Paul Dickerson
Haynes & Boone LLP

Paul Dickerson is an attorney with Haynes and Boone.  He launched their Clean Tech practice group in 2008, a new concentration for the firm that builds upon the firm's broad experience in intellectual property, litigation, technology, financing and many other legal issues that companies in the nascent industry must face.

Mr. Dickerson served as Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) from 2006 until his return to Haynes and Boone (where he worked as an associate from 2000 to 2005). He oversaw the EERE’s $1.8 billion budget and helped move alternative and renewable energy technologies from vision to development.

He also served as Chief of Staff for the United States and Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Department of Commerce.