Todd M. Swanson Email & Phone Number

Charleston, West Virginia Area

• While at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC I have:
• Represented an independent investment management firm in its acquisition of an investor-owned local distribution company before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia ("PSC").
• Represented large local distribution companies before the PSC in base rate cases, cost of gas purchased cases, depreciation rate cases, bypass cases, and formal customer complaint cases.
• Represented a private equity firm in its evaluation of several natural gas-fired power generation facilities.
• Represented a PURPA qualifying facility before the PSC in a complaint case asking the PSC to require an electric utility to consent to a refinancing of the qualifying facility’s outstanding debt.
• Represented a PURPA qualifying facility before the PSC in a dispute involving the ownership of renewable energy certificates.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Worked on issues concerning various areas including ultrahazardous activity liability, HIPAA compliance standards, summary judgment standards, municipality bond financing standards, EPA and state stormwater regulations, standards for successor corporation liability, and standards for piercing the corporate veil.

Worked on litigation, administrative law, public utility, real estate, and tax related matters.

Reported on various high school and college sporting events. Worked on daily pagination for the sports section. Researched and wrote feature stories on a variety of athletes and events.

J.D., Juris Doctor

• 2004-2007 Recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship

M.B.A., Master Of Business Administration

B.S., Business Administration - Computer Information Systems