A former elected Trustee to the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library in Wakefield, and a former member of Arlington Town Meeting, Mr. Penders has taught courses on state and local government and the legislative process at Tufts University and New England School of Law. He is admitted to practice before the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Supreme Court of the United States.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Energy Law
Administrative Law
Public Utilities
Government Relations & Lobbying
BAR ADMISSIONS
Massachusetts, 1996
U.S. Supreme Court, 2004
EDUCATION
New England School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996
J.D.
Law Journal: Environmental Law Forum, Associate Editor, 1996
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA, USA, 1993
Political Science
Honors: Dean's List
Honors: Elias J. Atamian Award for Excellence in Middle Eastern Studies
CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT
Legislation, New England School of Law, 2003 - Present
Law and Ethics, Boston University School of Management, 2008 - Present
State and Local Government, Tufts University, 2000 - 2004
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Boston Bar Association, 2004 - Present
Co-Chair, Energy & Telecommunications Law Sub-Committee (2004-2006)
Massachusetts Bar Association, 2006 - Present
Member
Community Connections Fund, 2006
Secretary, Board of Directors
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library, 1994 - 2001
Board of Trustees
PAST EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS
Boston Bar Association, 2004 - Present
Co-Chair, Energy & Telecommunications Law Sub-Committee (2004-2006)
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