Thomas Rubenstein and Christopher Power, partners with Dinsmore & Shohl, were recently selected to serve as Trustees at Large for the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF). Both attorneys will serve a first-year term from 2010 to 2011 on the Board of Trustees.
Thomas Rubenstein is the managing partner of the firm's Morgantown, West Virginia office. He has more than 25 years of experience as a coal lawyer with both substantial in-house and private practice experience representing public and private operating and land holding companies. Rubenstein focuses on legal and business matters pertaining to the coal industry, including transactions, mergers and acquisitions, coal sales, mine safety and health, and lease, sublease, operating and contract mining agreements.
Christopher Power is a partner in the firm's Charleston, West Virginia office. He is a member of the Natural Resources and Environmental Practice Groups. Power's practice encompasses civil and administrative litigation related to the energy industry, with a particular emphasis on natural resources extraction and related operations.