Areas of Practice
Electricity Regulation
Natural Gas
Energy Transactions

Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1998

American University, B.A., cum laude, 1994

Bar Membership
District of Columbia
Maryland

Professional Affiliations
Energy Bar Association
Electric Cooperative Bar Association

Craig W. Silverstein

Craig W. Silverstein is a Principal in the law firm of Miller, Balis & O’Neil, P.C., specializing in the representation of electric utility and natural gas entities in regulatory and transactional matters. His areas of expertise include electric power supply and natural gas contracting, project development, rate design and service issues, mergers, acquisitions and restructuring, hydroelectric licensing, and the policies and regulations of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Mr. Silverstein is well versed in litigation before the FERC and state regulatory commissions, and in the past few years has litigated several cases to Administrative Law Judge initial decision and subsequent Commission opinion. Since the passage of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, he has also assisted serveral entities throughout the country with compliance with the new mandatory reliability standards as well as development of anti-manipulation and standard of conduct compliance programs. Mr. Silverstein also has presented on issues related to reliability at trade association meetings and in conjuction with the 2010 Energy Bar Association Annual Meeting.

Mr. Silverstein is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and Maryland. He is a member of the Energy Bar Association and previously served as the Chair of its FERC Administration, Administrative Practice and Administrative Law Judges Committee (2003-2004). Mr. Silverstein is also a founding and active member of the Electric Cooperative Bar Association.

Mr. Silverstein is a graduate of American University (B.A., 1994, cum laude) and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, (J.D., 1998). While attending law school, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Bernard Markovitz, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and a law clerk for the Honorable Timothy K. Lewis, a former Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He also worked for Miller, Balis & O'Neil, P.C. from 1993 to1995 and again, as a summer associate, in 1997.

Mr. Silverstein is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and currently resides with his wife and children in Bethesda, Maryland.