Herbert F. Stevens

In the news

• Washington Business Journal

  There's a segment of the local tech industry ‘primed to grow rapidly.’ But we're leaving money on the table.

  This article on clean technology in the Washington, DC region details New Partners Community Solar’s roots within our firm, as well as the organization’s mission, and quotes New Partners CEO Herb Stevens and President Jeff Lesk, both senior counsel with the Community Development Finance group in DC.
  April 15, 2021
• Washington Lawyer

  Solar Power Access: A Matter of Justice

  This in-depth profile of New Partners Community Solar features Nixon Peabody’s role in the project and quotes Washington, DC, Community Development Finance senior counsel Jeff Lesk and senior counsel Herb Stevens.
  March 1, 2020
• National Housing and Rehabilitation Association

  Introducing the resiliency center

  This story mentions New Partners Community Solar, the nonprofit founded in 2017 by senior counsel Herb Stevens and Community Development Finance partner Jeff Lesk, both of Washington, DC. New Partners played a crucial role in the development of the city’s first affordable housing resiliency center—a suite of rooms available to all residents that provides an emergency power supply for residents to use during disasters or outages.
  July 20, 2019
• Solar Power World

  IREC announces 2018 3iAward recipients at Intersolar

  Washington DC partner Jeff Lesk and senior counsel Herb Stevens, both of the Community Development Finance Group, are mentioned in this story after NPSolar was named Community/Shared Renewables Project of the Year by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
  July 11, 2018
• Washington Post

  How a DC law firm installed solar panels to help low-income people save on utilities

  Nixon Peabody’s pro bono solar panel project is featured in this article.  Washington DC tax credit finance and syndication partner Jeff Lesk and senior counsel Herb Stevens are quoted throughout this feature which highlights how this first-of-its-kind project benefits low-income residents in the DC community.
  May 11, 2018
• ABA Journal

  Nixon Peabody seeks to benefit the poor with its solar panels

  Washington DC partner Jeff Lesk and senior counsel Herb Stevens are mentioned in this article about the NP Solar program, which uses solar panels placed atop DC-area buildings to produce electricity and cost savings for low-income residents.
  May 11, 2018
• Energy & Environmental News

  DC law firm uses its own panels to cut others' power bills

  Nixon Peabody’s pro bono solar panel project is featured in this trade publication for energy and environment professionals. Washington, DC tax credit finance and syndication senior counsel Herb Stevens is quoted and partner Jeff Lesk is mentioned.
  May 11, 2018
• Sol Systems

  Sol Systems monetizes SRECs for first Community solar project in DC

  This article is about a partnership between Sol Systems and New Partners Community Solar Corp., a nonprofit founded by Washington DC tax credit finance and syndication partners Jeff Lesk and Herb Stevens, to monetize solar renewable energy credits from the community solar project in DC.
  Sep 22, 2017
• The National Law Journal

  Nixon Peabody brings back the sun in DC

  This article features the Washington, DC office’s solar program and mentions partners Jeff Lesk and Herb Stevens, who manage grants for the firm’s nonprofit New Partners Community Solar Corp.
  Aug 27, 2017
• Earthtalk

  Washington DC clean energy plan leads the way

  Chief Innovation Officer Herb Stevens is quoted in this story discussing how the firm helped implement the community solar project as part of the Clean Energy DC plan, which aims to cut greenhouse-gas emissions and energy use in half by 2032.
  March 20, 2017
• NBC4 Washington

  DC mayor proposing green bank to fund clean energy projects

  Washington DC office managing partner Jeff Lesk and chief innovation officer Herb Stevens were interviewed in this broadcast news segment about a green bank that could be created to help finance environmentally friendly projects similar to the solar panels installed on our DC office building.
  March 15, 2017
• Tax Credit Advisor

  Up on Nixon Peabodys roof

  Washington, DC office managing partner Jeff Lesk and chief innovation officer Herb Stevens are featured in this article about the Washington, DC office’s Community Solar project.
  March 1, 2017
• Law360

  Mission Investing Invigorated

  Partner and leader of the firm’s Nonprofit Organizations practice Mike Cooney and partner and Chief Innovation Officer Herb Stevens authored this piece discussing recent developments in the area known as “mission” or “impact investing”—terms used to describe the deployment of philanthropic investment capital to advance charitable ends.
  Oct 6, 2015
• Elevation DC

  Experts discuss how green buildings are changing DC

  This feature story discusses how Washington, DC, has become a leader in the green building movement. Washington, DC, office managing partner Jeff Lesk and partner and chief innovation officer Herb Stevens are quoted and pictured in the piece.
  July 7, 2015
• Wall Street Journal

  For Summer Law Interns, the Livin' Is Easy

  In this feature story on summer associate programs, Chief Innovation Officer Herb Stevens discusses how we differentiate our summer program from others through things such as Imagination Summer—which has our summer associates developing new business ideas and solutions for clients. A current summer associate is interviewed.
  July 6, 2015