Contact
Education
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, B.A., 1991
Florida Institute of Technology, M.B.A., 1994
Washington College of Law, American University, J.D., (with honors), 1999
Strauss Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School, 1999
Bar Admissions
Virginia
District of Columbia
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
United States Court of Claims
Honors
Panelist, Sylvania Woods Conference on African Americans and the Law, 1997, 2002, 2007
Academic Honor - Business Planning/Securities Regulation, 1999
Academic Honor - Government Contract Law, 1998
Participant, Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition, Philadelphia, PA, 1998
Experience
Mr. Dyson joined the law firm of Duncan, Weinberg, Genzer and Pembroke on January 1, 2002. His practice areas include commercial and government contract law, energy law and economic regulation, environmental law, administrative law and litigation. He has experience in electric and natural gas regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, state commissions and the federal courts. Mr. Dyson also has experience in telecommunications law and in international energy deregulation and reform (working on behalf of an Eastern European government in assisting in the drafting of energy deregulation legislation).
Mr. Dyson has worked with municipal and commercial clients to develop multimillion dollar energy projects. Mr. Dyson has considerable experience working with renewable energy developers, including biomass, wind, solar, and ethanol. He has drafted and negotiated commercial gas and power purchase agreements, including the standardized models supplied by Edison Electric Institute, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc, and North American Energy Standards Board (formerly Gas Industries Standards Board).
Mr. Dyson is a former employee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, serving as a law clerk to Administrative Law Judges. In that position, he assisted in all phases of the hearing process in electric rate proceedings, merger proceedings and natural gas pipeline rate proceedings.
Mr. Dyson is also a former federal government contracting officer with the Department of Navy’s Office of Special Projects and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. During his term with the Department of Navy, Mr. Dyson served as Acting Chief of Acquisition and Resource Management for the White House Situation Support Staff within the National Security Council. Mr. Dyson utilizes this experience to assist clients, including Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), in contracting with the Federal Government.
Organizations
Virginia State Bar
District of Columbia Bar
American Bar Association
Energy Bar Association - Board of Directors
American Association of Blacks in Energy
H Street Main Street – Board of Directors
Charitable Foundation of the Energy Bar Association - President (2005-2006)
Presentations
Contracting Across State Lines: Lessons Learned From STAC, October 2004