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Practice Expertise
- Appellate
- Energy Lending Transactions
- Energy Regulatory
- Administrative Law & Regulation
Areas of Practice
- Administrative Law & Regulation
- Appellate
- Energy Lending Transactions
- Energy Regulatory
- Appellate and Complex Motion Practice
- Government Reorganization and Restructuring
- Privacy and Data Security View More
Profile
Rick Aaron is a Member in the Energy Industry Group with a focus on traditional utilities, nuclear, coal and natural gas-fired power production, bio-mass plant operations, independent power production, renewable energy, cogeneration, natural gas pipelines, transportation, storage and distribution, oil and gas development and production and end user issues. Mr. Aaron has appeared before regulatory agencies, state and federal courts, as well as negotiating energy contracts and general business matters.
Bar Admissions
Michigan, 1983
Education
Thomas M. Cooley Law School, J.D., summa cum laude, 1983 Olivet College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1979
Areas of Practice
- Administrative Law & Regulation
- Appellate
- Energy Lending Transactions
- Energy Regulatory
- Appellate and Complex Motion Practice
- Government Reorganization and Restructuring
- Privacy and Data Security
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Administrative/Regulatory Law and Energy Law, 2007-2014. Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC
Named Lawyer of the Year, Energy Law, Lansing, Michigan by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2014
Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® 2008-2009, 2011-2014
Man of the Year, Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, 1990
Professional Associations
Understanding Easements, Rights of Way and Utility Easements, Lansing, Michigan
July 2010
The New Cable Rate Regulation: Cable Act of 1992, Michigan Municipal League
April 1993
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for Administrative/Regulatory Law and Energy Law, 2007-2014. Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC
Named Lawyer of the Year, Energy Law, Lansing, Michigan by The Best Lawyers in America®, 2014
Recipient of an AV® Preeminent™ Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
Recognized in Michigan Super Lawyers® 2008-2009, 2011-2014
Man of the Year, Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, 1990
Professional Associations
- State Bar of Michigan
- Ingham County Bar Association
Understanding Easements, Rights of Way and Utility Easements, Lansing, Michigan
July 2010
The New Cable Rate Regulation: Cable Act of 1992, Michigan Municipal League
April 1993
Articles
What Does The Michigan Stay Home Executive Order Mean For Your In-Person Energy Operations?
By Richard Aaron |March 2020
January/February, 2008
APPA Facilities Manager, Vol 24, No. 1
"The Effect of Section 366 of the US Bankruptcy Code on Relations Between Public Utilities and Customers In Bankruptcy"
1983
Cooley Law Review, Vol 1, No. 3, 1983
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