John W. Dax

John has been practicing law since 1978 focused on energy regulation and environmental permitting. His practice and client base has evolved with the dramatic shifts the energy industry has experienced over those four and a half decades.

John has extensive experience in energy infrastructure development and regulation, environmental permitting and compliance, administrative law, local land use law, contract negotiation, government procurement, and appellate litigation. He is active in licensing renewable electricity generation, transmission and storage facilities and counseling developers, large energy consumers, investors and lenders in the energy and utility industries on regulatory and commercial strategies and compliance issues.

John appears before federal, state, and municipal agencies with responsibility for energy regulation and environmental protection, local land use control as well as in New York State and federal courts.

After graduating from Columbia Law School John served as an assistant counsel to the New York State Public Service Commission and as an assistant counsel in the Office of Counsel to New York Governor Hugh Carey. He has been in private practice since 1983 and a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP since 2021.

Services

Education

New York University, B.A. Economics, cum laude

Columbia University School of Law, J.D.

Admissions

• New York State
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia

Bar Associations

• New York State