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Hiscock & Barclay Energy Practice Grows With Addition of Former New York Energy Utility General Counsel

Carlos Gavilondo Helps Position Firm as Energy Industry Powerhouse in the Northeast

SYRACUSE, NY (09/25/2007; 1514)(readMedia)-- Carlos A. Gavilondo, former General Counsel for Niagara Mohawk, a National Grid company, joins the Syracuse office of Hiscock & Barclay, LLP. Gavilondo brings to the firm a wealth of experience in Northeast regional electric and gas utility operations and regulatory matters. As Of Counsel to the Firm, Gavilondo will focus on serving energy producers, developers, and electric, gas, and telecommunication clients while pursuing a further concentration in the merger of environmental policy and technology with energy policy throughout the region and nation.

Gavilondo worked for National Grid for 11 years in roles of increasing responsibility and geographic scope. Prior to his role with Niagara Mohawk, Gavilondo was Vice President of Regulatory Services to National Grid’s electric company affiliates in New England. He has served as lead counsel for matters before the New York Public Service Commission (PSC), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, and for a brief period as General Counsel to Silica Networks, S.A., a telecommunications venture based in Santiago, Chile. Prior to joining National Grid, Gavilondo worked in private practice at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, concentrating on environmental counseling and litigation.

Gavilondo graduated from Tulane University Law School, summa cum laude, and received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Tulane University. He is presently enrolled in the Environmental & Natural Resources Policy Ph.D. program at the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

About Hiscock & Barclay’s Energy & Utilities Practice Area

Hiscock & Barclay provides comprehensive business counsel to a wide variety of clients in the energy industry. Our clients include integrated electric companies, oil and gas producers, natural gas pipelines, natural gas gathering systems, cogeneration facilities, non-utility power producers, large commercial and industrial users of energy, energy marketers and publicly-owned utilities. Together, we are involved in all aspects of the energy business, including generation, development, production, transmission, gathering, marketing and distribution of all types of energy, including electricity, natural gas, oil, nuclear, coal and renewable sources. While we represent the majority of our clients in the State of New York, we also represent several clients in other states throughout the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest, as well as in Canada.

Our track record with energy regulatory matters in federal, state, local and international jurisdictions is impressive. Our experience includes interaction with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the US Environmental Protection Agency, state energy regulatory commissions as well as state environmental conservation agencies. We have successfully navigated numerous clients through the complex requirements of generation and transmission facilities siting. Providing energy clients with creative solutions for real property tax relief has been another success story, as we have successfully litigated more utility tax cases to conclusion than any other law firm in the State. In addition to our energy and environmental expertise, our energy clients benefit from our state-wide presence and our depth of experience in other practices including energy marketing, mergers and acquisitions, antitrust, construction law, labor and employment, general business law as well as government relations.

The talent in our practice includes the former General Counsel of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the former General Counsel for the New York Power Authority and New York Public Service Commission, the former General Counsel of a New York Energy Utility and the General Manager for the New York assets of a National power generator, as well as former in-house counsels to both natural gas and electric companies. Comprising one of Hiscock & Barclay’s largest and most dynamic practice areas, our energy & utility attorneys have become widely recognized as leaders in the energy and utilities area throughout the State of New York.

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP is a full-service, 185-attorney law firm, with offices in Albany, Boston Metro, Buffalo, New York, Rochester, Syracuse and Toronto. We provide comprehensive legal and business counsel to a diverse client base in 27 practice areas with statewide and regional expertise as well as with national and international capabilities. Established in 1855, the Firm’s goal remains providing the highest quality legal services to clients through responsive, timely and cost-effective representation. For more information on Hiscock & Barclay, visit www.hiscockbarclay.com.

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