Dewey & LeBoeuf

J. Porter Wiseman

Associate

Ms. Wiseman’s practice focuses on regulation and competition issues, particularly in technology-based industries. Her Energy Regulation practice includes the representation of electric utilities and other energy clients in proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including administrative litigation, merger proceedings, rate proceedings, and other wholesale rate and tariff filings. Ms. Wiseman also has experience with issues related to natural gas pipeline safety, including drafting a safety manual for a natural gas storage operator, and has performed due diligence related to the sale of generation facilities, including nuclear and hydropower stations. Ms. Wiseman has also represented a major oil company in a securities class action litigation.

Ms. Wiseman also represents clients on antitrust and telecommunications matters before the courts and such administrative agencies as the Federal Communications Commission, including a major international telecommunications litigation involving allegations of anticompetitive behavior. She has researched and analyzed antitrust and competition issues involving transactions and conduct in various industries, including next-generation wireless broadband, cable television and programming, cross-ownership in cellular service in a developing nation, and beverages. In addition to her work on regulation and competition issues, Ms. Wiseman has also assisted Dewey & LeBoeuf’s International Arbitration practice on a variety of matters involving international law.

Ms. Wiseman has represented clients pro bono in the fields of immigration, international human rights, and voting rights.

Publications

Co-author, "The FCC's Pole Attachment Discount for Telecom Cos," Law 360 (April 2011).
Contributing author, The AGA FERC Manual: A Guide for Local Distribution Companies (2010).
Co-author with Steven Levitsky and Catherine P. McCarthy, "New Merger Review and FERC's Market Power Analyses," Law360 (February 2010).
Co-author with Glynna Christian, Vivian Polak and Catherine P. McCarthy, "IP Concerns and Smart Grid Development," Law360 (September 2009).
Co-author, "Fourth Circuit Overrules FERC on Electric Transmission Sitting Permit Authority; New Green Electric Transmission Legislation Proposed," Association of Transporation Law Professionals, Association Highlights (March-April 2009).
Co-author with Catherine P. McCarthy, "FERC and The Financial Crisis," Law360 (December 2008).
Co-author, "Class Action Antitrust Claims Dismissed in In re Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Litigation." The Insurance Policy (newsletter of the Insurance Industry Committee of the ABA Antitrust Section) (Fall 2007)
Co-author, "Crossing the Bright Line: Director and Officer Liability for Corporate Fraud." Bloomberg Law Reports (January 15, 2007)