John is a member of the Natural Resources Group. He is working to further develop the sustainability and clean technology practice area for the firm. 

John has extensive experience in assisting private companies and public entities to form partnerships and secure funding for their clean energy projects, including wind, solar and geothermal projects. He has helped structure new energy production facilities totaling over $4 billion, structured the federal financing for the nation's first cellulosic biorefinery, and helped form research and development partnerships with private industry, academia and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado and the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. 

John is internationally recognized for a broad spectrum of activities in renewable energy. He is one of America's leading practitioners in assisting companies in entering into public and private partnerships in energy financing. He has unique and specialized insight into DOE grant financing and has worked on over 15 DOE loan guarantees. John was instrumental in implementing the current DOE loan guarantee program under the Energy policy Act of 2005 and formed close working relationships with the officials charged with implementing that program and the DOE grant programs. In addition, he has experience in transactional practice, developing projects in all the major sectors of the renewable generation, renewable fuels, and energy performance contracting. He structured major project developments in the geothermal and solar generation in California, developed wind projects in Colorado, and biofuels projects throughout the Midwest, and helped establish, nationally, the federal energy savings performance contracting system.

An Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, John teaches Renewable Energy & Energy Project Finance, the first law course in the nation concentrating on renewable energy. John is also an author of The Law of Clean Energy, the leading text in this area of legal practice.

Prior to joining the firm, John served as Chief Counsel at the Department of Energy's Golden office for 15 years. In this position he oversaw the operations of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and worked extensively in renewable energy development with the Western Area Power Administration, public utilities, energy entrepreneurs, project developers and public policy makers. Prior to moving to Colorado, John practiced energy, finance and government contract law in Washington, DC where he developed various privatization initiatives using innovative financing techniques including energy development loan guarantees for the DOE from 1985 through 1992. 

John is frequently sought after to speak at national conferences on renewable energy and energy efficiency matters. He has recently spoken at the ABA Annual Meeting in NY, at a major federally-sponsored energy conference in Phoenix and at the premier biofuels conference in Washington, DC.

John is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, but not currently licensed in Colorado.