Background
Beach, R. Thomas was born on February 8, 1955 in Albany, New York, United States.
Beach, R. Thomas was born on February 8, 1955 in Albany, New York, United States.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors, 1977). University of California at Berkeley (Mechanical Engineering, 1980).
Worked at Brady & Berliner (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Administrative Law, Commercial Litigation, Appellate Advocacy, Intergovernmental Affairs, Legislative Practice, Health Policy, Maritime Law, International Trade, North American Energy Transactions, Oil and Gas Law and Public Utility Law. Staff Engineer, California Public Utilities Commission, 1981-1984. Advisor to California Public Utilities Commissioners Priscilla C. Grew, Donald Vial and G. Mitchell Wilk, 1984-1989.
(Resident, Berkeley California Office).
Brady & Berliner was founded in 1985 by Jerry M. Brady and Roger A. Berliner, former colleagues and legislative advisors to Senators Kennedy and Metzenbaum. The practice initially focused upon the representation of Canadian natural gas interest before state and federal regulatory agencies and has now broadened its scope to include all aspects of North American energy trade and transactions, maritime law, administrative law generally, appellate advocacy, health policy, and an active intergovernmental and legislative affairs practice.