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Paul W. Fox
Managing Partner, Seattle
Assistant
Nancy Foley206.204.6200
Paul Fox is a member of the Litigation Group and is serving his fourth term on the firm's Management Committee. On July 1, 2010, Paul became Managing Partner of the firm's new Seattle office. He also heads the Regulatory Dispute component of the Litigation Group.
Paul represents domestic and foreign electric and natural gas companies on matters dealing with cross-border trade, competition, open access to transmission, enforcement and investigations, ratemaking, rulemakings, restructuring and regulatory compliance. He has more than 35 years of experience litigating complex, multi-party proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), federal trial and appellate courts and arbitration tribunals in the U.S. and Canada. He has more than 18 years of experience representing Canadian and US clients in the Pacific Northwest, and has also appeared before the National Energy Board of Canada and the British Columbia Utilities Commission.
Particularly credentialed in cross-border energy trade with Canada, he advises on electricity trade in bilateral and organized markets throughout the Western Energy Coordination Council region, and has extensive experience with major hydropower systems. His practice includes issues arising under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and the Columbia River Treaty. He has also been involved with gas import projects from both Canada and Mexico.
Representative Matters
Representation of major Canadian electric utility on restructuring, export, treaty, transmission and reciprocal access issues.
Representation of major Canadian electric utility's power marketing subsidiary in complex, multi-party, multi-year litigation before the FERC, the DOE, the CFTC and federal trial and appellate courts, and in FERC investigations, arising from the California Power Crisis of 2000-2001.
Involvement in contested BPA rate, tariff, transmission and arbitration proceedings.
Advice and counsel regarding regulatory issues affecting power projects in Texas, Montana and Washington.
Advise power sellers with respect to market-based rate and open access transmission issues, and enforcement and compliance issues including participation in FERC rulemakings.
Consultation on matters involving the Columbia River Treaty, including the return of Downstream Benefits to Canada, and the Skagit River Treaty.
Represented numerous Canadian natural gas aggregators and exporters in pipeline restructuring and open access proceedings before FERC.
Represented consortium of US interstate pipelines importing natural gas from Mexico.
Represented Florida's largest gas distribution company in tariff, rate, transportation and certificate proceedings before FERC.
Represented major Texas intrastate pipeline in FERC litigation involving interstate dedication and abandonment issues.
Education
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, 1972
B.A., Harvard University, 1970
Bar Admissions
District of Columbia
Texas
Washington
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 9th and District of Columbia Circuits
U.S. Supreme Court
Affiliations
Energy Bar Association
Noteworthy
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation), 2011
US Legal 500, Energy Litigation, 2010, 2011
