William A. Adams
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William A. Adams, Member

Bill has a wide range of regulatory, litigation and transactional experience from his over twenty years of practice. He has a Martindale-Hubbell AV peer review rating, which represents a very high to preeminent legal ability and a very high general ethical standard. He has an active utilities practice before various courts and agencies, including the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, the Ohio Power Siting Board, and on appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court. His communications practice includes all types of retail and wholesale matters, competition issues, alternative regulation, customer service agreements, service quality issues, local interconnection agreements and arbitrations, and competition complaint cases. His energy practice includes gas and power marketers, generators, aggregators, power siting, contracts, acquisitions and dispositions, and municipal ordinance rates. He also handles water and trucking matters. Bill also has experience with complex commercial bankruptcy cases and represents clients in a variety of contractual and litigation matters, including the complexities of electronic discovery. He also assists clients with estate planning, trusts, and probate matters.

Articles/Publications

• Marc Dann Flexes His Muscles: Nominating Council Regroups
• Competition in the Local Exchange Technology Leapfrogs Regulation
• Snowbirds Come Home: Tax Policy Revision Intended to Reverse Ohio Wealth and Talent Drain (view article)
• The Aftermath of the 2003 Blackout: The Call for Service Quality Standards and Enforcement

Noteworthy Matters

• Royal Financing LLC v. Dominion East Ohio, Case No 06-623-GA-CSS (2006)
• Payphone Association of Ohio v. Public Utilities Commission, 109 Ohio St. 3d 453 (2006)
• Stephens v. Public Utilities Commission, 102 Ohio St. 3d 44 (2004)
• In the Matter of Commission Ordered Investigation into Ameritech Ohio, 2002 Ohio PUC Lexis 723 (2002)
• Petition for Arbitration of Ameritech Communications Service, Inc, 2001 Ohio PUC Lexis 523 (2001)
• Application of PG&E Dispersed Generating for a Certificate, 2001 Ohio PUC Lexis 1102 (2001)
• Petition of Ocom Corp. for Arbitration with Ameritech Ohio, 1997 Ohio PUC Lexis 863 (1997)
• Sprint Communications Company, LP v. Ameritech Ohio, 1997 Ohio PUC Lexis 660 (1997)
• Application of Ohio Bell Telephone Company for Alternative Regulation, 157 P.U.R.4th 595 (1994)
• Application of Ohio Water Service Company to Increase Rates, 145 P.U.R.4th 320 (1993)
• Wisintainer v. Elcen Power Strut Company, 67 Ohio St. 3d 352 (1993)

Memberships and Community Involvement

• Chair, Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities Practice Group
• Chief Information Officer, Bailey Cavalieri LLC
• Former Law Clerk, Judge Alan E. Norris, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
• Member, Federal Communications Bar Association; Public Utilities Committees of Ohio State Bar; and Columbus Bar Associations
• Board Member and Secretary, Hilltop Christian Community Development Corporation
• Member, Rotary Club of Upper Arlington