John W. Dax

John began practicing law in 1978, focusing on energy regulation and environmental permitting. His practice and client base evolved alongside the dramatic shifts the energy industry experienced over those four and a half decades.

John had extensive experience in energy infrastructure development and regulation, environmental permitting and compliance, administrative law, local land use law, contract negotiation, government procurement, and appellate litigation. He was active in licensing renewable electricity generation, transmission, and storage facilities and counseled developers, large energy consumers, investors, and lenders in the energy and utility industries on regulatory and commercial strategies and compliance issues.

John appeared before federal, state, and municipal agencies responsible for energy regulation and environmental protection, local land use control, as well as in New York State and federal courts.

After graduating from Columbia Law School, John served as an assistant counsel to the New York State Public Service Commission and as an assistant counsel in the Office of Counsel to New York Governor Hugh Carey. He was in private practice beginning in 1983 and became a partner at Hodgson Russ LLP in 2021.

If you are a former client of, or have been referred to, John Dax in connection with an existing or potential legal matter, please contact Michael Hecker.

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Services

Education

New York University, B.A. Economics, cum laude

Columbia University School of Law, J.D.

Admissions

• New York State
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia

Bar Associations

• New York State