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SuperWomen JDs and What You Can Learn From Them: Featuring Jan Macpherson of Washington, D.C.

By Noha

Bio for this week?s superwoman Jan Macpherson: Jan graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1978 and went to work in the Department of the Interior, where she worked primarily on surface mining regulation.  In 1982, she came to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where she has worked ever since, mostly on electric rate regulation.  She has been a staff attorney, a senior attorney, and an advisor to Commissioner Jerry Langdon.  She primarily worked in the areas of corporate transactions under section 203 of the FPA and interconnection of new generating facilities to the grid.  Jan is a true mentor and an exemplary public servant

A Message from the Author: This column is a Q&A with senior level female attorneys offering advice and mentorship to young female lawyers.  The questions below were sent to the interviewees and responses have not been edited for content.  The advice, experiences, personalities, and approaches of these women are extremely diverse and more importantly very useful to future generations of female attorneys.  I hope this column will offer helpful advice, and inspire healthy discussions.  I have an exciting lineup of female leaders in the profession, but if you have someone you would like to nominate, or you yourself would like to be interviewed, feel free to email me at superwomenjds@gmail.com.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on February 19, 2009 (boomark / email).