About FERC 
Directory of Judges
Chief Judge Curtis L. Wagner, Jr.
Chief Judge Curtis L. Wagner, Jr. received his law degree from
the University of Tennessee in 1951 and received his pre-legal
education at Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. He was admitted
to the Tennessee. Bar on March 31, l952. His government service
includes both the Criminal and Civil Divisions of the U.S. Department
of Justice, and serving in a civilian capacity as Chief of the
Regulatory Law Division in the Army’s Office of The Judge
Advocate General. Prior to entering Government Service, Chief
Judge Wagner was in the private practice of the law with Kramer,
Dye, McNabb & Greenwood in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Chief Judge Wagner has extensive experience in mediation and other forms of alternative
dispute resolution. He has successfully resolved many large multi-party cases
at the Commission and has given many lectures on the subject. He has been an
Administrative Law Judge at FERC and its predecessor, the FPC, since 1974, and
has been Chief Judge since 1978.
Chief Judge Wagner has received numerous awards including the Department of the
Army's highest award, the Decoration For Exceptional Civilian Service. He appears
in four separate editions of Who’s Who.
