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Irene Ringwood
Partner
Washington, DC 20005
t 202.772.5551
f 202.783.6947
vcard“For more than two decades, we have fought to maintain our clients’ domestic manufacturing capabilities through means such as international trade strategies, natural resource policies and access to federal cost-based power. U.S. economic security depends upon preserving and expanding our country’s manufacturing base.”
Irene Ringwood is an attorney and lobbyist whose practice focuses on federal legislative and regulatory policies affecting energy, natural resources, agriculture, international trade and appropriations. She has developed deep knowledge in Pacific Northwest energy and natural resource issues and the interpretation and effects of the Northwest Power Act, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other natural resource statutes. For many years, she has effectively advocated for Pacific Northwest aluminum companies regarding their continued access to federal cost-based power marketed by the Bonneville Power Administration. She has also worked with Northwest electric utilities analyzing the impact of ESA listings on Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead in an effort to achieve stock recovery while maintaining the multiple uses of the river system.
“For more than two decades, we have fought to maintain our clients’ domestic manufacturing capabilities through means such as international trade strategies, natural resource policies and access to federal cost-based power. U.S. economic security depends upon preserving and expanding our country’s manufacturing base.”
Irene Ringwood is an attorney and lobbyist whose practice focuses on federal legislative and regulatory policies affecting energy, natural resources, agriculture, international trade and appropriations. She has developed deep knowledge in Pacific Northwest energy and natural resource issues and the interpretation and effects of the Northwest Power Act, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and other natural resource statutes. For many years, she has effectively advocated for Pacific Northwest aluminum companies regarding their continued access to federal cost-based power marketed by the Bonneville Power Administration. She has also worked with Northwest electric utilities analyzing the impact of ESA listings on Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead in an effort to achieve stock recovery while maintaining the multiple uses of the river system.
Ms. Ringwood has worked in or with the federal government since 1985. In the U.S. House of Representatives, she worked for Representative Thomas S. Foley while he was Majority Whip and Majority Leader, who later became Speaker of the House. She is D.C. Counsel for the American Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Association (ADOGA), one of many domestic industries she has shepherded through the ins and outs of federal policy decisions and their impact – positive and negative – on private business. She is in regular contact with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Energy, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the International Trade Commission and both houses of Congress.
In 2000, Ms. Ringwood received the honor of the Gonzaga University Distinguished Alumni Merit Award in recognition of her service to the University. She served on the Law School Board of Advisors from 1988-2006 and the University Board of Regents from 2006-2012.