Dan McDonald focuses his practice primarily on public utility and transportation law. Mr. McDonald represents privately-owned public utilities, both publicly traded and closely held, as well as publicly-owned public utilities such as municipalities and public service districts, and solid waste haulers, transfer stations and motor carriers of passengers and property.

Mr. McDonald has extensive experience litigating applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity, utility rate cases, affiliated transactions cases, purchases and sales of public utilities, defense of customer complaints, agency rulemakings and territorial disputes before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Public utilities law
• Transportation law

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003         Steptoe & Johnson
1985-03    Private law practice
1977-84    Chairman, Public Service Commission of West Virginia
1973-76    Public Service Commission of West Virginia
1970-73    Fellow, Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer Fellowship Program
1969-70    Ashland Oil, Inc.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Great Lakes Conference of Public Utility Commissioners

AWARDS / HONORS

• The Best Lawyers in America®

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-author of the Public Service Commission Practice section of the West Virginia Young Lawyers Practice Handbook