Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D.
US Naval Academy, B.S.
Bar Admissions:
District of Columbia
Maryland
Hawaii
United States Supreme Court
Wayne L. Rogers
Partner, Washington, D.C.
202-408-6478
wrogers@sonnenschein.com
Practice Area(s):
Asia Pacific Practice
Climate Change
Corporate
Energy
International Mergers and Acquisitions
Public Law & Policy Strategies
Mr. Rogers is a partner in the Public Law & Policy Strategies Group. His experience covers a wide range of areas, including engineering, construction, project finance as well as development and privatization. He has worked on numerous corporate matters, international transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Rogers has been a policy advisor to power producers, municipalities, irrigation districts, State and Federal Government. He has experience in regulatory matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Congress, state legislatures, China, public utility commissions, and foreign corporations and governments.
He has directed energy definitional missions to Grenada, Honduras, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Pakistan, and India. He has been included on influential trade missions such as President Clinton’s historic visit to India, Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary’s mission to Pakistan, Commerce Secretary Daley’s mission to India and most recently the Commerce Department’s Clean Energy Trade Mission to China and India. Mr. Rogers has participated in the Aspen Strategy Group (Aspen Institute) program on South Asia-US Relations and US China Policy. He has testified before Congress and spoken at many national and international conferences on renewable energy. He is heavily engaged in policy concerning global climate change and energy.
Mr. Rogers serves as Chairman of Synergics, which owns and operates renewable energy power stations and provides consulting services in the energy, infrastructure and related areas. The group has financed, constructed and operated both renewable and conventional power stations in nine states and participated in power projects around the world.