Chairman Linda W. Cropp at the request of the
Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Mr. Ronald R. Ross to the District of Columbia Sports and
Entertainment Commission Board of Directors.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited
as the "District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of Directors
Ronald R. Ross Confirmation Resolution of 2000".
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:
Mr. Ronald R. Ross
2038 18" Street, N.W., Apt. #303
Washington, D.C. 20009
(Ward 1)
as a member of the District of Columbia Sports and Entertainment Commission Board of
Directors, established by section 5 of the Omnibus Sports Consolidation Act of 1994,
effective August 23, 1994 (D.C. Law 10-152; D.C. Code § 2-4004), replacing Linda Greenan,
whose term will end December 31, 2000, for a term to end December 31, 2004.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this
resolution, upon its adoption, each to the nominee and to the Office of the Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
Ronald R. Ross
Home Address
2038 18th Street, NW, #303
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 274-2950(0)
(202) 667-4047(H)
Areas of Practice:
Domestic and International Project Development and Finance; Privatizations;
Acquisitions; Corporate Governance and General Corporate legal counsel
Professional Experience:
Partner, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1998-present
Of Counsel, Troutman Sanders LLP, 1996-1997
Attorney, Edison Mission Energy, 1991-1996
Associate, Fried, Frank. Harris, Shriven & Jacobson, 1989-91
Associate, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, 1987-89
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, 1985-87
Sample Representations:
Lead project finance counsel in connection with the development and financing of a
merchant power plant in Mohave County, Arizona
Legal counsel in connection with the negotiated sale of a nuclear-fired electric
generating facility.Legal counsel in connection with the acquisition of an equity interest in a coal-fired
electric generating facility in the Czech Republic.Lead legal counsel in connection with the acquisition of a cogeneration project in
Wichita Falls, Texas.Lead legal counsel in connection with the development of a geothermal power project and
a mint-mouth coal project in Indonesia.Lead legal counsel in connection with the acquisition of partnership interests in two
projects qualifying for tax credits under Section 29 of the Internal Revenue Code.Lead legal counsel to developer seeking acquisition of 26 percent ownership interest in
Jamshoro Power Station, Sindh Province, Pakistan.Negotiated sale of limited partnership interests in a waste coal power plant in West
Virginia.Negotiated limited participation agreement for the sale of state tax credits.
Negotiated the acquisition of 50 percent ownership share in a development project from
co-developer and simultaneous sale of ownership shares to substitute co-developers in
exchange for equity and asset contributions.Negotiated the terms of a refinancing of $150 million project debt.
Negotiated and documented -riumerous joint venture and partnership agreements.
Participated in comprehensive bankruptcy and/or debt restructuring analysis of an
operating power project.Participated in due diligence review of numerous potential investments and/or power
project acquisitions.
Education:
Harvard Law School (J.D., 1985)
Yale College (B.A., cum laude with distinction, 1982)
Bar Activities and Legal Associations:
American Bar Association
National Bar Association
District of Columbia Bar Association
Admitted to Bar:
District of Columbia, 1986
United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1986
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1986
Ronald R Ross is a Partner residing in the Washington, D.C. office of Troutman Sanders
LLP. He is experienced in domestic and international project development and finance,
privatizations, acquisitions, corporate governance, and general corporate representation.
Immediately, prior to assuming his current position with Troutman Sanders. Mr. Ross was
an attorney with Mission Energy Company (now, Edison Mission Energy), where he
concentrated on project finance, project development and asset management, principally by
providing legal counsel to a variety of affiliated partnerships and special purpose
subsidiaries established for the acquisition and/or development, financing and maintenance
of independent power projects.
Mr. Ross was born in Washington, D.C. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, cons
laude, with Distinction, from Yale College in 1982 and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard
Law School in 1985.