Daniel J. Poynor

Partner

• dpoynor@steptoe.com
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• Washington Office

Daniel Poynor is a partner in the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Regulatory & Industry Affairs Department.  His practice focuses on federal energy regulation, primarily of crude oil and petroleum products pipelines. 

Mr. Poynor’s representation of oil pipeline companies involves all aspects of pipeline rates and regulated practices.  His experience before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) includes the range of cost-of-service ratemaking issues as well as market-based rates, pipeline expansion projects, capacity allocation issues, standards of conduct matters and jurisdictional issues.  Mr. Poynor also has extensive experience with the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and other Alaska pipelines, including defending against challenges to TAPS rates at the FERC and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA). 

Prior to joining Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Mr. Poynor served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia.  Mr. Poynor advised state agencies on a wide range of regulatory issues and represented them before federal and state courts.

Noteworthy

• Recommended in Legal 500 US 2011 for Energy: Litigation
• Ranked, Chambers USA 2010 and 2011: America’s Leading Business Lawyers; Energy: Oil & Gas, Regulatory & Litigation (Nationwide)
• Ranked, Chambers USA 2009, America's Leading Business Lawyers; Energy: Oil & Gas (District of Columbia)

Select News & Events

• Steptoe Receives 13 Practice, 45 Individual Mentions in Legal 500 United States 2011
• Steptoe Receives 18 Practice, 56 Individual Mentions in Chambers USA 2011
• Chambers USA Honors 18 Steptoe Practices and 41 Attorneys
• 44 Steptoe Lawyers and 19 Practice Areas Named Among Best in the US by Chambers USA 2009
• Steptoe Names Partners, Counsel in 2007
• Oil Pipeline Group Victory

Selected Publications

• FERC’s Oil Pipeline Indexing Methodology Remanded, 41 Infrastructure 3
  May 2002
• OPA ‘90 at Ten, 15 Natural Resources and Environment 47, co-author with Cynthia L. Quarterman
  June 2000

Professional Affiliations

• Energy Bar Association, Oil Pipeline Regulation Committee
• American Bar Association, Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Section
• District of Columbia Bar
• Virginia Bar Association
• Virginia State Bar