Tim Oberleiton

Senior Attorney

Timothy Oberleiton, Senior Attorney, Earthjustice

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DC, NJ, NY

Tim Oberleiton is a senior attorney with the Right to Zero team.

His work focuses on reducing emissions from the building, power, transportation, and industrial sectors in D.C. and Maryland. Tim routinely represents community and environmental groups, primarily in cases before public service commissions where he works to curb gas utility investments and advocates for building electrification to provide clean, healthy, and affordable spaces for all.

Prior to joining Earthjustice, Tim served as a Deputy Attorney General with the New Jersey Office of the Attorney General, Division of Law – Public Utilities Section, and came to Earthjustice from the D.C. Office of the People’s Counsel where he focused on gas and electric utility matters before the D.C. Public Service Commission and FERC.

Tim graduated with a B.A. in History from Rutgers University and received his law degree from Rutgers School of Law — Newark.

The Latest from Tim Oberleiton

Close up of burning gas stove.
March 11, 2024

Washington Gas is Betting Against the Climate, and Your Health, with Billions of Your Money

Washington D.C. residents should not have to pay for Washington Gas's bad investments.