Application for Myra M. Frazier

MYRA M. FRAZIER, Esq.

** **** *****, **** *** • Gaithersburg, MD 20878 • 240-***-**** • *************@***.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

An attorney with a demonstrated ability to address initiatives on energy, climate change and urban air quality for corporations and developing countries. Expertise includes:

•Analyzing business practices across governments and corporations for best in class.

•Giving expert advice on energy issues such as global climate change and electric utility restructuring.

•Providing strategic analysis to senior level officials and executives.

•Managing relationships with governments and leaders in developing nations.

•Serving currently as Power of Attorney for a portfolio in excess of $1 million dollars.

KEY KNOWLEDGE AREAS

Portfolio Management• Global Climate Change• Air Quality Management and Public Health • Energy Restructuring • Environmental Regulatory Compliance•South African Relations • Best Practices Implementation• Policy Planning • Project Management• Document Review, Analysis and Production

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Special Counsel/HIRE Counsel/Legal Source Washington, DC, metro area May, 2008-Present

Contract Attorney, Baltimore City Law Department, Blank Rome, Paul Hastings, Arnold and Porter, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, LLC (current assignment)

•Working as a contract attorney conducted analysis and review for the above referenced organizations. Areas of law utilized in undertaking the reviews include the following: Employment Law, Patent Infringement-designated reviewer/ translator for French language documents as well as conducted review for Department of Justice Civil Investigative Demand, (CID) regarding AT&T’s response to the proposed Google-Yahoo online advertising merger. Performed second level review of senior management’s documents for relevance and privilege. Antitrust, Performing second level review regarding the potential anticompetitive impact of the proposed merger between Old Castle and Pavestone Corporations which is now before Federal Trade Commission for approval.

IE Discovery, Arlington, VA August, 2008-September, 2008

Short-term Legal Associate, Environmental Group

•Provided legal advice to the U.S. Department of Navy’s, Navy Law Office regarding Environmental Affirmative Claims recovery under CERCLA. Drafted legal document analyzing the Navy’s compliance with Congressional oversight, public participation, environmental justice, and petroleum exclusions provisions under CERLCA.

Power of Attorney/Caregiver, Columbia MD November, 2007- May, 2008

•Served as designed Power of Attorney, Medical Power of Attorney, and full-time primary caregiver for family member recovering from renal failure and kidney transplant. Compensation came from family portfolio. Responsibilities included the following: making critical business decisions and financial decisions to maintain family’s portfolio, including meeting with banks and attorney and assisted hospital medical team with key decisions regarding her care.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC June,1999-August, 2007

Attorney-Adviser, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

•Negotiated the settlement agreement to encourage greater compliance with environmental regulations for large farming entities. More than 2,000 farms in 37 states have accepted the terms of the Consent Decree.

•Established and managed the Document Production for thousands of documents submitted by farming entities in compliance with the Settlement Agreement between U.S. EPA and the Animal Feedlot Industry. The Document Production process included screening for Confidential Business Information, (CBI).

•Conducted legal research and analysis and provided recommendations to senior management regarding settlement agreement with the large farming industry.

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Atmospheric Programs

•Served as technical adviser to the South African Government, Department of Environment and Tourism, (DEAT), on behalf of the U.S. EPA for air quality management and climate change issues.

•Led EPA-wide effort to secure USAID funding to promote the development of South Africa’s air quality management, energy planning and climate strategy. Developed research team, consisting of a partnership between the Energy Research Institute at the University of Cape Town and the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley. The collaborative efforts of this partnership include the following:

•Developed initiative on climate change and energy sector management with South Africa resulting in the development of a national air quality management strategy and the phase-out of lead in gasoline;

•Through research team, was able to cultivate key relationships with government officials. Team served as experts advisers to the South African Parliament on energy and climate change issues. Team presented findings during event during the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg, SA in 2002;

•Research team improved data sufficiency and data quality of South African energy models and scenarios, emissions factors and statistics reported to international agencies such as the World Bank and the International Energy

Agency.

•Represented the Agency domestically and internationally, including international meetings in Bali and Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Africa Energy Forum in Scotland and Paris, and the U.S. Department African Energy Initiative for climate change activities for the Region.

Project Lead, World Bank Clean Air Initiative for Latin America

•Provided technical advice to four Latin American governments to promote the development of environmental regulatory structures addressing urban air quality, public health and climate change.

•Led major international workshop held in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2004 in support of the World Bank’s Clean Air Initiative that promoted partnerships between business, government and academia to address urban air quality management in Latin America. This project forged stronger ties between the World Bank and Brazil to promote greater cooperation in the region.

•Coached senior U.S. government officials on the key policy issues related to urban air quality. Developed briefing papers and wrote remarks delivered by officials.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, Washington, DC 1998-1999

ECO-JUSTICE Working Group Consultant

•Managed lobbying efforts focused on the Congress and Executive Branch Agencies.

•Coordinated advocacy and policy development activities related to Global Climate Change in support of a 12-state outreach campaign.

•Provided legislative analysis for environmental legislation such as the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and Superfund Reauthorization.

ELECTRIC UTILITY RESTRUCTURING TASKFORCE - MARYLAND PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Baltimore, MD 1998-1999

Appointed Member

•Served on the Commission’s Task Force that re-drafted legislation to deregulate the electric utility sector in Maryland.

•Chaired Task Force subcommittee on System Benefits Charges and the Needs of Low-Income Energy Consumers.

•Co-authored proposal on System Benefits Charges included in Commission’s Final Legislative Order submitted to Maryland State Legislature.

BOOZ-ALLEN & HAMILTON, Aberdeen, MD 1997

Management Consultant

•Conducted review and analysis of state, Federal and international environmental legislation for U.S. Army’s Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY CENTER, Chicago, IL 1996-1997

Fellow

•Drafted proposal analyzing the impact that electric utility restructuring will have on low-income consumers in the State of Illinois.

•Performed legislative analysis and review of Federal energy regulations and policies, including PURPA, PUCHA, demand-side management activities and energy efficiency programs.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

•Affiliated with such national professional associations as the American Bar Association:

oABA Advisory Committee Member;

oMember - Section on International Law and Practice and Energy and Environment Section; Former-Vice-Chair of the African Human Rights Subcommittee Committee-Led programming on Corporate Social Responsibility in Africa related to energy and the environment and HIV/AIDS.

•Member-Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs; former Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations.

•Served as a Congressional Intern with the Office of U.S. Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD), Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the United Nations.

•Presented Paper entitled, “Identifying Best Practices for Co-Benefits: Improving Decision-Making for Policymakers” for the U.S.-Japan Workshop on Climate Actions and Developmental Co-Benefits,” in March, 2007.

•Publication-“EPA Program Focuses on Integrated Strategies for Air Pollution and GHG Reduction,” co-authored by Paul Schwengles, Collin Green, Myra Frazier, and Simone Brant, EM: The Urban Environment, May, 2001.

•Awarded U.S. EPA Bronze Medal for Commendable Service for outstanding leadership and extraordinary efforts representing the Agency at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.

•Awarded Quality Step Increase Merit Award, U.S. EPA.

•Pro Bono Service-Maryland State Bar Association-Foreclosure Prevention Program.

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate/Master of Arts in Political Science 1995

Duke University School of Law/Graduate School of Arts and Sciences – Joint Degree Program, Durham, NC

Bar Admissions: Licensed to practice law before the MD Court of Appeals

Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations 1990

Tufts University, Medford, MA

Dean’s List; Commencement Speaker-Wendell Phillips Prize;

Boston University Study Abroad to Niamey, Niger

Fulbright Research Fellowship – Libreville, Gabon, West Africa

Subject of Research: Impact of the Petroleum Sector on

Environmental Policy Formulation in Central

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