Jean-Luc Kreitner is Of Counsel in Van Ness Feldman’s Energy Regulatory practice where he counsels clients on significant federal and state energy regulatory matters, with a focus on complex issues involving electric utilities, natural gas companies, and other energy market participants.
Jean-Luc joins Van Ness Feldman from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), where he served as a Trial Attorney in the Office of Administrative Litigation. At FERC, he litigated and helped resolve proceedings arising under the Federal Power Act, Natural Gas Act, and Interstate Commerce Act, working closely with regulated entities, state commissions, customers, technical experts, and other stakeholders. His experience includes matters involving market-based and cost-based rates, stated and formula rates, tariff and contract interpretation, cost allocation, rate design, prudence, and utility decision-making.
Prior to joining FERC, he practiced at national law firms, where he advised clients on a broad range of energy and environmental matters, including regulatory counseling, permitting, compliance, enforcement, and litigation. Earlier in his career, he spent several years with the Environmental Law & Policy Center, where he represented clients in energy and utility matters before state public utility commissions and in state and federal courts.
He earned his J.D. from the New York University School of Law, where he served as Staff Editor of the Environmental Law Journal, Symposium Chair of the Environmental Law Society, and Communications Director of the Black Allied Law Students Association. He currently serves as a Director of the Energy Bar Association’s Northeast Chapter and Co-Chair of the D.C. Bar Energy Standing Committee.
DeAndrea Petty, is an attorney who has had a passion to help others since a youth. At a very young age she decided she would become an attorney. Ms. Petty received her Bachelor’s Degree from Baylor University, Waco, Texas in 2013. During her time at Baylor, Ms. Petty interned as a policy analyst at the Texas State Capitol, under the Texas Legislative Internship Program under Senator Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, TX. As a policy analyst in the office of former Representative Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, TX, Ms. Petty read and analyzed each criminal bill that went through the Criminal Jurisprudence committee. Ms. Petty also worked at Texas Appleseed in Austin, Texas, where she researched laws that focused on the school to prison pipeline as well as attended special session hearings at the Capitol. Ms. Petty received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence from South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas in 2016. During her time in law school Ms. Petty interned at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office as well as The Charles Brown Law Firm. At the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Ms. Petty conducted Restitution, Injury and Punishment (RIP) calls, which entailed of calling complainants and witnesses of juvenile delinquent conduct as well as overseeing the court docket for the 315th court. At the Charles Brown Law Firm, Ms. Petty drafted legal memorandums dealing with family and criminal law as well as motions for divorces, transfer of venues and withdraw of counsel.
Porscha Brown is a trial attorney and Chief Practice Manager at Christina Pendleton & Associates overseeing several teams including pre-litigation attorneys, litigation, and mass torts. Originally from Detroit, Michigan, Porscha wanted to be a lawyer since the time she was eight years old after participating in a program at her private school which allowed her to argue cases for why students should be released from detention. She went on to major in Political Science and Accounting at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia before earning her Juris Doctor and LLM in Corporate Law and Finance from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Prior to joining the firm, Porscha also worked with Wills, Trusts, and Estates, as well as several Personal Injury cases. She has also represented traffic and criminal cases for the Pendleton Law Team. Porscha Brown is licensed in Virginia and Georgia.