Attorney Bernadette Antaki serves MLG’s clients well with her 29 years of experience in civil litigation and appeals in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Arizona courts. Bernadette’s practice is broad and versatile. She represents retail and commercial solar and renewable energy companies, focusing on renewable energy-related administrative law and regulatory matters before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), and the Connecticut Siting Council (CSC). She also handles administrative law appeals to the Connecticut Superior Court, as well as tax matters on renewable energy projects both at the local level and in Superior Court.
Before joining the firm, Bernadette was the Managing Attorney at a Connecticut and western Massachusetts regional office of a national creditors‘ rights and consumer collections law firm. This role provided her with a unique perspective on business and consumer law, enhancing her ability to handle a wide range of legal matters, as well as litigating a high volume of civil cases in Connecticut and Massachusetts courts. This experience was preceded by a significant role as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, representing a State agency in matters before the trial court and appeals courts in Arizona.
In 1995, Bernadette earned a J.D. Degree from New England Law | Boston, where she was a writer and editor for the Environmental Law Journal. Her academic achievements, including a B.A. in Political Science from Assumption College, Worcester, MA, in 1991, underscore her commitment to the legal profession and her deep understanding of the law. Bernadette is admitted to practice law in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Arizona, and the United States District Courts of Connecticut and Massachusetts.