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Lila A. Jaber

Lila A. Jaber
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Highpoint Center, 12th Floor
106 East College Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Main:  850.224.9634
Fax:  850.222.0103
Direct:  850.521.8007
lila.jaber@akerman.com

Practice Areas
Government Affairs and Public Policy
Energy & Utilities, Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications

Additional Practice Areas
Electric, Natural Gas, Water, Telecommunications and Technology, FCC and FERC matters, Utilities and Telecommunications

Experience
Lila Jaber is a former Chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission, twice appointed by Governor Jeb Bush. As Chairman and Commissioner of the Florida Public Service Commission, Lila presided over the State's regulatory utility matters, regulating the State's $17-billion investor-owned utility industry, which includes electric and natural gas companies, local and long distance telephone companies, and privately-owned, non-exempt water and wastewater companies.

Lila was recently appointed by Governor Charlie Crist to serve on the Board of Workforce Florida, Inc., the legislatively created entity that oversees and monitors the administration of the state's workforce policy, programs, and services carried out by the 24 business-led Regional Workforce Boards and the Agency for Workforce Innovation.

Fluent in Arabic, Lila is knowledgeable in public affairs, telecommunications, water, energy and broadband policies and is known nationally for her experience in those areas. She has testified before Congress, the U.S. Treasury, the FCC, and has made numerous presentations related to regulatory process, policy, and law, at both the State and Federal level.


Bar Admissions
Florida

Professional Memberships and Activities
Certified Circuit Court Mediator
Florida Bar (Government, Public Utility Law and Administrative Law Sections)
Senior Fellow, University of Florida Public Utility Research Center
Member, "Growing Florida's Economy" Policy Council, Charlie Crist Campaign for Governor
Member, Finance Committee, Charlie Crist Campaign for Governor
Co-Finance Chair, Alan Williams Campaign for Florida House of Representatives

Professional Experience
Member, Board of Directors, Workforce Florida, Inc.
Member, 2005 Florida Energy Forum
Florida Public Service Commission (Chairman, 2002-2004)
Florida Public Service Commission (Commissioner, 2000-2004)
FCC-State Joint Conference on Advanced Services, State Chair
FCC-State Joint Board on Universal Service, 2001-2004, State Member
NARUC (National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners), Vice Chair, Committee on Telecommunications
NARUC, Member, Committee on Consumer Affairs
NARUC, Member, Committee on Water
Florida Public Service Commission, Chief Advisor to Commissioner Julia L. Johnson, 1999
Florida Public Service Commission, Bureau of Water and Wastewater, Bureau Chief, Division of Legal Services, 1994-1999
Florida Public Service Commission, Bureau of Water and Wastewater, Attorney, Division of Legal Services, 1991-1994

Community Involvement
Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science Board of Directors
Leadership Florida, Class XXIII
Leadership Florida Board and Development Chair
The Village Square

Education
1990: J.D., Stetson University College of Law
1988: B.A., Stetson University, Major(s): Political Science

Other Languages
Arabic