The Conference of California Public Utility Counsel

 
 
Jose E. Guzman

    Joe Guzman is a principal in the Guzman Law Offices practicing in the areas of law, public policy and government relations.  His practice focuses on regulatory and legislative matters and business transactions involving the telecommunications, energy, water and transportation industries. 
    Prior to his current affiliation, Mr. Guzman was a partner with Nossaman LLP in San Francisco for twenty-one years.  He previously held the positions of Acting General Counsel, Vice President & Associate General Counsel and General Corporate Counsel with Sprint Communications Company from 1983-1987.  While at Sprint, Mr. Guzman focused on regulatory and legislative matters associated with the advent of competition in the telecommunications industry, and oversaw the legal aspects of the construction of the first nation-wide fiber optic telecommunications network.  Mr. Guzman began his legal career as an attorney for Southern Pacific Transportation Company. 
    Mr. Guzman is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and also received his law degree from U. C. Berkeley’s Boalt Hall (“don’t-call-it-Berkeley-Law”) Law School. 
    Mr. Guzman currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Conference of California Public Utility Counsel, the Board of Directors of the Lake Merritt Breakfast Club Charitable Foundation, and the Council of the Section of Science & Technology Law of the American Bar Association.