Profile

Katherine Ross concentrates her practice in government relations and regulatory matters, representing clients at the North Carolina General Assembly, before state agencies, boards and commissions and in federal and state courts.

Ms. Ross’ government relations practice includes legislative representation on state and federal issues, political and public relations strategy formation, bill drafting, representation before executive agencies and advice and counsel on ethics and lobbying laws and political action committee regulation. She also focuses on economic development initiatives, including negotiation of incentive packages with state and local officials.

Ms. Ross’ regulatory practice involves advising clients on matters including regulatory compliance, negotiating with state agencies, land-use and zoning matters and tort liability. Ms. Ross routinely assists energy clients with rulemaking, certification and registration matters before the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

While attending North Carolina Central University School of Law, she was the Symposium Editor for the North Carolina Central Law Review and co-founded the Public Interest Law Organization. Ms. Ross received the H.M. Michaux award for Public Service in 2008.

Before joining Parker Poe, Ms. Ross was Program Administrator for Boomerang, a non-profit serving youth and families in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, an Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University, teaching Legal Aspects of Social Work, and a Child Advocate with the Council for Children in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Experience Highlights

• Represents clients as a registered lobbyist before the North Carolina General Assembly

• Formulates comprehensive political and public relations strategies, drafting legislation monitoring legislation, and intervening directly with legislative, executive and local officials

• Represents clients before agencies such as the Departments of Insurance, Health and Human Services, Transportation, Environment and Natural Resources and Commerce

• Provides counsel in connection with campaign finance, ethics and lobbying laws

• Advises clients on all aspects of planning, sitting and development of renewable energy facilities

• Represents clients before the North Carolina Utilities Commission, including wind, biomass and multi-use energy renewable energy facilities

• Advises clients on economic development opportunities, federal, state and local development incentives and grants, tax credits and tax exemptions

• Counsels clients in connection with federal and state government procurement and contracts

• Represents landowners in property tax disputes before local boards of equalization and the North Carolina Property Tax Commission

• Represents individuals and businesses before professional licensing boards

• Represents clients in securities industry arbitrations

• Litigates complex civil matters, including real property matters, violations of     environmental regulations and contract disputes

News

• Treasury and DOE Issue Guidance on Grants in Lieu of Tax Credits
  July 24, 2009

Memberships

• North Carolina Central University
  Co-founder, Public Interest Law Organization