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Mark R. Johnson

Mark R. Johnson joined Eimer Stahl Klevorn & Solberg in 2010.  His practice focuses principally on matters involving utility regulation and restructuring, and also includes substantial experience in the areas of white collar crime and antitrust litigation and counseling.

Mark represents utilities in a variety of regulatory matters, including the preparation, implementation and interpretation of legislation related to energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean coal, energy procurement, utility restructuring and competitive market development, and financing.  He also provides subsequent assistance and counsel related to the application and interpretation of these statutory principles and concepts in regulatory proceedings.  Specifically, Mark counsels utilities in complying with recent state-mandated energy efficiency and demand response requirements, including the development of energy efficiency plans and on-bill financing programs, coordination with national energy efficiency experts, and representation of the utility before the state regulatory commission throughout the approval process.

Mark's experience also includes representation of audit committees of Fortune 500 companies in internal investigations of alleged accounting irregularities, as well as representation of various financial market participants in connection with regulatory proceedings before the NASD and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).  He has also defended software and pharmaceutical companies in matters involving alleged antitrust violations and provided ongoing antitrust counseling. 

Before joining Eimer Stahl, Mark was an associate with the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP.  He graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2002 and received an undergraduate degree cum laude in Philosophy from Wheaton College in 1999.  He is admitted to practice law in Illinois, Minnesota and the Northern District of Illinois.