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ANTHONY M. MACLEOD

PRACTICE AREAS

Trade Association and Nonprofit Law

Antitrust             

Business Law and Contracts

Municipal Law

Energy and Public Utilities Law

EDUCATION

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.

University of Notre Dame, A.B., Magna cum Laude

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Connecticut

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut

BIOGRAPHY

BIOGRAPHY

EXPERIENCE

Tony’s practice focuses on the representation of trade associations and other nonprofit entities, including charitable foundations and a police pension fund. He serves as general counsel to national and international trade associations in the building materials, distribution, environmental, print, plastic, and forest and paper products industries, providing antitrust counseling, governance, contractual and corporate law advice. Tony also counsels his clients in general business matters and employment law, including executive compensation and employment contracts, and he advises municipalities in specialized administrative law matters.

 

Tony has represented energy and utility clients, as well as municipal entities, in regulatory proceedings before several state agencies in Connecticut, including the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority and the Connecticut Siting Council.  He has also been involved in the preparation and response by both regulated and non-regulated businesses to various federal and state governmental inquiries and proceedings.

 

Prior to the formation of MacleodLaw, Tony was a partner in private practice with Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan and with Wiggin & Dana, and he gained over a decade of experience in the corporate sector as the chief legal officer of both a business involved in mining, manufacturing and building materials and also a publicly listed utility company. He is a former Connecticut Supreme Court Law Clerk.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • American Bar Association

  • Connecticut Bar Association (Chair, Public Utility Law Section, 1995-1998; Experienced Lawyers Committee, since 2021)

  • New Samaritan Corporation (Board of Directors, since 2024)

  • Elderly Housing Management, Inc. (Board of Directors, since 2024)

  • Greenwich Country Club (President, 2015-2018; Chair, Law, Policy and Risk Committee, 2012-2015;  Board of Governors, 2011-2018)

  • Greenwich Flood and Erosion Control Board (Chair, 1989-2013)

  • Greenwich Youth Lacrosse, Inc. (Board of Directors, 2002-2013)

  • Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control Task Force, Water Company Acquisitions (Chair, Finance Committee, 1996)

  • Bridgeport Financial Review Board (Gubernatorial appointee, 1991-1993)

  • National Association of Water Companies (Board of Directors, 1991-1992; Chair, Regulatory Law Committee, 1990-1993)

HONORS & RECOGNITION

PRESENTATIONS

  • Speaker, "Legal Considerations for Associations: Where Are We Most Vulnerable?"  National Council of Forest Association Executives (2023)

  • Antitrust Compliance Lecturer

  • Panelist, “21st Century Regulation: Paradigms Under Pressure,” ABA Public Utility Law Section Program (April, 2006)

  • Speaker before National Association of Water Companies, New England Waterworks Association, and National Association of Regulatory Attorneys on various regulatory and ratemaking topics

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

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Trade Association Meetings

If your meeting dates are not listed below or conflict with other meeting dates, please contact Tony.

2024

January

16-19    Naples, FL                   23        Jacksonville, FL

February

20-21    Atlanta, GA

March

3-5        Sea Island, GA

6-8        Cleveland, OH

April

10-11    Chicago, IL

29-30    Nashville, TN

May

1           Nashville, TN

May

1-3        Miramar Beach, FL

9-11      Vancouver, WA

14-16    Palm Beach, FL

 

September

29-30    Orlando, FL

October

1          Orlando, FL

21-24     New Orleans, LA

22-25     Scottsdale, AZ

24-25     Denver, CO

November

1 or 4-6  Singapore

 

CONTACT

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Email: tony@amaclaw.com
Tel:  (203) 912-3041

Address: 124 Old Stone Bridge Road, Greenwich, Connecticut 06807​

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