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Areas of Practice
Education
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2002
- B.A., University of Virginia, 1998
Bar and Court Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Virginia
Mona Tandon
TEL: 202.298.1836
FAX: 202.338.2416
Seventh Floor
Washington DC 20007
Mona Tandon concentrates her practice on oil and product pipeline, natural gas, and electric utility regulation. This encompasses all aspects of ratemaking and regulatory rate litigation, including helping companies submit rate filings, working with witnesses, and preparing testimony. Ms. Tandon also assists residential and commercial appliance manufacturers navigate federal and state energy efficiency regulations and the ENERGY STAR program by helping them request waiver from and changes to energy efficiency standards to fit unique circumstances and accommodate advanced technologies, resolve energy efficiency enforcement actions, and develop legislative advocacy strategies and policy recommendations. In addition, Ms. Tandon advises clients on federal and state legislative issues regarding energy and environmental development and general corporate matters. She represents clients on transactional and regulatory matters in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Professional Background
Prior to joining Van Ness Feldman, Ms. Tandon served as an intern at eLaw.com, where she worked with the marketing department and assisted in-house counsel with legal issues concerning practicing law on the Internet. She also served as an assistant analyst with DynMeridian, an international arms control agency, where she supported the Navy Arms Control Directorate and the U.S. Army Biological Arms Control Treaty Office. As a legal intern for The Thomas Jefferson Center, a First Amendment rights law firm, Ms. Tandon researched First Amendment cases for amicus briefs. Ms. Tandon served as a criminal investigator at the Public Defenders Service of the District of Columbia, aiding attorneys in investigating criminal cases and in trial preparation.
Government Service
- Criminal Investigator, Public Defenders Service of the District of Columbia, 1996
Professional and Civic Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Vice Chair, Administrative Law Section Energy Committee)
- Association of Transportation law Professionals (Editor, FERC Matters)
- Energy Bar Association (Vice Chair, Oil and Liquids Pipeline Regulation Committee)
- D.C. Bar Association
- Virginia Bar Association
- South Asian Bar Association
- Women's Council on Energy and the Environment