Background
Watkiss, Jeffrey D. was born on March 24, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Watkiss, Jeffrey D. was born on March 24, 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Stanford University (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). University of Utah (Juris Doctor, 1980). Spoken languages: French and Spanish.
Worked at Bracewell & Patterson, Limited liability partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Energy and Environmental. Admitted to the bar, 1980, District of Columbia. Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Utah Law Review, 1979-1980.
Author: "Environmental Auding--Independent Counsel"s Perspective," Environmental Health and Safety Auditing Handbook (2ed.
1994); "Energy Policy Acting of 1992--Watershed for Competitive Wholesale Power," 10 Yale J. on Regular (1993); "Environmental Protection Agency Rules for Acid Rain Program," Clean Air Law and Regulation (1992).
"Deregulatory Myopia: Sacrificing The Filed Rate Doctrine and Rule Against Retroactive Ratemaking to Promote Competition in Gas Markers," 42 Southwest Lord Justice 712, (1988). "Utility Diversification and Federal Rate Regulation of Inter-Affiliate Transactions," 2 Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law 1, (1982).
"An Intermediate Appellate Court: Does Utah Need One?" 1979 Utah Law Review 107.
Special Assistant to Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, 1982-1985. Senior Litigation Attorney, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 1985-1986. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Federal Energy Bar Association.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. Federal Energy Bar Association.