Jerry Brown concentrates his practice in regulatory matters and general litigation as a Senior Attorney at Chico & Nunes, P.C. Regarding regulatory matters, Mr. Brown has extensive experience representing public utilities before the Illinois Commerce Commission, having handled matters such as rate increases, contract modifications, and approval of affiliated interest contracts. Mr. Brown has also represented public utilities in litigation related to billing disputes and theft of services.

Mr. Brown also has extensive trial and arbitration experience and has handled a wide variety of matters such as breach of contract, commercial paper fraud, real estate litigation, housing discrimination, Freedom of Information Act claims, actions for equitable remedies, and personal injury defense. In addition to his years of experience in private practice, Mr. Brown has served as an Attorney in the Chicago Board of Education Law Department in the Affirmative Litigation Division. He is admitted to practice in the State of Illinois, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States District Court of Nebraska, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the United States Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court.

Representative Transactions:

• Represented investor owned water, gas and electric utility in connection with securing approval for a utility water services contract.
• Represented investor owned gas and electric utility in connection with securing approval of affiliated interest contract for coal transloading services.
• Represented investor owned gas and electric utility in connection with securing approval for issuance on $220,000,000 in senior debentures.
• Represented investor owned gas utility in rate case.
• Represented investor owned electric utility in disputes service classification.

Admissions

• Illinois
  

Memberships

• Cook County Bar Association
• LexNoir
• Chicago Bar Association, Chair of Energy and Telecommunications Committee for 2009-2010

Teaching

• Adjunct Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School, teaching Remedies

Civic and Charitable

• Volunteer panel attorney for Chicago Volunteer Legal Services Foundation

Seminars

• Moderator - Natural Gas Price Volatility, New Gas Sources and Development (presented at NCRA Conference, June 1-4, 2009, Las Vegas, NV)
• Panelist - Electronic Records: Can Your Clients Afford Your Lack of Knowledge? (presented at LexNoir In-House Counsel Conference, April 17, 2008, Chicago, IL)
• Panelist - Ethics Matters For a Correct Agency Decision (presented at Indiana State Bar Association Utility Law Fall Seminar, October 16, 2009, Michigan City, IN)

Education

• J.D., University of Minnesota 1992
• Managing Editor of the Journal of Law and Inequality
• A.B., University of Chicago 1987