Otter Tail Power Company
Fergus Falls,
MN
Lauren D. Donofrio is a senior expert attorney in the Office of General Counsel at DTE Energy where she focuses her practice on federal and state public utility law in the areas of electricity and gas. Previously she was an assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan and the Appellate Section Head of the Public Service Division. In that role, Ms. Donofrio's practice focused on public utility law in the areas of electricity, gas, telecommunications, motor carriers, and carriers by water. She represented the Michigan Public Service Commission before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Michigan Supreme Court, and the Michigan Court of Appeals. Ms. Donofrio also represented the Public Service Commission's staff in cases before the commission. Before joining the Department of Attorney General, she focused her practice in the areas of appellate practice and commercial litigation. Ms. Donofrio sits on the elected council of the State Bar of Michigan's Appellate Practice Section. She is also a past president of the Italian American Bar Association in Michigan.
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