Josh Kaplowitz, who most recently served as Vice President for Offshore Wind at the American Clean Power Association (ACP), has joined Locke Lord’s Washington, D.C., office in the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group and Renewable Energy Section.Kaplowitz led ACP’s offshore wind advocacy efforts, working to advance the organisation’s policy, legislative and regulatory priorities for offshore wind, with a particular emphasis on its engagement with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), other key federal agencies and Capitol Hill. He also facilitated ACP’s collaboration with state and local governments, stakeholders and the public.
After working in private practice as an environmental, toxic tort and commercial litigator, Kaplowitz served for five years in the Office of the Solicitor at the U.S. Department of the Interior as legal counsel for BOEM’s Office of Renewable Energy Programs and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. During his tenure, Kaplowitz helped revise BOEM’s offshore wind regulations and defend BOEM against legal challenges to its permits and leases. Kaplowitz then moved to an in-house position with GE’s offshore wind business unit.
Kaplowitz is a frequent speaker and writer on offshore wind law and policy. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University College of Law where he teaches offshore wind law to second- and third-year law students.
