Myra Karegianes
Myra Karegianes was the founding and managing partner of Karegianes & Field, LLC, a boutique law firm representing primarily energy clients, including Fortune 500 companies as well as privately owned mid-size entrepreneurial companies in complex regulatory proceedings before the Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC), including the ComEd and Ameren procurement dockets and the Ameren and Illinois Power merger. Myra also represented corporate clients in a variety of commercial and corporate matters as well as advised investment companies on Illinois energy issues.
Prior to founding Karegianes & Field, Myra was the general counsel to the ICC for almost ten years where she oversaw and handled numerous complex legal matters, including implementation of the Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997; promulgation of rules; rate cases; tariff compliance; investigations; audits; contracts; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) matters; Federal Communication Commission (“FCC”) matters; and defense of ICC orders in State and Federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. She also addressed issues pertaining to matters of ethics involving conflicts of interest; acted as liaison to various Federal, State and local government agencies, including the FERC, FCC, United States Department of Justice, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, the Governor’s Office and the Illinois Department of Revenue.
Myra holds a B.A. in English from the University of Illinois at Chicago; a Master of Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago; and a Juris Doctor from DePaul University College of Law. She is admitted to practice law in the Illinois Bar, Federal Bar, and the United States Supreme Court. Myra is a member of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) and the Energy Bar Association (EBA), and serves on EBA’s Climate Change and Emissions Committee.
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- Dick Munson, Public Affairs
- Aaron Walters, Chief Financial Officer