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E. Dandridge McDonald

Education

  • LL.B. University of Virginia
    B.S. Yale University

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia


E. Dandridge McDonald
Member

E. Dandridge McDonald
Member

Dan McDonald focuses his practice primarily on public utility and transportation law. Mr. McDonald represents privately owned public utilities, both publicly traded and closely held, as well as publicly owned public utilities such as municipalities and public service districts, and solid waste haulers, transfer stations, and motor carriers of passengers and property.

Mr. McDonald has extensive experience litigating applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity, utility rate cases, affiliated transactions cases, purchases and sales of public utilities, defense of customer complaints, agency rulemakings, and territorial disputes before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented major gas and water utilities in ten rate cases and four major acquisition or divesture cases
  • Defended a major natural gas producer from claims that its pipeline should be regulated
  • Assisted numerous clients in obtaining regulatory approval for financings, construction projects, agreements with affiliates

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2003
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 1985-2003
    Private law practice
  • 1977-1984
    Chairman, Public Service Commission of West Virginia
  • 1973-1976
    Public Service Commission of West Virginia
  • 1970-1973
    Fellow, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program
  • 1969-1970
    Ashland Oil, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • The Best Lawyers in America®

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • Board of Directors, Mountain State Justice, Inc.
  • Great Lakes Conference of Public Utility Commissioners

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Co-author of the Public Service Commission Practice section of the West Virginia Young Lawyers Practice Handbook