Attorney Laurence Daniels is currently the Director of Litigation for the Office of the People’s Counsel. He has an extensive background in the electric and telecommunications industry. Since January 2000, he has worked for the Office as a regulatory attorney advocating on behalf of telecommunications, electric and natural gas consumers. During his tenure with the Office, he represented the consumers’ interest in a number of electric rate cases and the smart grid pilot program, PowerCentsDC. Through the pilot program experience, he learned how digital technology is transforming the electric industry, that consumer education is essential to empower consumers’ ability to benefit from this new technology and that there is a need for new policies to be created to protect consumers. Prior to joining the Office, he obtained a solid understanding of cable television and telephony infrastructures while serving as a product manager of cable television and fiber optic enclosures while working for Reliance Comm/Tec.
In 1997, Mr. Daniels received his law degree from Howard University School of Law. He and his wife Gilda, a voting rights attorney, reside in Mitchellville, Maryland with their two children Lauren and William.