Background
Watts II, Stephen H. was born on February 21, 1947 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
Watts II, Stephen H. was born on February 21, 1947 in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.
Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Virginia. 1973, West Virginia.
Kappa Alpha.
Author: "Corporate Law Aspects of Virginia Public Service Enterprises," Virginia Lawyer, October 1994. "The Beat Goes On: the Aftermath of Virginia Committee for Fair Utility Rate v. Virginia Electric and Power Company," Administrative Law News, Virginia State Bar, Winter 1993.
"Virginia Committee for Fair Utility Rates v.
Virginia Electric and Power Company: Implication for Virginia Law Administrative Practice," Administrative Law News, Virginia State Bar, Winter/Spring, 1991-1992. "Formalizing Rate Case Settlements Before the SCC: An Idea Whose Time Has Come," Administrative Law News, Virginia State Bar, Spring, 1991.
Regulation of the Gas Industry, Chapter on "Distributor Gas Supply," Matthew Bender, Original Chapter and Updates. Speaker: "Merchant" Power Plants, Developing and Financing Merchant Plants, Chicago, October 1996.
"Merchant" Power Plants, McGraw-Hill Eleventh Annual Cogeneration and Independent Power Market Conference, New Orleans, April 1996.
Utility Ratemaking, Institute for International Education, Kazakhstan Electricity Conference, Washington, District of Columbia, February 1996. Managing and International Mineral Tender, Central Asia, Opportunities in the Mining Sector, October 1994. Impact of Energy Policy Acting of 1992, National Regulatory Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1993.
Energy Regulation and Ethics, Representing Clients Before the State Corporate Commission, April 1993.
Regulation of Oil & Gas Production, Mineral Law Center, Annual Mineral Law Seminar, Lexington, Kentucky, October 1992. Alternate Dispute Resolution in the Administrative Process, Virginia Association of Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers, June 1992.
Regulation of Utilities, National Regulatory Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1992. Regulation of Natural Gas Utilities, American Gas Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, August 1991.
Regulation of Utility Rates, Virginia Energy Conference, July 1991.
Natural Gas as Fuel for Non-Utility Power Plants, National Regulatory Conference, Williamsburg, Virginia, May 1991. Chair, Administrative Law Section, Virginia State Bar, 1995-1996. Member: Federal Energy Bar Association (Member, Independent Power Production Committee, 1991).
McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Limited liability partnership is among the largest law firms in the United States.
From its locations in Alexandria, Baltimore, Charlottesville, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Washington, District of Columbia, Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan, Moscow, Russia, Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, the firm serves the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region and other United States. and foreign corporate centers. This concentration of lawyers in one of the fastest growing, most populous areas of the nation, coupled with a long tradition of excellence and individual attention, distinguishes the firm from most others
Member: Federal Energy Bar Association (Member, Independent Power Production Committee, 1991).