Duane Morris Partner Honored by Energy Group; Hollis Among '50 Key Women in Energy'.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 18, 2003 Sheila Slocum Hollis, of the Washington, D.C. office of Duane Morris, one of the 100 largest law firms in the nation, was honored as one of the "50 Key Women in Energy" for 2002 by an association of energy groups. Ms. Hollis was named in the Legal Excellence category for her leadership on behalf of peers and clients in the energy community. Ms. Hollis was selected from nearly 350 nominations representing 38 countries worldwide. The 50 Key Women in Energy honorees were selected by a global panel of energy industry experts, including Rader Energy, Houston; Commodities Now magazine, London; and corporate sponsors Entergy-Koch, LP, Houston and Jacobs Consultancy, Pasadena, Calif. Ms. Hollis is chair of Duane Morris' Energy, Environment and Resources group practicing in the areas of energy transactional and regulatory law and international and administrative law before government agencies, Congress and other entities. She is the managing partner of the Washington, D.C. office of the firm and serves on the Partners Board. Ms. Hollis specializes in domestic and international energy, water and environmental matters, representing governmental bodies and the power and natural gas industries. She also serves as a legal consultant to energy producing nations and states, aiding them in formulating energy laws ands policies. Ms. Hollis was the first Director of the Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency with jurisdiction over electricity sales, wholesale electric rates, hydroelectric licensing, natural gas pricing, and oil pipeline rates. , establishing the office and its policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental , serving from 1977 to 1980 and was a trial lawyer at the Federal Power Commission from 1974 to 1975. Over the course of her career, she has played a key role in the formation and implementation of energy law and policy. Ms. Hollis is the immediate past chair of the Section of Environment, Energy and Resources of the American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA), voluntary organization of lawyers admitted to the bar of any state. Founded (1878) largely through the efforts of the Connecticut Bar Association, it is devoted to improving the administration of justice, seeking uniformity of law (ABA) and served in the ABA's House of Delegates House of Delegates n. The lower house of the state legislature in Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. from 1993 to 2001. In addition, she served as chair of the Standing Committee on Environmental Law from 1997 to 2000, served two terms as chair of the ABA's Coordinating Group on Energy Law and served for several years on the Nominating Committee of the ABA. She also serves on the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. A Fellow of the ABA, Ms. Hollis serves on the Editorial Board of the ABA Journal and was a member of the ABA's Standing Committee on Gavel gavel small mallet used by judge or presiding officer to signal order. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority Awards. Ms. Hollis was the first woman to serve as president of the Federal Energy Bar Association (1991 to 1992). Since 1997, she has served as president of the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment. She is the first person to serve as both president of the Energy Bar and chair of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy and Resources. She is a board member of the United States Energy Association and a member of the advisory committee of the North American Energy Standards Board. Ms. Hollis served as a professorial lecturer on the subject of energy law at The George Washington University Law School The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, was founded in 1865 and is the oldest law school in the District of Columbia. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law from 1979 to 1999. Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and Colorado, she is a member of the American Law Institute The American Law Institute (ALI) was established in 1923 to promote the clarification and simplification of American common law and its adaptation to changing social needs. and serves on the board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. of the Center for American and International Law and as vice chair of its Institute for Energy Law. With an extensive background in international energy law, Ms. Hollis is admitted as an honorary, international member of the Commercial Bar of England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. . She is a member of the Energy, International, Women's and Federal Bar Associations and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Ms. Hollis is widely published in energy law and policy matters, having co-authored two energy law texts and numerous articles on energy policy, energy enforcement, natural gas, independent power and cogeneration, and hydroelectric energy regulation. She was ranked by the National Law Journal as one of the top 20 energy lawyers in the United States and is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World and other biographical directories. Ms. Hollis is a 1973 graduate of the University of Denver Background and rankings The University was founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, the former Territorial Governor of Colorado, who had been appointed by US President Abraham Lincoln. College of Law and a graduate of the University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
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