Washington, D.C., USA - Pepco Holdings, Inc., an energy delivery company, announced the appointment of Kevin C. Fitzgerald as executive vice president and general counsel of PHI and its utility subsidiaries.
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. Fitzgerald has more than two decades of legal experience in the utility and energy industries, most recently serving as Executive Partner for Client Development Strategic Planning and a member of the Executive Committee for Troutman Sanders, an international law firm.
Mr. Fitzgerald is a graduate of The George Washington University, where he received his Juris Doctor in 1991, his M.A in 1988 and his B.A in 1985. He joined Troutman Sanders LLP in 1995, and has served as a member of the Executive Committee and the Partner Compensation Committee since 1999 and as Managing Partner of the Washington D.C. Office from 1999 – 2010.
Most recently, Mr. Fitzgerald was the firm-wide Executive Partner for Client Development Strategic Planning. Prior to joining Troutman Sanders in 1995, he was an Associate at Reid & Priest. Mr. Fitzgerald is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the District of Columbia and, since 2001, before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mr. Fitzgerald was honored in 2012 as a Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer and in 2010 as a Groundbreaking Lawyer in Public Utilities Fortnightly magazine in the area of Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Wholesale Markets.
Mr. Fitzgerald is active within the Edison Electric Institute, the electric energy sector's primary industry association, serving as a member of the Legal Planning Committee. He is an Advisory Board Member to the Electric Power Research Institute, and is an Executive Committee Member to the U.S. Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance.
Mr. Fitzgerald will take over the General Counsel post from current PHI Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Kirk Emge, who announced he will retire in April 2013, after 26 years with the Company. While Mr. Fitzgerald will assume the role of General Counsel for PHI and its utility subsidiaries effective September 17, 2012, Mr. Emge will remain at PHI until his retirement, transitioning to the role of Senior Vice President and Special Counsel to the CEO. ■