Dean E. Criddle, a partner in the San Francisco office, is a member of the Tax Group. Concentrating his practice in electric and gas utility finance, Mr. Criddle serves the dual roles of tax and finance counsel to utilities, underwriters, issuers and developers, in utility financings as well as in utility organizations and reorganizations. His broad experience ranges from “stranded cost” securitization financings for investor-owned electric utilities to tax-exempt financings for utilities owned by investor-owned companies, nonprofit corporations, states, local governments and federal power marketing agencies.