Fred advocates for clients before Congress and federal agencies. Clients trust him for his insightful and practical know-how acquired from years spent as Counsel to the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee. That experience significantly informs his advocacy in the energy and environmental arena, where he works on electricity and energy policy; carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS); electric transmission and generation issues; climate change; environmental risk management; data and privacy; cybersecurity; and critical infrastructure and infrastructure permitting. Fred is skilled at devising and implementing legislation, rulemaking, and permitting strategies integrating an understanding of a client's business, the law, and the policy considerations that underpin it.Fred maintains a diverse practice, assisting clients in a myriad of data, privacy, technology, and security issues. He has worked extensively on privacy and data breach notice and security legislation, and a variety of bills affecting the use and management of personal information. Fred also has drafted legislation and regulations relating to protection of critical infrastructure.Regarding CCUS, Fred has practiced in this area for nearly 20 years. He spearheaded the formation of industry groups focused on the expansion of CCUS and chairs the CCUS Consortium's Legal and Regulatory Committee. He advises on CCUS projects, has authored federal CCUS risk management and regulatory legislation, and drafted legislation for several states.Fred writes and speaks regularly on issues related to his practice. He is also an editor of and a frequent contributor to the firm's Nickel Report blog.

Bar Admissions
District of Columbia

Education
JD, The George Washington University, 1994

BA, Allegheny College, Alden Scholar; Academic All American, 1986

Addressing Long-Term Stewardship of Carbon Dioxide, National Law Journal

Calif. Order Shows Power Act's Enviro Liability Shield At Work, Law360

Capturing and Storing Carbon: Risks and Liabilities, Executive Counsel

Carbon Capture and Sequestration in the United States, Hunton & Williams White Paper

Carbon Capture: A Piece of the Climate Puzzle, ABA Natural Resources & Environment Journal

CCS Project Developers Downplay Effects Of FutureGen's Likely Demise, InsideEPA/Climate

Coal's Regulatory Renaissance

Commentary: EPA Must Approve Primacy for Texas CCS Wells, Hart Energy

Cybersecurity Standards for Owners of Critical Infrastructure, The National Law Journal

ESG Hot Topics

Legal and Regulatory Dimensions of Carbon Capture and Storage, in The Urgency of Sustainable Coal, National Coal Council

Leveling The Playing Field, Policy Parity for Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies, National Coal Council

Online Feature: CCUS: Dispelling myths about risk, Hydrocarbon Processing

Section 45Q Tax Credit Increase may Spur Carbon Capture, Law360

The Indispensability of Coal, Electricity Today

The Layered Approach to Liability for Geologic Sequestration of CO2, Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review

The nuts and bolts of carbon recapture, The National Law Journal