Project Management
Resume:
Derrick Anthony Hobson
Apex, North Carolina 27539
*******.******@*****.***
Professional Qualifications:
Legal counsel for federal government, regulated Fortune 100 energy, and chemical
companies. Held variety of positions with increasing complexity and responsibility.
Worked through undergrad and law schools. Served as Editor in Chief of Law Review.
Clerked for appellate court judge, and as fed agency staff attorney, culminating as a
regional managing counsel. As private sector attorney, I championed alternative energy
development; preventive law and attorney involvement in strategic planning activities. I
also managed attorneys and other professionals; and successfully managed multi hundred
million dollar superfund remediation project, litigation budgets and multi jurisdictional
complex litigation matters including discovery, oral arguments, negotiating settlements,
third party support functions including outside counsel and expert consultants. Worked
with regulatory compliance management programs; audit and compliance systems; client
training and counseling. Participated in developing corporate policy and standards, and
corporate social responsibility and sustainable development programs. My skill set is
multidimensional. It includes transferable elements suitable for leadership positions
requiring the ability to work with, motivate, and lead others; strategic vision; clear and
meaningful communication; ability to identify and manage risk, plan, and follow through
on commitments; adaptation; and integrity. I can attain the desired objective.
Work Experience:
2004 (October
– Present) Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice Raleigh, North Carolina
Senior Litigation Specialist
Assisting firm with Discovery in major pharmaceutical company litigation;
Review and analyze documents to determine attorney client privilege, significant issues,
confidentiality, and responsiveness to Discovery requests.
2002
– 2004 (September) Progress Energy, Raleigh, North Carolina
Associate General Counsel
Developed business case for Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility;
Developed guidance for managing extraordinary government investigations;
Defended Company in New Source Review Investigation;
Developed and implemented training for environmental law implications of Sarbanes
Oxley;
Counseled development of document retention policy and program;
Developed Preventive Law proposal;
Counseled company operations personnel during OSHA workplace fatality investigation.
Served as principal legal counsel for environmental, health, and safety and Homeland
Security compliance, policy, corporate governance, litigation, and risk management for all
company business operations including capital transactions, power generation, transmission
and distribution functions; Worked within or under budget during tenure.
2001 2002 DAHobson Consulting, Inc., Houston, Texas
Consultant/Proprietor
Provided environmental compliance plan consulting services.
Transportation Safety Officer
Inspected luggage, cargo, and passengers for contraband, explosive device components, and
weapons during pre boarding.
1995
– 2000 Conoco, Inc., Houston, Texas
Counsel
Corporate compliance management team;
Assisted in defense of New Source Review investigation;
Co chaired multi hundred million dollar superfund site in northern California (Casmalia
superfund site);Successfully defended Department of Transportation claim for
unauthorized transportation of nuclear materials, claims were dismissed;
Successfully defended criminal investigation associated with hazardous materials released
into Louisiana estuary;
Environmental law counsel for Venezuela syn fuel and Australian natural gas pipeline
projects.
1988
– 1995 Tenneco Gas, Houston, Texas
Senior Counsel
Established environmental, health and safety law practice group, managed staff of 3
attorneys;
Coordinated toxic tort and associated regulatory litigation simultaneously in 10 states
involving U.S. Department of Justice, 3 state attorneys general, and 5 EPA regions;
Successfully defended criminal investigation associated with unauthorized use of PCBs in
natural gas pipelines.
1984
– 1988 U.S. EPA,Region 8 (Denver, Colorado) and Region 6 (Dallas, Texas)
Acting Branch Chief, Air, Pesticides and Toxics
Agency managing counsel for Air, Toxics, and Pesticides Program for Arkansas,
Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Texas;
Served in variety of attorney staff and management positions culminating in above
referenced title;
Managed staff of 9 attorneys and related support staff; Personally referred first Safe
Drinking Water Act, Underground Injection Control criminal case to U.S. Department of
Justice; Personally negotiated record breaking Clean Air Act civil penalty for EPA Region
6.
1982
– 1983 District of Columbia Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.
Law Clerk for William C. Pryor, Associate Judge.
Professional Memberships:
District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association; National Bar Association
Education:
Howard University School of Law, Washington, D.C., J.D.
Editor in Chief, Howard Law Journal
Teaching Assistant, Civil Procedure
Howard University School of Liberal Arts,
B.A., Economics (econometric regression)
Derrick Hobson
Professional And Volunteer Work Accomplishments
• Presently serving as Vice President of NC Challengers, Inc., a 501c(3) organization
dedicated to using sports as a vehicle to provide post secondary education opportunities for girls.
We focus on fast pitch softball. I have responsibility for strategic direction and corporate
compliance.
• Developing tool for identifying waters of the United States for water pollutant discharge
permit situations.
• Coordinating environmental due diligence for syn fuel asset monetization projects.
• Developing presentation on personal liability implications of employment as an
environmental professional.
• Collaborating with others to transition Progress Energy health and safety performance
indicators from trailing to leading.
• Developing Federal Sentencing Act aligned corporate environmental compliance plan.
• Developing presentations on the environmental law implications of Sarbanes Oxley.
• Collaborating with others in developing Environmental Management Systems meeting ISO
criteria.
• Serving as Progress Energy’s lead counsel on New Source Review defense.
• Law counsel for Conoco Inc.’s Sustainable Development initiative leading to Dow Jones
Sustainable Growth Index Group membership. Members of DJSGIG are noted for earning
approximately 20% higher returns than non members.
• Providing legal counsel to compliance assurance program developed under the Federal
Sentencing Act guidelines designed to ensure personal and corporate accountability for legal
requirements including insider trading, foreign corrupt practices and environmental law .
Compliance with the program entitled the company to preferential treatment under the sentencing
act.
• Law counsel for a major natural resource damages action enabling Conoco to avoid
government litigation. The litigation would have resulted in more than 1 million dollars in legal
fees and potential government costs and penalties.
• Co chairing multi hundred million dollar superfund project Steering Committee.
Negotiated settlement with the federal government and State of California; managed cost recovery
litigation from over fifteen thousand non participating PRPs. Saved several million dollars.
• Law counsel for Brownfield’s redevelopment project in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. In 1999, I
worked with business developers to dispose of non revenue generating asphalt operation and
generated $1,000,000 in revenue from selling environmentally distressed property that had been a
tax pit for several years. The site is now a productive commercial property.
• Successfully defending Oil Pollution Act case brought by the Coast Guard Company did
not pay a penalty nor reimbursement of five million dollars of government claimed project costs.
• Successfully challenging an EPA, Clean Water Act, general permit that had a significant
negative economic impact on Gulf of Mexico exploration and production operations. EPA
rescinded permit and reissued a modified version reflecting our demands for less costly toxicity
dispersion factors.
• Successfully challenging U. S. Department of Transportation methodology for determining
violations of naturally occurring radioactive materials regulations. American Petroleum Institute
adopted and endorsed a defense used by other companies in the industry. As a result DOT may not
use Geiger counters as an enforcement tool.
• Serving as president of Conoco Network Group and received 1999 President ’s Award for
Valuing All People. Pictured and quoted in 1999 Annual Report for developing programs that
enhanced corporate image in the community, and improved minority employee development.
• Resolving conflict involving U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety
and Coast Guard regulations implementing The International Convention for the Prevention of
Pollution from Ships (MARPOL). The resolution saved offshore oil and gas industry operators
millions of dollars in maintenance costs and potential civil penalties.
• Serving as Advisory Board Member of Texas Lawyers and Accounts for the Arts. The
organization provided legal and accounting advice for members of the Texas Arts community.
• Managing defenses against claims relating to releases of PCBs and other hazardous
substances along natural gas pipeline systems Interviewed, hired, directed, and coordinated
activities of lawyers in ten states and the District of Columbia. Managed legal defenses against
claims by the U.S. Department of Justice, various states, and numerous private parties. Many
claims negotiated so that the company paid no civil penalties or compensatory damages.
• Representing Tenneco Inc. on the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) Work
Group on Environmental Justice. Assisted in developing NAM national policy on Environmental
Justice. This policy addressed corporate responses to claims alleging Environmental Justice, and
other race based challenges to industrial facility siting decisions.
• Drafting testimony that allowed Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company to include its PCB
remediation related costs as prudent charges in its rate case before the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. PCB related clean up costs exceeded millions that would have been taken from the
company’s bottom line unless determined prudently incurred by the FERC.
• Organizing and developing environmental due diligence review programs that contributed
to successful bid on natural gas pipeline projects in Australia and South America. Working with
others to direct the activities of foreign and domestic experts conducting investigative work in
Australia, Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.
• Working with other counsel to resolve company’s environmental liability insurance claims.
Company was able to cash out policies and recover millions of dollars to address past, pending and
future environmental liability claims.
• Working with others to develop software and implement environmental compliance
assurance training program for all employees. This program educated thousands of employees in
more than ten states about individual responsibilities regarding environmental laws in the United
States.
• Sharing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Bronze Medal for work done on the
Agency’s enforcement task force addressing PCB contamination of the country ’s natural gas
pipeline systems.
• Member of national task force that developed Federal Safe Drinking Water Act2’s
Underground Injection Control Program (UIC). Referred first criminal case to Department of
Justice under Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program. This resulted in higher compliance
rates by the regulated industry group.
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