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JAMES H. HANCOCK, JR. is a Partner in the firm's Energy section. His practice is focused primarily on the licensing and re-licensing of hydroelectric power projects under Part 1 of the Federal Power Act, including license compliance and administration, re-licensing, Clean Water Act compliance, water withdrawals and project joint uses, water rights, shoreline management and environmental issues. He has also been involved in most legislative and regulatory initiatives affecting the hydropower industry over the past ten years. Mr. Hancock also advises clients on federal election law issues, including registration and administration of political action committees, lobbying registration and campaign finance.

Mr. Hancock has testified before Congress on hydropower legislation and is a frequent speaker on issues affecting the hydropower industry. Email James at jhancock@balch.com

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JAMES D. PETRUZZI received his bachelor's of science degree in electrical engineering with honors from the University of Texas and his law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley. Jim worked with Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, a San Francisco-based national law firm and concentrated in litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property matters and antitrust. Jim also worked with Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, an international general practice law firm in the Dallas, Texas area exclusively litigating patent, trademark and copyright matters. Jim is licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to practice in Texas, California, and Washington, D.C.

Jim Petruzzi, with over 22 years of experience, has litigated patent, trademark and copyright cases in courts throughout the United States and has significant courtroom and arbitration experience presenting cases before judges and juries and at the American Arbitration Association and has argued before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. Jim has litigated in a variety of technologies including semiconductor design and fabrication, surgical devices, computer software, pharmaceutical, cellular telephone, optical character recognition, medical equipment and novelty toys. In addition to prosecuting patent and trademark applications before the PTO, Jim has also prepared and negotiated patent, trademark and copyright licenses in the electronics, medical, telecommunications, and computer software industries. Email Jim at JPetruzzi@MasonPetruzzi.com

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ADRIENNE RANDLE BOND has 25 years of legal experience. She specializes in corporate, partnership and securities law, oil and gas transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Bond is a magna cum laude graduate of Rice University and graduated Columbia University Law School (JD, 1980) as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She is a frequent author and lecturer on corporate and securities law issues, and has served as Adjunct Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Houston Law Center. Ms. Bond is a past President of the Women's Finance Exchange and has been a member of the State Bar of Texas Corporation Law, Continuing Education and Venture Capital Committees. She speaks Spanish, French, and Portuguese. She is married and has one daughter. In her leisure time, she enjoys wildlife photography and her dogs. Email Adrienne at abond@abondlaw.com

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Prior to joining Good Company Associates and partnering with Hydro Green Energy, Mark most recently served as the director of government affairs and media relations for the National Hydropower Association (NHA), where he spent six years. At NHA, Mark primarily worked to secure several provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, including a production tax credit for new hydropower resources valued at approximately $175 million and much-needed reforms to the hydropower licensing process. He also worked to obtain more than $35 million in appropriations over a six-year period for R&D dedicated to improving the environmental and energy performance of hydropower turbines.

While at NHA, Mark was also responsible for working closely with other trade associations, international organizations, interest groups, coalitions, and businesses with an interest in renewable energy and electricity issues. In terms of his public affairs experience, Mark represented NHA before the media and served as the Association's official spokesperson.

Mark’s legislative and regulatory policy experience is extensive. At NHA and the Electric Power Supply Association (EPSA), where he worked from 1996-1999, he represented the Associations on a variety of matters before Congress, the administration and numerous federal agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Departments of Energy, Interior, Commerce and Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, as well as the White House Council on Environmental Quality. He also maintained a secondary focus on state legislatures, state agencies, and international developments affecting those he represented.

Mark’s Washington, DC experience began in 1994 when he joined the National Newspaper Association (NNA). At NNA, Mark obtained a provision in the Telecommunications Act of 1996. While at NNA, he also served as staff on the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIIAC), which was created by executive order in 1993 by President Clinton.

Mark is a 1994 graduate of Syracuse University, where he obtained a B.A. in political science with a specialization in foreign affairs. Mark, who also interned for two U.S. Senators, resides in Austin with his wife, son and dog.

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