Janna Romaine Chesno

Associate

Janna Chesno works with clients in regulated industries, focusing on natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and electric industry regulatory, ratemaking, certificate, and rulemaking proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Ms. Chesno counsels clients on the siting, construction, and expansion of energy infrastructure, and assists with associated litigation before administrative agencies and courts.  In 2007, Ms. Chesno successfully managed discovery in a natural gas rate case before FERC, worked on a team litigating, in state court, a dispute arising under a power sales contract, and completed a course on LNG Contracts by the CWC School for Energy, Limited.  She helps support clients' needs in connection with the Natural Gas Act (NGA), Federal Power Act (FPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), Clean Air Act (CAA), and Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005).  

Professional Background

Prior to joining Van Ness Feldman, Ms. Chesno was a Policy Analyst for the Harrison Institute for Public Law Policy where she evaluated the impact of U.S. trade commitments in energy services under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) on federal and state regulation of the electric industry.  Ms. Chesno is a 2005 graduate from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Division of the Barristers’ Council, Student Bar Association representative, and staff member of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law (2003).

Government Service

Intern, Office of the Public Defender, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, 1997-2000

Professional and Civic Affiliations

• American Bar Association
• Energy Bar Association
• Women's Council on Energy and the Environment

Publications

“Constitutional Law: Hate Crimes”, Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law (2003).