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Vincent DeVito
About Vincent
Biography
Vincent DeVito is a corporate and regulatory attorney who represents utilities, corporations, investors, and entrepreneurs in the energy, power generation, and technology sectors in the United States and abroad. He is experienced in issues involving renewable energy development and corporate governance, corporate disclosure and compliance matters. Vincent also counsels presidential, senatorial, congressional, and gubernatorial committees, and numerous other candidate and political committees in multiple jurisdictions.
In his previous U.S. Government service involving international energy issues, Vincent conducted briefings with members of the President’s Cabinet, governors, ambassadors, members of Congress, and corporate leaders. During his tenure in government he:
- Worked in the general counsel’s office of the U. S. Department of Energy
- Served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Energy for Policy and International Affairs, responsible for developing strategic policy and international cooperation
- Oversaw the Climate Change Technology Program
- Maintained government and industry contacts worldwide
While at the Department of Energy, Vincent served as the U.S. manager of the North American Energy Working Group, a task force created to pursue the development of a fully integrated North American energy market. Vincent was counsel to the U.S.-Canada Power Outage Task Force that was established as a result of the electricity blackout in August 2003.
Immediately prior to joining the Department of Energy, Vincent served as an energy lawyer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts within the legislature and at the Department of Public Utilities. In those positions, he pursued the development and implementation of the state’s electric utility deregulation plan. Vincent has also served as the International Energy Policy Adviser to a Presidential campaign.
Vincent is a frequent television commentator, speaker and author on issues regarding energy and technology and has delivered numerous regulatory and policy addresses before various organizations such as:
- The World Energy Council
- The International Atomic Energy Agency
- The International Energy Agency
- The Western Hemispheric Energy Ministerial
- The Asian Pacific Economic Council
- The Chatham House of London
- The Center for Strategic International Studies
- The International Energy Forum
- The Council for Environmental Cooperation
Representative Campaign Experience:
Vincent provides political and government relations counsel for corporations and their executives, and is an experienced recount lawyer with significant experience representing Super PACS. Vincent’s political practice includes representing clients on ethics, lobbying, pay-to-play, and non-profit rules.
Vincent assisted the legal and political operations of the Bush-Cheney presidential campaigns and was legal point for Collier County during the Florida recount. Vincent directly assisted the general counsel and other attorneys to the Romney for President campaign, and assisted the Republican National Committee’s legal and rules operations prior to and during the 2012 national convention.
In 2014, Vincent served as Chief Legal Counsel for:
- Senator Scott Brown’s campaign (New Hampshire)
- Representative Ryan Zinke (Montana)
- Governor Charlie Baker (Massachusetts)
- 4th CD candidate Bruce Blakeman (New York)
Vincent served as Chief Legal Counsel for Senator Scott Brown’s 2012 campaign in Massachusetts which was the the most expensive U.S. Senate race in the country that year. Vincent currently provides counsel to nationally active Leadership PACs.
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Licensed in District of Columbia for 20 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 2006
No misconduct found
Licensed in Massachusetts for 30 years
State: Massachusetts
Acquired: 1995
No misconduct found
Location
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
One International Place, Suite 4410, Boston, MA, 02110-2602
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
300 New Jersey Avenue NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC, 20001
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Experience
Associations
Clean Energy Ministerial Carbon Capture, Use and Storage Action Group
Member
Association of Cleantech Incubators of New England
Member of the Board
Institute for Energy and Sustainability
Director
Worcester City Manager's Energy Task Force
Member
Greenopolis.com
Advisory Board Member
American Bar Association's State Attorneys General and Department of Justice Issues Committee
Founding Member
Northeast Midwest Institute - Washington, DC
Board Member
Education
N/A
Massachusetts School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
N/A
Hartwick College
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2016
Northeastern University Law Journal's Annual Symposium
The Influence of Wealth and Lobbying Elections
2016
MSNBC and NBC News
The RNC Rules Committee Meets Thursday - Here's What to Watch
2016
Institute for Energy & Sustainability Program
Legal Issues for Startup Businesses
2015
Massachusetts Energy Summit
'State of the State' Panel
2014
The Energy and Environmental Club at Harvard Business School The 11th Annual Energy Symposium
Legal and Policy Panel onn Engaging Across Energy
2014
FOX 25 News
Casino Law Can Go to Ballot
2014
Energy Initiative; KLR and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Event
Growing Solar Energy Market in Massachusetts
2014
8th Annual Massachusetts Energy Summit
Solar for the Commerical Customer
2011
WPI Venture Forum
Clean Technology Business
2011
2011 Boston Green Fest, Green Entrepreneur Small Business Forum
What Business Opportunities Exist in the Green Sector
Publications
2016
Public Utilities Fortnightly
Energy Company's Pipe Dream: Why $3.3 Billion Northeast Energy Direct Pipeline was Defeated
2015
Reuter's The Great Debate
One Possible Weapon to Ward off Super PACs
2015
2015
Worcester Business Journal
How a Quick Flow of Information Impacted Pipeline Plans
2014
Worcester Business Journal
On Energy Policy, U.S. Has Come a Long Way from 'Jawboning'
Languages
English