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Attorney By Attorney Career Profiles of the Profession Who? Sheila Slocum Hollis Managing Partner Washington Office Chair Energy Environment Resources Group Duane Morris LLP sshollis@duanemorris.com What? Primary Practice Area & Subspecialty Fields: Energy, environment; international. When? Years in Practice Area: Since 1974 Years in the Legal Profession: Since 1974 Where? Employer: Duane Morris http://www.duanemorris.com Size/Sector 500 / Law firm City/State: Washington, DC Law School: University of Denver Undergraduate School/Degree: University of Colorado Boulder/ BS Cum Laude and with honors Journalism Why? Pluses/Challenges of Practice Area: Fascinating; fast moving;worldwide;complex; changing continuously; technical underpinnings; political;impacts everyone worldwide. Core Skills/Key Knowledge Needed in Your Practice Area: Administrative law; political dynamics; economics; some basic science; engineering exposure. Advice to Lawyers and Law Students Interested in Your Practice Area: A great area of the law; be prepared to work with lots of engineers, regulators, accountants How? Career Path to Current Position: My mother was inter alia a nuclear weapons designer and geological and electrical draftsman and I worked at the then Federal Power Commission. Influences and Mentors: Mother; Lawrence A Atler - Denver; many outstanding government and private practitioners. Suggested Reading About Your Practice Area: Oil and Money by Daniel Yergen NYT & WSJ Job Search Techniques Used in Finding Your Position(s): Haven't really used many after the first! Bar Affiliations and Activities: 1. Chair, Section Environment Energy & Resources; member HOD 1992-2001 2. Former President - Federal Energy Bar (first woman to hold this position) 3. ABA Journal Board 4. SC Federal Judiciary; Chair SC Environmental Law and Coor Group Energy Law Recent Professional Publications: Numerous papers - electricity, derivatives; natural gas; convergence. Memorable Career Moment: Establish office being first Director of Enforcement, bringing 1st major enforcements actions in history of FPC & FERC; writing petroleum code - Ethiopia and being in Addis for several months; leading delegation of women judges and lawyers to China - 1985 and South America - 1987 Intriguing Interests: Poetry, art, anthropology and archaeology; medicine; philosophy; wine and Irish history.