Brian O. Lipman, Esq., Litigation Manager, State of NJ Division of Rate Counsel

Brian Lipman is the Litigation Manager for the New Jersey Division of Rate Counsel. The Division of Rate Counsel represents the interests of ratepayers in hearings where a public utility seeks a rate increase. The Division also participates in other state and federal utility matters to protect the interests of New Jersey ratepayers. Prior to joining the Division, Mr. Lipman was a Deputy Attorney General in the Division of Law. He last served as the Assistant Section Chief for the Public Utilities Section, which advises and represents the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities in all forums, including the Office of Administrative Law and the Superior Court. Mr. Lipman was involved in a variety of federal energy matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. District Court. Mr. Lipman also advised the Board on matters pending before the Board. Before rejoining the BPU section, Mr. Lipman served as a DAG in the Affirmative Litigation and Civil Rights Section. In the Affirmative Litigation Section, Mr. Lipman worked on mortgage fraud matters as well as other cases for a number of administrative agencies, including the Election Law Enforcement Commission. In the Civil Rights Section, Mr. Lipman served as legal counsel to the Division on Civil Rights and prosecuted cases on behalf of the Division. Before joining the Division of Law in 2003, Mr. Lipman represented private employers in employment litigation matters as an associate with the firm of Carpenter, Bennett & Morrissey from 2001 to 2003 and an associate with the firm Genova, Burns & Vernoia from 1997 to 2001. Mr. Lipman also represented federal employees in employment litigation as an associate at the firm of Schnieder, Frieberger & Kastner in 1997. He clerked at the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Mr. Lipman graduated from Rutgers School of Law-Camden, with honors in 1995, winning the Arthur T. Vanderbilt award for Legal History and from The American University with a B.S. in political science in 1992. He was a pupil in the Sidney Rietman Inns of Court in 2000-01.