Before retiring, Bob represented businesses with respect to antitrust, competition, and economic regulation matters, including public utility rate and financial regulation. He successfully represented public utilities and energy marketers in antitrust cases. Electric utilities retained Bob to guide them on federal public utility regulation and related power system franchise and commercial matters, including the joint development, ownership, and operation of generation and transmission assets among competing utility systems. He also helped utility companies deal with the array of regulatory bodies on a wide range of federal, state, and local issues.
Bob is a fellow of The Pepper Center for Public Service. The Pepper Center draws on the talents of the firm's retired partners and senior attorneys to wrestle with tough problems facing our communities. Through the Center, these attorneys study, analyze, and work to resolve problems that affect the lives of people in our communities